Not Good with Rejection: Difference between revisions

See also [[Crazy Jealous Guy]], [[Clingy Jealous Girl]], [[Spurned Into Suicide]], [[If I Can't Have You]], and [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]. The rejected person may or may not get better and get over the rejection though. Compare [[Woman Scorned]], [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]]. Compared/Contrast [[Mad Love]] where the rejected person doesn't always mind being rejected and continues to pursue the object of their affection anyway.

 

 

There's a fundamental difference in character & story, depending on whether the rejected party:

* Crosses the [[Despair Event Horizon]]/becomes suicidal.

* Fall into the more mild [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]/[[Crazy Jealous Guy]] scenario

 

* Rune from ''[[Karakuridouji Ultimo]]'' falls into this in regards to his current unrequited [[Ho Yay|love for Yamato]].

* ''[[One Piece]]'': Vander Drecken responds very badly to Princess Shirahoshi rejecting his marriage proposals, leading to a very bad case of [[If I Can't Have You]]. Subverted when it's revealed {{spoiler|he only wanted her for her ability to control Sea Kings.}}

* In ''[[Princess Princess]]'' when Tooru tells Sayaka that he only sees her as a sister she has a [[Freak-Out]] moment and [[Spurned Into Suicide|tries to kill herself by jumping off of a cliff]]. She gets better.

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has a few characters that fall under this, namely Ali and En (for Usagi and Mamoru respectively), Prince Diamond (for Usagi), and Emerald (for Prince Diamond). And Fiore [[Ho Yay|for Mamoru]]. And Queen Beryl's unrequited love for Endymion/Mamoru. Most of them get over the rejections though, more or less.

* ''[[Okane ga Nai]]'' has Kanou towards Ayase. There's also Ayase's [[Stalker with a Crush]] who pulls a knife on him in a scene similar to [[Attempted Rape]] scene.

* In a ''[[Death Note]]'' flashback, when Misa tries to ignore a [[Stalker with a Crush]] who surprises her at night, he pulls a knife, saying, "Then I'll kill you and myself!"

* ''[[Mirage of Blaze]]'': Naoe towards Kagetora.

* Both of the main female characters on ''[[School Days]]'' fit this trope to a T. And it's ''not'' pretty.

* In ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'' the violence between Shinji and Asuka reaches a crescendo as Shinji eventually strangles her. This happens shortly after Asuka kicks him, gives him a nasty [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] which includes her rejecting him after he confesses his feelings to her, and shoves him to the ground causing a pot of painfully hot coffee to spill on him.

** In episode 22 Asuka flirts with Kaji and when he rejects her she screams "I'm an adult! So look at me!" while pulling her blouse apart and shoving her breasts in his face.

* Backstory of ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' in a nutshell, [[Unreliable Narrator|at least as Beatrice tells it]] - [[Boy Meets Girl|man summons witch]], man falls in love with witch, witch doesn't love him, {{spoiler|man traps witch on island, witch dies-ish}}, man can no longer see witch, man decides to [[Pater Familicide|kill entire family]] [[Necromantic|in order to revive witch]] and spends most of his time [[Skyward Scream|screaming at the sky]].

* ''[[Nodame Cantabile]]'': In the Paris Chapter, when Chiaki wanted to break up with Nodame, she beat the crap out of him (on a bridge overlooking the Seine) until he changed his mind.

* Chiri in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' towards Nozomu. One such case is when Nozomu (and guest commentators) immediately and bluntly rejected her suggestion that they could be a successful match (proper love) in the "Maybe Maybe" episode, despite considering and conceding the possibility of success of romantic relationships with Abiru (puppy love), Nami (normal love), Manami (unfaithful love), Kaere (violent love), Chie (adult relationship), Maria (acquaintanceship) and even Ikkyu ([[Ho Yay]]), upon their suggestions. Chiri's reaction to the rejection is frighteningly hilarious.

** Rosine also had an obsession with her friend Jill. So, when Jill definitely refuses her [[We Can Rule Together]] offer, Rosine captures her and tries to turn her into one of her pseudo-Elves by force.

* Saionji in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' in regards to Anthy.

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' Kagura Sohma is usually a cute, sweet girl with a cheerful disposition, but she actually shows her love for Kyo by beating him to a pulp on sight, especially if he refuses her advances. This frequently leads to Shigure's house being broken. When they were both little kids, apparently she got Kyo to propose to her by threatening him with a knife (or a big rock in the anime). Subverted at the end when she grows to accept his affection for Tohru.

