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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"You're so nice. You're not Good, you're not Bad, you're just Nice.''
''I'm not Good. I'm not Nice. I'm just Right. I'm the Witch!"''
|'''The Witch''', ''[[Into the Woods]]'', "The Last Midnight"}}
He's not good. He's not nice. He's a [[Jerkass]]. What he just said is ''not'' what the main characters wanted to hear. And yet, he's ''right.''.
The jerkass in question can be anything from your ISO Standard [[Jerkass]] or [[Anti-Hero]] all the way up to any flavor of [[
The ''other'' main reason a character is likely to say "[[I Can't Believe I'm Saying This|I don't believe I'm saying this]], but I agree with ''him''."
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It's worth noting that the [[Alpha Bitch]] and the [[Jerk Jock]], two of the main distributors of this trope, have a tendency toward bluntness. While our hero's friends may be hesitant to insult him, these characters don't really care what he thinks and are willing to say exactly what he's doing wrong, without sugarcoating their "[[What the Hell, Hero?]]".
A rare outcome of the claim "We are [[Not So Different]]". A response of "[[Shut UP, Hannibal]]" would be out of place, and is likely to get shot down if it appears. See also [[Not Himself]] and [[What the Hell, Hero?]] for situations likely to inspire this. See [[Don't Shoot the Message]] for what happens when this occurs in [[Real Life]]. [[Sister Trope]] to [[Dumbass Has a Point]] and [[Wisdom
Contrast [[Straw Man Has a Point]], when a character who is often unpleasant makes a point that readers are meant to see as wrong and characters dismiss, but which is supported at least in part by evidence.
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[
** Asuka is generally correct on any topic not related to ''her'' personal issues... which makes sense, as she is supposed to be highly intelligent. She's just a complete fool in anything touching upon her own psychological damage, which makes her a typical Evangelion cast member.
* ''[[He's Dedicated to Roses]]:'' The leader of the [[Girl Posse]] give I-Da one of these after breaking her glasses. Subverted in that that wasn't what she had intended.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
** Sasuke gets this from time to time in Part 1. When Sakura complains about Naruto and says that he is a [[Bratty Half-Pint]] because he has no parents (which definitely strikes a nerve for Sasuke), Sasuke tells Sakura that she has no idea what Naruto went through, and after he leaves, she decides to start being nicer to Naruto. Shortly before the Chunin Exam, he tells her that she's as annoying as Naruto is and in terms of skill, even weaker than he is, and during the Forest of Death, when Naruto and Sasuke are incapacitated, Sakura realizes that despite thinking herself superior to Naruto, she can't do anything when it counts, and goes through [[Character Development]] as a result.
** The Fourth Raikage is often depicted as arrogant, stubborn and [[Moral Myopia|somewhat hypocritical]]. When Naruto's pleas for him not to kill Sasuke are dismissed as weakness, Naruto agrees to the extent that he has to either save or kill Sasuke himself.
* ''[[
** Naze calls out the rest of the student council for their bystander attitude {{spoiler|after Medaka beats Zenkichi into a bloody pulp}}.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': [[Blue and Orange Morality|Solf J. Kimblee]]. [[Sociopathic Soldier|Jerkass]] has '''many''' points. Played especially straight in Ch. 60 where he [[Hannibal Lecture|lectures]] Mustang and Hawkeye about the nature of killing, free will, and military duty in the midst of war. Kimblee's words affect them so much, they decide to lose the self-pity, accept responsibility for their acts, and atone by putting into motion a long-term plan to change the leadership of the country from below.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
* Oberstein of ''[[
* ''[[
** Grimmjow has several good points during the course of the Arrancar arcs. For instance, he points out what's wrong with letting Ichigo survive at the start of the arc, argues why it was better to kill Ichigo and being ''95% right'', and even asks why Ichigo just won't '''leave''' Las Noches despite having accomplished the goal. Ironically enough, each of these have a very irony-filled end; Ichigo ends up killing several of the Espadas by himself, {{spoiler|the 95% was because Aizen didn't tell anyone his plans for Ichigo, which ''also'' backfires}}, and that, because Ichigo didn't leave when he had the chance, Orihime is kidnapped AGAIN and ''that'' leads into the [[Curb Stomp Battle]] Ichigo recieves from Ulquiorra.
