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{{quote|''"Hey! You can't be mean to my Waddle Dees! Only'' '''I''' ''can be mean to my Waddle Dees!"''|'''King Dedede,''' ''[[Kirbys Epic Yarn (Video Game)|Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''}}
 
{{quote|''"Nobody sucks the life from my penguins except '''me!'''"''|'''The Ice King,''' ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''}}
 
A subtrope of [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]], and/or [[Friendship Moment]]. [[Alice and Bob]] are going out, and Alice never misses a chance to call Bob a jackass. Then, one day, Bob screws up big time in front of Charlie, who calls Bob a jackass. Cue [[Unstoppable Rage]] from Alice.
 
May include an impassioned speech on what Alice will do to Charlie if he ever ''[[Who Dares?|dares]]'' disrespect Bob again... before the payoff that it's not because she doesn't want Bob to be abused, it's because doing so is ''her'' job, dammit!
 
Alice and Bob don't need to be a couple for this trope, they can just be friends. Basically, this trope is about a character who frequently uses a certain insult on another character, but if anyone else who uses the same insult for that other character, [[Berserk Button|well, they won't live long.]]
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Rin gets physical with Tohru and ever since their first meeting e.g. grabbing her by the collar, roughly rubbing her head, etc. The moment Kagura [[Berserk Button|nails Tohru]] (and accidentally knocks her out) in frustration {{spoiler|that she won't confess her feelings to Kyo so that Kagura wouldn't have to think about him anymore}}, Rin gets the [[Unstoppable Rage|angriest]] anyone has seen her in the story.
* In ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna Nini Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Light Novel)|Ore Imo]]'', Kyousuke constantly jabs Manami about how normal and plain she is, but when Kirino offhandedly makes a similar remark about her, Kyousuke has this to say:
{{quote| "I hate hearing someone other than me badmouthing her!"}}
* Shannon Casull teases his little sister Pacifica mercilessly in ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'', but he literally swears to oppose god itself in her defence, even if it means the destruction of the world.
* In ''[[Psyren]]'', Fredrica often bullies Marie. However, when someone else threatens her, targets her, and/or makes her cry, she goes [[Unstoppable Rage|ballistic]].
** Inui, who cruelly beats his brother, Saburou, nearly constantly, claims the world is too cruel for his brother, spouting, "I'm the only one allowed to hurt him!" But since Inui is pretty much a [[Complete Monster]], it comes out creepy as opposed to heartwarming...
* ''[[Skip Beat (Manga)|Skip Beat]]!'' invokes this trope in chapter 88 of the manga. Sho and Kyouko ''were'' once friends, but no one could call their ''current'' relationship "friendly." Yet when Sho's position as a top musician is threatened by a new band, Kyouko lashes out at the face of the band, and yells "I am the only one allowed to defeat him!" He can fall to the darkest depths, sure, but ''she'' has to be the one to put him there.
* A rather dark version of this happens in ''[[X 1999]]''. {{spoiler|Despite murdering Subaru's beloved sister Hokuto as well as constantly trying to kill Subaru himself, Seishiro gives Subaru one of his eyes upon his death to replace the one he lost to Fuuma/Dark Kamui. The reason given is that he didn't want a mark left on Subaru that he himself didn't make.}}
* ''[[Ranma One Half]]'': Ranma and Akane are one of [[Rumiko Takahashi|Rumiko Takahashi's]] most famous fictional couples, known for their [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], so it's no surprise that they've insulted each other more times than you can count. But when Kodachi's rival, Asuka, calls Ranma a fool, Akane gets ''pissed'' and actually has Ranma go out on a double date with Kodachi and Asuka to prove how handsome and cool he really is, despite being [[Clingy Jealous Girl|the jealous type]]. She even helps dress him up and follows them on the date to make sure everything goes smoothly! [[Hilarity Ensues|Which, of course, it doesn't.]]
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{{quote| '''Kei''': Why did you help me back there?<br />
'''Yui''': Because the only one allowed to make fun of you is '''me'''! }}
* Tomoe from ''[[Kamisama Kiss (Manga)|Kamisama Kiss]]'' normally is sarcastic, rude and highly critical of just about anything Nanami does. But should anyone else insult her and/or criticize her he is quick to come to her defense.
 