* The grotesque huge [[Depraved Homosexual|Captain Continental]] lusts after Jonathan in ''[[Legend of the Blue Wolves]]''. However, Jonathan rejects his amorous advances. Captain Continental ultimately responds by beating him up and raping him.

* ''[[Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo]]'': After being dumped by her boyfriend Fumio Kirisaki declares "Alright, I'll kill him...Then I'll die."

* In the anime ''[[Speed Grapher]]'' Ginza has a one-sided, desperate love for Saiga and ultimately rapes him.

* Ryoki of ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' in regards to Hatsumi his girlfriend. At one point in the manga Hatsumi tells Ryoki that she can't be with him anymore when he orders her to make the impossible decision of choosing between him or her family. When she leaves him he's shown thinking to himself "That stupid woman...If she can't be mine she should just die."

* Aoshima of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' is a playboy that can have any woman he wants except for Belldandy and Skuld. When they reject him he doesn't take it well and attempts to rape them. Thankfully, they both escape him before he can.

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' we have Leonard Testarossa. He has a crush on Kaname, once forced a kiss on her, and kidnapped her after besting Sousuke (in a gentlemen's duel), and personally assured him that despite his attraction to her, he wouldn't force anything, and will see to that nothing untoward should happen. Later on, however, he becomes so enraged with Kaname not giving in to him, and sort of "betraying" him by finally declaring to Sousuke that she loves him, that he slaps her hard enough to make her fall to the ground, speaks to her very rudely, and generally tortures her (more mentally than physically) in order to weaken her mind so that she won't be able to resist his plans of world-domination.

* In ''[[Lovely Complex]]'' Mimi briefly acts this way but Koizumi punches her and tells her to deal with it. She gets better.

* The subtext of Yurimaru's death via Zakuro's [[Action Bomb]] trap in ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'' is blatant. Yurimaru is an an electrokinetic [[Bishonen]] who uses [[Razor Floss]]- Zakuro is a [[Action Bomb|viciously inventive]] explosives expert with at the least a prominent facial scar and at most is so covered in scars she looks like [[Frankenstein's Monster]]. Zakuro has a major crush on Yurimaru, but Yurimaru is a [[Depraved Homosexual]] in love with (and sleeping with) their leader, [[Immortality|Himuro Gemma]], and so he rejects her advances rather bluntly. Yurimaru promptly stumbles into an explosives-rigged shed near the climax of the movie, and is blatantly blown to pieces when a detonating rat triggers the whole place going up in flames.

* Happens at least twice in ''[[Detective Conan]]''. The first time, the guy not only killed himself... but he made it look as if the [[Idol Singer]] who rejected him actually murdered him.

* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'': {{spoiler|First, we have Elsa, who shot her handler Lauro and then put a bullet through her eye because Lauro did not return her feelings. Many chapters later, Henrietta, who as of late had been ignored by Jose, frags him during a rampage against Dante's men brought about by Ski Mask Guy. Jose has her finish the job. As Henrietta puts one more through Jose, Jose shoots '''her''' through the eye, killing her instantly.}}

* {{spoiler|Nozomu}} of ''[[Stepping on Roses]]''. To insane proportions. He even goes so far as to {{spoiler|go around with an ax "Here's Johnny" style trying to catch Sumi "cheating on him"}}.

* Genkaku of ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' is [[In Love with Your Carnage|in love]] with Nagi/his carnage. He definitely didn't respond well to Nagi rejecting him.

* Ringo of ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'' for Tabuki. She drugs and attempts to rape him when she learns he doesn't love her back. Tabuki also falls into this in episode 11 for Ringo after she gives him a [[Love Potion]].

* Dai of ''[[Let Dai]]'' for Jaehee. He ties Jaehee down to train tracks when he considers him to have spurned his love.

* Ritsu in ''[[Loveless]]'' {{spoiler|sexually abuses a young Soubi}} and generally acts like a [[Jerkass]] because Soubi's mother married another man over him.

* ''[[Threads of Time]]'': Sali Tayi. He explicitly tells Atan Hadas that if she runs away with Moon-Bin and doesn't marry him, he'll kill them both.

* Usagi of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' falls into a depression after Mamoru breaks up with her and tries to tearfully eat her troubles away.