** In the pilot, Orihime's father, who turns out to be obsessed with staying with his daughter forever {{spoiler|to the point at which he killed her himself}}, tells her that she shouldn't confess her feelings to him, because as he is alive and she is not, she will only cause him pain. However, once he's dealt with, Rukia appears to come back with Orihime, as she was denied re-entry, setting up a [[Sequel Hook]] in which Ichigo and Orihime could get together.
** [[Mad Scientist|Mayuri Kurotsuchi]], of all people, gets to play this role recently. In the Final Arc, Yamamoto {{spoiler|is making preparations for war agains the Vandereich}}. While discussing it, Mayuri straightforwardly tells him that {{spoiler|for not having eliminated the dude who'd later become the Vandereich when he should've done so}}, he's the one who blame for the whole mess in the first place. ''And he's right.''
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* In volume 4 of ''[[
== Comics ==▼
* In both the graphic novel ''[[Watchmen (
▲* In volume 4 of ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'', the protagonist is overjoyed to be running for the Caped Justice Awards, until Sistah Spooky informs her that the award is a setup used to publicly humiliate the receiver and that she should watch out. Given that Sistah Spooky has been nothing but antagonistic from day one (not to mention [[Broken Pedestal|breaking her own pedestal]], since Empowered ''was'' a big fan of hers until they met), she assumes Sistah is just raining on her parade. {{spoiler|She's not.}}
▲* In both the graphic novel ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' and film adaptation of the selfsame, {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Ozymandias]]}} is moved to set his [[Batman Gambit|plan]] into action after The Comedian mocks (Captain Metropolis in the novel, {{spoiler|Ozymandias}} himself in the film) for trying to form a [[Super Team]] and points out that with the [[Cold War]] inching mankind closer to nuclear annihilation with each passing moment ideals like "right" and "wrong" were outdated.
** The Comedian also condemns Dr. Manhattan for his [[All Powerful Bystander|noninterference]]. The Comedian shoots a pregnant Vietnamese woman over Manhattan's objections, and is then chastised for it. While this is obviously a heinous crime, he correctly points out that Manhattan could have prevented it with his godlike powers, by teleporting her away or changing the bullets into something harmless, but chose not to. [[Foreshadowing|As it turns out,]] {{spoiler|this passive observation eventually leads to the deaths of thousands.}}
* In one [[Spider-Man]] story, a godlike entity called the Gatekeeper comes to New York, manifesting as a swarm of millions of spiders. Making a statement to a reporter, Spidey's obsessive rival J. Jonah Jameson naturally blames Spidey for it, and when the reporter points out how ''The Daily Bugle'' often has an anti-Spider-Man bias, Jonah points out, "Look lady, if there were ten million ants crawling up West 7th, you could bet your diploma I'd be trying to get my hands on [[Ant-Man]] for a confirm-or-deny."
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[
▲* ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon (Fanfic)|Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon]]'': Though she's just a member of the [[Girl Posse]], not the actual [[Alpha Bitch]] herself (that's Emiru), Mia makes a full [[Heel Face Turn]] by breaking Asa out of her [[Heroic BSOD]]. At the same time, Hoshi, who, while good from the start, never much liked Yoko, is the one to lecture her for [[What the Hell, Hero?|causing it]].
* In the ''[[
▲* The Premise of most, if not all, [[Jerk Sue]] fics.
* ''[[Harry Potter and
▲* In the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' fanfic ''[[How I Became Yours (Fanfic)|How I Became Yours]]'', Mai's supposed [[Moral Event Horizon]] is causing Katara to have a [[Convenient Miscarriage]], [http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/ReneeLuvsZutara/HIBY%20Chapter%201/028.jpg but she makes a pretty good case] for why she did it, even if it's not a [[Good Is Not Nice|nice]] one, but since she plays the [[Designated Villain]] we're supposed to take Zuko's side.
▲* ''[[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality (Fanfic)|Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]'': Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres makes this awesome. He only tends to be a Jerkass when he's ''got a point''.
