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* ''[[Scrapped Princess]]''... the title character does this quite often. Apologizing to her older siblings for always having to protect her, wondering if the world would be better off without her, etc. And, of course, she's never really done anything wrong - apparently, she threatens the continued existence of the world simply by ''living''. And, apparently, {{spoiler|by dying}}. Girl just can't catch a break.
* Sakura from ''[[Naruto]]'' did this before she [[Took a Level In Badass]].
* ''[[Baccano!]]!'''s Jacuzzi Splot is prone to this due to his tendency to be a [[Martyr Without a Cause]]. On the low scale, he'll [[Apologizes a Lot|apologize for pretty much anything]], up to and including being shoved. At the other side of the spectrum, he's blamed himself personally for the death of three men he encountered the day before -- not because he killed them, but because his gang took them down (against his protests) while they were trying to murder ''him''.
* Keitaro of ''[[Love Hina]]'' has been known to do this at times.
* Yukinari of ''[[Girls Bravo]]''.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Used sarcastically by Lando Calrissian in one of the [[Star Wars]] [[Expanded Universe]] novels; some corrupt cops rough him up, then drag him to the equally corrupt governor, where he is charged with many crimes, including assault on a law officer. Lando snarkily admits yes, he attacked the officer's fist with his stomach.
* She's not directly apologizing to her attacker, but after Lady Sybil is briefly taken hostage in ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'', she apologizes to her husband for "letting him down." It's more an apology for being tearful and shaken about it than an apology for being taken hostage, but it's enough to seriously freak him out.
== [[Film]] ==
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** Possibly justified in that instance, as it could be a way of trying to mollify the assailant so they'll stop.
* Joke: How do you get a Canadian to say "I'm sorry"? Punchline: You step on his foot.
* In the U.S., at least, some schools that decide to "crack down" on fighting adopt a policy where everybody involved in a fight automatically gets punished, and the definition of "fight" covers pretty much any physical altercation, no matter how one-sided -- so kids have been given detention, suspended or even expelled literally for the crime of ''being hit by someone else''.
** Or, in other schools, Inverted as people are allowed to ''beat the crap out of someone'' if they so much as bumped into them, as "self-defense" is often seen as justification for a fight. No matter how little the attack was.
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