* ''[[Tsukihime]]'s'' Arcueid if Shiki rejects her.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Light in the ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Slash Fic]] ''[[Office Politics]]'' to [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarious]] effect. When L breaks up with Light he finds that the [[A God Am I|God of the New World]] does not take rejection well. Light's revenge toes the line between terrifying and [[Crazy Awesome|awesome]].

* Light again in the ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Slash Fic]] ''[[A Cure for Love]]'' when L essentially breaks up with Light, [[Bedlam House|wanting to have him committed]], Light becomes very cross and {{spoiler|[[Take Over the World|Takes Over The World]]}}.

* In the ''[[Death Note]]'' fanfic ''[[Point of Succession]]'' [[Axe Crazy|Beyond Birthday]] doesn't take rejection well at all [[Criminal Mind Games|and seeks to regain his beloved's attention through a little serial bloodshed]].

* [[Death Note|Light]] becomes a [[Crazy Jealous Guy]] in ''[[Fever Dreams]]'' after Light saves L from his plan and gives up on being Kira L dumps him because he fears their relationship is corrupting the investigation:

{{quote|'''Light''': I know I can win him back if he'll just visit me in person once.

* [[Death Note|L]] in ''[[My Stupid Reality]]''. [[We Can Rule Together|He can't even fathom why someone WOULDN'T want to be his successor]] so when Light takes pains to avoid him [[Stalker with a Crush|L becomes all the more obsessed]] [[Foe Yay|with having him]].

* [[Naruto|Sasuke]] in [[Slash Fic]] "Purple" by kodak-85 to Naruto. Naruto tells Sasuke he's not gay and doesn't even like him. Sasuke's response is to punch him, tell him "You led me on", ''rape him'' and then carve his trademark whiskers on his face with a knife. As well as telling him he belongs to him.

== Music ==

 

* Kesha sings to "Stephen" that she "can't take rejection".

 

== Film ==

 

** The guy from Debbie's school who lusted after her tries to rape her after she turns down his sexual advances and later attacks her. She kills him before he can attack/rape her.

* In ''[[Just Friends (film)|Just Friends]]'' when Chris tries to turn down Samantha she tazers him [[Groin Attack|in the groin]]. Also, Samantha shows up at Jamie's house to start trouble after learning that Chris is kind of dating Jamie.

* Hal/Titan in ''[[Megamind]]''.

* Mark Wahlberg's character David McCall in the 1996 movie "Fear."

{{quote|'''Gaston:''' I'll ''have'' Belle for my wife! Make no mistake about ''that''!}}

* ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]'': On one side there is Matt, a normal guy. On the other side there is Jenny Johnson AKA G-Girl, a [[Supergirl]] [[Expy]]. They were an item at first, but then Jenny became more neurotic, aggressive and controlling. So Matt breaks off the relationship and...she does not take the rejection well. This is supposed to be a romantic comedy, but [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether or not you find this funny.

* ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' is about an emotional young man named Werther who falls madly in love with an young woman named Lotte, who is engaged to someone else. Werther gradually becomes more emotional and less mentally stable as a result of the rejection and ultimately {{spoiler|kills himself}}.

* Lord Arlington in the [[Louisa May Alcott]] book ''The Inheritance'' tries to seduce Edith many times but each time she rejects him. The final time she rejects him he reacts very angrily and it's implied that he means to rape her but Lord Percy shows up and Arlington departs.

== Live Action TV ==

 

* When Blair dumps Chuck on ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' he puts a dating fatwa on her.

* ''[[Queer as Folk]]'': A mild version in the case of Brian and Brandon. Brian is used to getting whomever he wants, whenever he wants. When Brandon rejects him in the backroom of Babylon, Brian has issues letting it go.

 

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== Visual Novel ==

== Western Animation ==

 

** And when Stewie falls in love with the babysitter, he breaks her boyfriends legs, ties him up and ''locks him in his trunk'' leading to his death.

* This is part of Mad Hatter's origin in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]''. He had a crush on his secretary, who actually was named Alice, but she didn't reciprocate.

{{quote|'''Hayley:''' I think I'd go maximum crazy! I'd murder Bill... burn down the neighborhood... rape Roger!}}

* Little Acorn in "Puppet Bride" towards Jenny in ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]''.

{{quote|''"Nobody leaves me at the altar!'' '''''NOBODY!"'''''}}

** Trixie attempts to kill Timmy when he breaks up with her in "Just the Two of Us".