== Film ==
* Used in-universe in ''[[Gremlins
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'''Forster:''' Well, ask him how he knows so much about these "green things".
'''Clamp:''' That's a good question Bill – how do you know so much about them? }}
* In ''[[
== Literature ==
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* A variation of this occurs in [[The House of Night]] series, which leads to friendship between [[The Hero]] and The [[Alpha Bitch]], who eventually becomes the [[The Sixth Ranger]] and a major supporting character.
* In ''[[Darkest Powers]]'', Tori Enright, while not necessarily evil, is a self-proclaimed bitch who once made it her priority to make Chloe's life hell. While her first time attempting to give Chloe advice ends up in the two of them almost getting carved up by a trio of street thugs, when it seems that Chloe is having trouble with Simon and Derek and gets subsequently very depressed about it, Tori's pep talk ends up helping Chloe to realize just what's wrong with herself. Which in turn leads to her accepting the fact that the one she's liked all along is actually Derek and allows her to return to a mostly normal state.
* In ''[[
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'''Alliser:''' Spades?
'''Tyrion:''' If you ''bury'' your dead, they won't come walking. }}
** It doesn't change the fact that Alliser was telling the truth: The dead are walking, the Others are coming, and the kings and lords of Westeros are too busy fighting each other to do anything about it.
*** This is also a major bit of [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] for Tyrion; knowing what a [[Jerkass]] Thorne is, Tyrion refused to see him when he arrived, and kept him waiting for so long that the severed, yet still moving, [[Our Zombies Are Different|wight]] hand Thorne had brought with him had rotted down to the bones. Had Tyrion seen him earlier, he would have been presented with indisputable proof that Thorne was telling the truth, and the course of the whole series might have been dramatically changed.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': The Trickster/{{spoiler|Gabriel}} was a big one. Sure, his method was cruel (a time loop within which Dean died every day, and Sam couldn't save him), but he did have a point: Sam had to accept that Dean was going to die, and that sacrificing themselves for each other isn't a good idea. {{spoiler|Not that it stopped them...}}▼
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'': The Trickster/{{spoiler|Gabriel}} was a big one. Sure, his method was cruel (a time loop within which Dean died every day, and Sam couldn't save him), but he did have a point: Sam had to accept that Dean was going to die, and that sacrificing themselves for each other isn't a good idea. {{spoiler|Not that it stopped them...}}
▲* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':
** Episode one of season two of had Buffy, traumatized by her near-death experience at the hands of [[Big Bad|The Master]], acting mean and uncommunicative to her friends. She wound up getting a tongue-lashing from [[Alpha Bitch|Cordelia]].
** Cordelia fills this role constantly in ''Buffy'' and ''[[
**
** In season 3, the Mayor (while [[Affably Evil|anything but Jerkassy]], was definitely a vicious villain) provided frank and accurate advice on why Buffy and Angel's relationship was doomed to fail. While he was trying to kill the both of them. Nice guy.
* Possibly a meta-example; in an episode of ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', the station was targeted by a group of evangelical [[Moral Guardians]] whose methods bordered on censorship. Among the ridiculous claims they made was that [[John Lennon]]'s hit single "Imagine" was glorifying communism. Thing is, this is ''not'' a ridiculous statement, as that is ''exactly'' the message Lennon intended when he wrote it.
* ''[[Degrassi]]'': "Whisper to a Scream" is a great example. Ellie, a [[Goth]] [[Zen Survivor]], is the only character all season who has been able to stand up to Paige [the [[Alpha Bitch]]]. The episode starts with Ellie fighting Paige's latest scheme...then, due to trouble at home, Ellie begins cutting herself. Paige finds out and tries to help her get counseling.
** There was also a much less serious episode where Emma has her first period, and Paige tries to convince her that it's great because "You'll get boobs now" And "Boobs aren't that bad... they're really great actually."
** From our other [[Alpha Bitch]], Holly J, we get a few moments where she gives 'advice.' The first is after Mia finds out Sav likes Anya ("We need men, not boys."), after her [[Fallen Princess]] she gives advice to Spinner and Jane in season 8. Season 9 she has a wonderful scene with shades of the Paige Emma discussion telling Clare that having a impure thoughts isn't bad... so long as it doesn't lead to kissing the neck of Holly J's boyfriend.