 
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{{quote| '''Otter:''' He can't do that to our pledges!<br />
'''Boon:''' Only we can do that to our pledges. }}
* In ''[[The Goonies (Film)|The Goonies]]'', there is a deleted scene where the bully [[Jerkass|Troy]] is going to punch [[The Hero|Mikey]] when [[Big Brother Mentor|Brand]] stops him, saying, "Nobody hits my brother except me."
* In [[Hot Shots]], Admiral Bensen beats up Lt. Cmr. Block when it becomes clear that he has needlessly endangered the other characters. "That's my job!"
 
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'', Mal calls Inara a whore all the time. But he's also the first to defend her if anyone else calls her (or implies she is) a whore. He later states that that while he loathes and insults her job, he's not insulting the woman herself and actively tries to protect her professional reputation (just never to her face). On the other hand, the person who triggered his [[Hypocritical Heartwarming]] was treating Inara herself (instead of her job) like a whore, and even a slave. And mutually, their [[Volleying Insults]] could range from [[In Harm's Way|overprotect]][[Secretly Dying|iveness]], a defensive mechanism against rejection, or just an act to annoy each other.
* In ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'', [[The McCoy|McCoy]] is always trying to get an emotional rise out of [[The Spock|Spock]], but in the episode "Plato's Stepchildren," McCoy jumps to Spock's defense when powerful aliens force him to cry and to laugh. And in other episodes he's usually the first to jump to Spock's defense any time ''anyone'' attacks or insults him, possibly because his issues with Spock are more of a giant angry moral debate while other people tend to be full racism.
* Although it's never expressly stated, it's pretty obvious that [[The A-Team (TV)|B.A.]] is the only one who's allowed to be mean to Murdock and Face. He frequently verbally abuses them and threatens them with physical violence (Murdock is his main target, but Face gets quite a bit of this too, at times). And then you'll get a scene where the team is facing the [[Villain of the Week|slimeballs of the week;]] Murdock and Face, the physically weaker half of the team, frequently find themselves fighting a [[Mook]] who's too big for them to handle. Cue B.A., who proceeds to knock the sucka's lights out. Five minutes later he's back to insulting Murdock and Face and threatening to beat them up himself. Happens every few episodes.
* In ''[[Even Stevens]]'' Ren never hesitates to call Louis an idiot. However, after failing a band audition (big time) the guy judging it called Louis an idiot. Ren then told him that the only person allowed to call him an idiot is her.
* In an episode of ''[[Family Matters]]'', Laura dumps a boyfriend because he starts making fun of her brother the same way she does.
** She also blasts anyone who dares to badmouth Urkel, despite the fact that she herself can't stand him most of the time.
* Borderline example. In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' no one is allowed to call Sam 'Sammy' except for Dean.
** "He's the only one who gets to call me that." ''Awwwww.''
*** The easiest way to identify bad guys is that they are people who call him "Sammy." Even [[Satan|Lucifer]] was [[Your Mileage May Vary|somewhat]] sympathetic until he called Sam "Sammy." After that, he had to die.
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* In ''[[Glee]]'', Rachel is tricked by her boyfriend Jesse into getting egged by [[Opposing Sports Team|Vocal Adrenaline]] - genuinely upsetting for Rachel, since 1) she's a vegan and 2) Jesse took the opportunity to break up with her. The boys from New Directions immediately mobilise to go kick Vocal Adrenaline's asses - including [[The Rival|Kurt]], who angrily insists that "Rachel is one of us! ''We're'' the only ones who get to humiliate her."
** And then there's the moment when all the Glee guys, even the ones who used to bully Kurt, defends him in front of Karofsky.
* [[NCIS (TV)|Tony]] gets to insult [[Nerd|McGee]]. You don't get to insult McGee. Tony does. ''Not you.''
** Pretty much the whole team can be like this. It is part of what makes them a Nakama.
* On ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'', despite claiming to [[Vitriolic Best Buds|despise]] Vila, when Avon finds out that Tarrant is likely to get him killed, Avon threatens to ''kill him''.
* On ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' brothers Damon and Stefan Salvatore may hate each other and mess with each other all the time, but woe betide anyone else who tries to hurt or kill the other.
* On ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Michael gets this way when his new girlfriend/PR manager insults the other Bluths. Subverted in that he only defends her until [[Papa Wolf|she picks on his son]], at which point he leaves her at the mercy of his sister and his mother.
* In one ''[[Bones]]'' episode, Booth is watching Cam argue with her sister. When the sister turns on him, he raises his voice at her, and Cam snaps at him and the two leave for lunch while Cam comments that he needs to calm down.