** Mrs. Torres, oh wow. She's mad at [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Snake]] because her son was shrinkwrapped to a pole. Then she's mad at Snake because her other son [[
** Another example involving Paige happened in the episode "I Want Candy". Ashley would not get out of bed to go to school after Craig cheats on her with Manny (several months after it's already happened). In an effort to try and cheer her up, Paige and Spinner skip school and take her out on the town. Of course, Ashley does nothing but whine the entire time. Finally, Paige gives Ashley a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech, tellng her that while what Craig did to her was wrong, he was not the issue. The real problem was Ashley because she wouldn't move on with her life.
** Bianca's gotten her fair share in, pointing out that while she did steal Drew from Alli, it wasn't as bad as Alli kissing Clare's ex-boyfriend/current step-brother. Since Alli is Clare's best friend she should know better, Bianca has no such loyalty to break. Later on she sets Jake straight that no matter what Clare says, she's not going to be able to separate the sex from the romance she has building in her head, and if he sleeps with her he's royally messing her up. Bianca didn't choose the ''nicest'' ways to go about sharing these lessons, but she was right in both counts.
* Odo being saved by advice from Quark in an episode of ''[[Star Trek
* Late into ''[[Lizzie
* ''[[
* In ''[[The Wire]]'', William Rawls is a complete asshole that openly hates protagonist Jimmy McNulty. {{spoiler|1=But, when McNulty's partner is shot, Rawls makes it a point to tell Jimmy that the shooting wasn't his fault}}.
* ''[[
** Sue Sylvester tells Will that he shouldn't use demeaning hairography in the glee club's set list. Later, Will thanks her and as required willingly shows her the set list which she promptly leaks to the competing schools.
** Quinn tells Rachel that Finn does not have the same dreams for the future as Rachel and as such she should stop pursuing him since they will just end up miserable. This makes Rachel realize that she has been too self-absorbed and has not really considered what Finn wants out of life and a relationship.
* ''[[
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'': Both Chuck and Blair often fill this role, telling the blunt and terrifying truth.
* From ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', there's Daryl. He may be a caustic redneck, but he is usually the only one of the group to recognize the gravity of their situations.
* In the second season of ''[[
* In the season 1 finale of ''[[Spartacus
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* Annie's father in the ''[[Masters of Horror]]'' episode "Cigarette Burns". Kirby treats him like an unreasonable jerkass, but Kirby did get his daughter killed by indulging her drug habit, abysmally failed to get her on the right track despite agreeing with him to do so, is still massively in debt to him, and just evades him whenever the topic of repaying the loan comes up. {{spoiler|It's only when he resolves to kill Kirby that he crosses the line into outright villainy.}}
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
* Danae from ''[[Non Sequitur]]'' is a [[Straw Feminist]], a [[Windmill Crusader]], has created a [[Scam Religion]], and endless tries to use [[Loophole Abuse]] and/or [[Insane Troll Logic]] to gain money, influence, or both. However, unlike her brainy friend Jeffery (who usually points out the flaws in her hare-brained schemes) she's smart enough to know that zombies don't exist, something she tells Jeffery whenever he's preparing for a [[Zombie Apocalypse]].
** Of course, in Jeffery's defense here, while zombies have yet to appear in the strip, creatures that ''have'' appeared (as regulars) include [[Talking Animal]]s, ghosts, Martians, and sea monsters, so zombies [[Arbitrary Skepticism|might not be as infeasible as Danae believes.]]
* In ''[[Peanuts]]'', Lucy is a mean and "crabby" person who insults the rest of the cast, but sometimes she's very accurate in doing so:
** For instance, in one series of strips where Snoopy becomes a Beagle Scout and goes on a hike, Charlie Brown wonders if he got lost; Lucy is pretty certain he did, saying, "That stupid beagle couldn't find his way across the kitchen floor!" Not only did Snoopy get lost (and as Lucy is saying that, is waiting for the moon to rise, thinking that he can use it to find his way home because he thinks [[Shout-Out| the moon is always over Hollywood]]), he's eventually [[Never Live It Down| rescued by a Girl Scout selling cookies]].
** There was also the time Snoopy was promoted to Head Beagle. Lucy was comically terrified during the whole arc, calling him incompetent and saying he'd "probably get impeached". Unfortunately, she was right here too. Snoopy was a pretty incompetent Head Beagle (not helped by having Woodstock as a secretary or his predecessor, who left things an awful mess) and by his own admission, every one of the 120 decisions he made in a day was wrong. Eventually, true to Lucy's prediction, he was replaced.
== Theatre ==
* ''[[Legally Blonde (
* Subverted in ''[[
* The Witch of ''[[Into the Woods]]'' has this effect on the characters; regardless of whether they say so aloud, they are visibly humbled by the [[Hannibal Lecture]] that is "Last Midnight", in which she [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls them out]] on the fact that their wishes and carelessness got them in the trouble they're in now.
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Phoenix Wright
* In ''[[
** The sequel also has an instance with Quarian Admiral Zaal'Koris, who is entirely distrustful of both Tali and her father trying to get the family exiled. However he's also the only member of the Admiralty board who opposes going to war with the geth and sees them another sentient species with the quarians also largely to blame for what has happened.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Something
* In ''[[
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* Several instances in ''[[
* ''[[
* This is a trait of Mike from the [[Walkyverse]]. He seemingly exists solely to make others miserable, but on a few occasions he has done so by pointing out when they are being hypocrites or making bad decisions. Who cares if it causes [[Character Development]] in the long term, as long as it makes them suffer in the short term he seems fine with it.
* ''[[
* ''[[
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'''GG''': oh come on...
'''GG''': this is NOTHING like that!
'''CG''': HOW IS THIS NOT LIKE THAT
'''GG''': because she's...
'''GG''': well
'''GG''': she's ACTUALLY INSANE
'''CG''': OH I SEE, AND ALL THOSE IDIOT PAST AND FUTURE KARKATS WEREN'T??? }}
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'': Achilles, leader of the titular superhero team, goes to his father for advice on his personal life all the time. His father, by the way, is Lord Doom, one of the setting's [[Evil Overlord|world-conquering master villains]]. This is a slightly inverted example, though, because usually Achilles is the blunt antagonistic one (for a hero), and Lord Doom is generally urbane and polite (for a villain).
* In ''[[The Onion]]'''s articles by Jean Teasdale, "Hubby Rick" is an interesting intersection of [[Jerkass]] and [[Closer to Earth]]. He spends most of his time at the bar, mainly because Jean's [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[It's All About Me]] behavior frustrates him; one article has her squirreling away money to "invest" (read: buy [[
== Western Animation ==
* In one episode of ''[[The Spectacular Spider
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* Eric in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (
* On ''[[
* The entire Cadmus story arc in ''[[Justice League (
* ''[[
** [[Abusive Parents|Stephen Stotch]] acts as the [[Only Sane Man]] during the Muhammad fiasco.
* In the "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Red Arrow is a suspicious jerk towards Artemis in ''[[Young Justice (
* Benson from ''[[
▲* Red Arrow is a suspicious jerk towards Artemis in ''[[Young Justice (Animation)|Young Justice]]''. Although Artemis probably isn't [[The Mole]], Roy's lack of trust in her unfortunately does have some merit, since she is keeping secrets about her past from the team. Reaches a head in "Insecurity" when Roy's mistrust pushes Artemis to endanger the mission by trying to lead the rest of the team away from the targets just to have a chance to prove herself. This backfires immensely when the mission goes south and her deception is exposed.
* In one episode of ''[[Rick and Morty]]'', Rick clearly does ''not'' want to go to Bird-Person and Tammy's wedding, despite being close friends with the groom. (Well, as much as Rick can be friends with anyone.) Rick just doesn't like weddings, claiming they're "funerals with cake". Nonetheless, he and his family attend, and it turns out it would have been better had they stayed away, as Tammy herself (who is secretly an agent of [[The Empire| the Federation]]) is using it as a sting operation to arrest them.