* ''[[Black Books]]'' has a half-dying Bernard (having had to look after himself for a whole day) snap out of it when he hears that Manny is being bullied by his new boss. "[[Who Dares?|How]] ''[[Who Dares?|DARE]]'' [[Who Dares?|you?]] Don't you touch a hair on that boy's head! Have you no respect? He's mine! Get your ''own'' human plaything, you quartz-brained little cream puff!"
* On ''[[Home Improvement]]'', Brad and Randy say that anyone who calls Mark a dork for wearing glasses will have to answer to them, because they are the only ones allowed to call him a dork.
* While [[Frasier]] Crane will happily mock, belittle and humiliate his little brother Niles all day long, he hates Niles's wife Maris with a burning passion because of ''her'' abusive treatment of her husband. Occasionally expressed by Frasier [[Hypocritical Humor|encouraging Niles to stand up for himself, and then yelling at him and bossing him around while telling him precisely how to do so.]]
* In the pilot episode of ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'', the fiery, sarcastic Detective Sergeant Havers - who doesn't even ''[[Fire-Forged Friends|like]]'' her partner DI Lynley at this point - immediately takes offense at the accusations leveled against him by an old partner of Lynley's, with whom he had parted on rather unfriendly terms. And she does this while conveniently ignoring the fact that, just hours earlier, she had been levelling those same accusations at him! This is an excellent indicator of their future relationship.
* In ''[[Absolutely Fabulous (TV)|Absolutely Fabulous]]'' Edwina and Patsy constantly belittle Edwina's daughter Saffron. Patsy goes as far as wishing Edwina had an abortion. But Edwina is often a bitch to Saffy. however when Saffy revealed that the man who was coming onto her was married and she didn't want his attention. Edwina decked the man and yelled "STAY AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER"
* Leverage features this with [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] Eliot and Hardison. When the [[Villain of the Week]] tries to throw Hardison off the roof:
{{quote| '''Eliot:''' Nobody throws Hardison off a roof. Except maybe me. }}
* ''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]'':
{{quote| '''Mycroft:''' Oh, shut up, Mrs. Hudson.<br />
'''John and Sherlock:''' *outraged* Mycroft!<br />
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'''Jordan''': No, you made fun of your kid, he made fun of his kid ... and then ''you'' made fun of his kid. }}
** Also, while Cox is ''always'' insulting and belittling JD and Elliot, he smacks down any strangers who try to do the same thing, and consistently defends them against Kelso. However, he doesn't care when their other superiors torment them (or in JD's case, [[Arch Enemy|the Janitor]]).
* In [[Community (TV)|Community]], [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|Jeff]] declares that "Greendale is our toilet, and no one craps in it but us!" at one point to get the rest of the study group riled up to save the day. Also, the study group declaring Britta "the worst" or otherwise making fun of her is very common, but when Mr. Rad, the glee club teacher, yells it at her, the entire group snaps out of their [[It Makes Sense in Context|gleeful musical haze]] to defend her.
{{quote| '''Jeff''': HEY!<br />
'''Troy''': You do ''not'' get to call Britta the worst! }}
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* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' The Sacred Stones, Colm repeatedly tells his childhood best friend she's useless and getting in the way on the battlefield, causing her to cry. Which is something nobody else is allowed to do, [[Berserk Button|only he is allowed to make her cry]].
* In ''[[Costume Quest]]'', your character doesn't exactly agree that their twin is their best friend. But when that twin is kidnapped by monsters, you go straight after them(admittedly, part of that is not wanting to be grounded), and at one point declare that your sibling is, while smelly, annoying, and wearing an embarrassing costume, "MINE to terrorize, not yours!"
* ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'' has GlaDOS frequently calling Chell fat and mocking on the fact that she seems to be an orphan - but when they {{spoiler|1=team up against Wheatley and he uses the same insults, GlaDOS responds with: "What exactly is wrong with being adopted? [...] Also, look at her you moron. She's not fat."}} Subverted a few seconds later when she whispers to Chell that she is adopted and that's terrible, and that she's only defending Chell to annoy {{spoiler|Wheatley, because his insults, while technically the same thing, are just crude compared to hers - "Fatty Fatty No Parents"}}.
* When Pram tries bullying Mickey in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', Volvagia's two other heads quickly butt in and defend him, noting that the only people who get to bully Mickey are them.
* King Dedede in [[KirbysKirby's Epic Yarn]], as seen in the page quote.
* In ''[[Ar Tonelico 3|Ar Tonelico Qoga]]'', Aoto claims no one can bully [[Tsundere|Finnel]] except him.
 