▲* Benson from ''[[Regular Show (Animation)|Regular Show]]'' seems to embody this trope. While he is hard on Mordecai and Rigby, his anger often comes from their slacker attitudes and desire to be cool, which tend to screw things up or prolong the time it takes to complete menial tasks.
* Iago is the [[Token Evil Teammate]] among the protagonists of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', not to mention the rudest and most annoying. However, in one episode he opposed vehemently helping or trusting Caliph Kapok, simply because he was known to be a wizard. (Agrabah's experiences with wizards were unpleasant to say the least.) While such a suspicion at first seemed like [[Fantastic Racism| unfair stereotyping]], Iago had a valid point here, because Kapok was as evil as any other wizard they'd known. Notably, Aladdin himself had no response when Iago asked how many good sorcerers he's met.
* Sebastian from ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' has a few moments of this; he and Triton berate Ariel for missing her debut concert. As Sebastian points out, she humiliated him, ''and'' her sisters. When he sang "Under the Sea" in an attempt to persuade Ariel to stay put and enjoy what she has all around her as a princess of the ocean with the wonders of the coral reef and subjects who adore her, his true motive was to prevent ''him'' from getting in trouble, and a lot of bad things could have been avoided had he not panicked and kept his trap shut. Still, you can't deny that, being a crab, he was once of the few undersea denizens who could walk on land, and had seen enough of the human world to make a comparison. Plus, his statement that "the human world is a mess" is something quite a few viewers can agree with. Ariel also does get drawn into the song as fish and sea horses play with her. Later, he's completely right that trusting Ursula is a ''bad'' idea because the sea witch has a reputation for unfair deals and has a grudge against Triton. When he realizes that a mute and human Ariel would be miserable if they somehow reversed the deal, however, Sebastian agrees to at least try and outsmart the sea witch and help Ariel secure that kiss from Eric. It's Sebastian's music, when he berates Scuttle for being an "amateur" singer, that allows Eric to figure out Ariel's name and open up to her, leading to him realizing that he wants to be with her.
* What's sad about the social worker subplot in ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' is that Cobra Bubbles has a rather accurate picture of Nani's parenting skills when she's taking care of her little sister Lilo. She's barely an adult, trying to pay the bills on a menial job while having no time to grieve. He is sympathetic to the fact that both Nani and Lilo lost their parents, so he gives Nani a lot of opportunities to clean up her act after she and Lilo accidentally make a bad first impression on him. Nevertheless, Lilo's current living situation is not healthy: she's acting out after her parents' death by making voodoo dolls of her "friends" to punish them, locking herself in the house complete with nailing the front door shut, and has an obsession with placating Pudge the fish, whom she believes controls the weather. Nani also left the stove on while going to pick up Lilo, can't cook, and can barely keep up with laundry. Cobra sternly tells Nani none of this is okay; even if Lilo is obviously not being abused, this is not healthy for either her or Nani. Later, when Stitch accidentally gets Nani fired from her job, Cobra tells Nani that she needs a source of income to take care of a child. Even Nani, when she fails to get a job and Cobra apologetically schedules a pick-up time for Lilo to go to foster care, agrees with this sentiment. She tells Lilo, while they're spending what they think is their last night as a family, that even if this separation is terrible, it may be better for her sister in the long run. Fortunately, {{spoiler|the Grand Council sponsors the family after Cobra and Lilo prove that she owns Stitch, giving them financial support and guardianship to handle "626"; Cobra accepts this compromise, merely commenting it will be hard to explain at headquarters}}. Stitch also takes over the housekeeping, proving to be a fabulous cook if that birthday cake is any indication.
* In the fourth season of the [[Netflix]] reboot of ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'', after managing to [[Brainwash]] Carmen, the other leaders of V.I.L.E. are so pleased with how much better off they are with her on their side that they want to give her the empty seat on the council. Carmen's nasty rival Tigress objects to this, believing it is a disaster waiting to happen, but she has no say in the matter. In the [[Series Finale]], after Carmen overcomes the brainwashing and leads Acme right to V.I.L.E.'s front door, Tigress ''does'' get a chance to give them an "I told you so", but it's cold comfort seeing as she's in prison with them.
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