 
== Webcomics ==
* Most of the core cast of ''[[Something Positive (Webcomic)|Something Positive]]'' do this at some point, especially Davan, Aubrey and PeeJee.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'': Ellen's typical approach to Elliot, largely because [[Opposite Sex Clone|she used to 'be' Elliot]]. Elliot actually feels worse when Ellen ''doesn't'' tease him because he counts on it to help him through the craziness that has taken over his life (as in "It can't be that bad if we're joking about it.")
* In ''[[Narbonic (Webcomic)|Narbonic]]'', Helen fears Titus is going to tell Dave he's a mad genius, and tells him [[This Is Sparta|NOBODY. TOUCHES. DAVE. BUT. ME.]]
* In ''[[Cheap Thrills]]'', Jeordie is angry that Bruce's little brother threw a rock at his little brother, since if anyone's going to throw rocks at Faris [http://cheapthrills.xepher.net/comics/comic156.html it'd better be him].
 
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* In ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', Draco insults Ginny, causing [[Big Brother Instinct|Ron]] To say "She may be a pain in the ass, but she's my pain in the ass."
* Michael Buckly, in his webseries [[What the Buck]], said something of this nature after reading harsh criticisms of [[Selena Gomez]].
* from ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Red vs. Blue]]'' Season 2:
{{quote| '''Church''': From now on, if anyone makes my girlfriend cranky and psychotic, it's going to be me.<br />
'''Tex''': Aww, that's sweet.<br />
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]'': [[Catch Phrase|"Nobody messes with my dumb babies 'cept me!"]]
* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'': Shelley agrees to protect Stan and his friends from Trent Boyette, claiming that "no juvenile hall turd is going to kill you, that's my job."
* ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'': "You can't treat my cousin like that!" "Thanks." "Only ''I'' can treat my cousin like that!"
* In ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'s [[The Movie|Big Picture Show]]'', the Kanker Sisters drag {{spoiler|Eddy's brother into his trailer to give him some of their infamous ''attention''}} for beating the crap out of the Eds. {{spoiler|They were also outright disgusted at him for beating on them in the first place.}}
* In ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold]]'', we have the Pataki sisters. Helga may not always like her sister Olga and take some pleasure in her sufferings at times, but when push comes to shove Helga will protect her big sister.
* [[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|Bart and Lisa Simpson]] have occasionally invoked this when anyone else goes after the other.
** And, of course, Homer Simpson once told a bunch of rampaging robots "Nobody ruins my vacation except me! And maybe the boy!"
* One moment in ''[[Dexters Laboratory (Animation)|Dexter's Laboratory]]'', when a gang of villains smashes inside of a mall and a small piece of debris bounces off Dee Dee's head, mildly distracting her.
{{quote| '''Dexter:''' Huh? Nobody clonks my sister but me!<br />
''(Dexter promptly dispatches the mooks with his superhero gear)'' }}
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