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{{quote|[[Big Bad|Muzan Kibutsuji]]! I'm not letting you get away! No matter where you go! No matter where you go, you're not getting away! [[Determinator|I'll follow you to the ends of hell]], and [[This Means War|I swear I'll]] [[Off with His Head|slice off your head with my blade]]! I'll never forgive you no matter what!|Tanjiro Kamado|[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba]]}}
 
Someone might be [[Nice Guy|the kindest, most laid back person in the world]], but sometimes even they get [[Berserk Button|pushed too far]]. Then they say ''"This is unforgivable!<ref>"Yurusenai!" or "Yurusanai!" in Japanese</ref>"'' and the audience knows that an asskicking of epic proportions is about to start.
 
To the western ear, it seems quite [[Narm|anti-climactic and quaint,]] [[Values Dissonance|but to the Japanese, this is ]]''[[Values Dissonance|strong ]]''[[Values Dissonance|language.]] It is the Challenge, and it is rarely defeated. Specifically, it has to do with a notion in the Japanese culture of narrowing possibilities; if the subject can't be forgiven for a transgression, then the only ''other'' option is that he's about to get his head ripped off or otherwise punished in a severe fashion. And the person who can't forgive ''won't'' give this up. Back in the era of the [[Samurai]] and the like, this had even more teeth since the person who made this challenge very likely ''would'' chase you to the ends of the earth for revenge. Basically, it's only said to someone who (in the speaker's opinion) has crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]], but also entails a burden: the speaker is ''so'' offended that a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] is the ''only'' option. Obviously, it can overlap with [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]], so expect serious butt-kicking in the following [[Right Makes Might]] fight.
 
"I will make you pay!", "I have had ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|enough]]'' of you!", "[[This Means War]]!", "[[You Monster!]]", "[[I'll Kill You!]]", "Your life is forfeit!", "You don't deserve to live.", "[[We Will Meet Again|I'll get you for this!]]", and "[[Prepare to Die]]!" when used in dramatic situations are about the only Western expressions that come even close to what [['''This Is Unforgivable!]]''' means in Japanese.
 
It is also used as a way of pointing out to the audience how [[Complete Monster|evil]] this guy is -- thatis—that he completely beyond [[Forgiveness]] and [[Heel Face Turn|redemption]]. Particularly if the character being issued the challenge has crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]], so that the main character can freely kill them without [[Fridge Logic]] causing them to wonder [[Moral Dissonance|if that was really necessary]]. Similarly, it can also be used to point out [[What an Idiot!|how stupid]] the guy is, seeing how they proved to be just plain [[Too Dumb to Live]]. Naturally, anyone stupid enough to make that someone hit him / her with such a phrase is bound to feel rather [[It's All My Fault|guilty]].
 
Much like [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]], this is becoming something of a devalued expression through overuse; it's prone to being bandied about lightly or overused, or for the hero to change phasers from "kill" to "massage" once they [[Defeat Means Friendship|beat and befriend]] the [[Easily Forgiven]] villain. This tends to break the emotional impact of "[[This Is Unforgivable!]]"
 
In a classic fashion, villains are also quite fond of using this trope whenever everything is going wrong thanks to those puny heroes. Sometimes after they say "[[This Cannot Be!]]" and afterwards saying that they will return and such, they can be found saying this as a way of expressing that they will return for revenge against the heroes. Much like said trope, "[[This Is Unforgivable!]]" can also sometimes even be a sign of either a [[Heroic BSOD]] for a heroic character or a [[Villainous Breakdown]] for a villainous character.
 
Sometimes phrased as "I'll never forgive you." See also [[The Coats Are Off]].
 
Do not confuse with [[Apology Not Accepted]], when is where a person (who may or may not have done something deserving to be in this page) tried to apologize and ask for forgiveness, only to be rejected.
 
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Kaguya from ''[[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War]]'' mentally says she'll never forgive Chika after Chika said Miyuki made a lunch for Chika.
* The protagonist of ''[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba]]'' told the [[Big Bad]] that the protagonist would kill him. This was not a [[Bond One-Liner]] by any means. The protagonist was occupied and the Big Bad was walking away. Shortly there after, an udon cook said he couldn't forgive the protagonist for not finishing his food (which the protagonist ditched to pursue a particularly nasty demon). The protagonist didn't take the time to pay after the first time eating, but what really offended the cook was the fact the protagonist didn't eat his fill before he stopped eating. The udon cook clearly didn't mean it, as not only did the cook not resort to violence, but the protagonist was able to secure the cook's forgiveness by ordering more udon, swearing to finish it, and following through.
* Whenever Kouji Kabuto of ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' said this sentence, you knew he was REAL angry, and someone was going to be summarily trashed in the near future. A good example was in the manga, after he learnt [[Big Bad|Dr. Hell]] had created a weapon that was able to nullify gravity... and had tested it on an ''entire city''. Another two memorable instances happened in the ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' movie (Mazinkaiser vs Great General of Darkness: at the beginning, after Lori and Loru's {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}, and at the end, right before he {{spoiler|absolutely destroys the Mykene empire army}}:
{{quote|'''Kouji:''' Because of you... Many people have died... THAT IS UNFORGIVABLE! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}qiZwGqhTP5I\]}}
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** A baddie also uses this; namely, Nehellenia in the penultimate story arc in the anime, when Galaxia tricks her into unleashing a nightmare by repeatedly muttering "Unforgivable" until a mirror appears from her heart. She then shatters it, unleashing a curse onto Tokyo.
* Tenchi's mother in [[The Movie]], ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]] in Love,'' utters this. Yeah, up to this point, she was the [[Ordinary High School Student]], and Kain was a [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] that nothing else in the universe could defeat. Doesn't matter.
* Haruka in ''[[Noein]]'' once she really starts getting pissed at the villain. It took the entire series for her to get to this point, and she had been accepting of nearly everyone else's [[Jerkass|Jerkassness]]ness.
* Goku of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' generally delivers this line to villains who went too far with [[Kick the Dog|Kicking The Dog]], but tends to forget about it before the fight is even over (both Vegeta and Frieza were allowed to leave <s>unharmed</s> alive).
** The Frieza example was more of a case of [[Cruel Mercy]] on Goku's part (considering Frieza was [[Half the Man He Used To Be]] at this point courtesy of his own energy disc), followed by blasting him to hell when Frieza made the mistake of trying to blast Goku [[In the Back]] as he was trying to leave (though Frieza did get better).
** Taken to the next level in the last fight of the Cell Games arc. Cell went out of his way to make sure Gohan was well and truly pissed off, finally killing the gentle giant Android 16, to let out Gohan's whole power. [[Gone Horribly Right|It worked]].
** Also happened earlier in ''Dragonball'' when Tambourine killed Krillin. Unlike Goku's later [[This Is Unforgivable!]] moments, Goku actually kills Tambourine purely for revenge.
*** This results in Piccolo subsequently invoking the trope.
* Judai of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is fond of this phrase when [[It's Personal]], i.e. finding out his mentor is a [[Treacherous Advisor]] (working for the [[Big Bad]], okay, not too nice -- butnice—but betraying his trust = unforgivable).
** This is also a common utterance for the heroes in the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' (not the Toei one). Offending Yami on a moral/emotional level is not good for your health.
*** Happens so often in the original manga its practically Yami's catchphrase. Whats especially hilarious is when he does it several ties to the same person.
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** Anime episode 243. Yumichika says it to his zanpakuto's manifested spirit Ruri-iro Kujaku while fighting him.
* Kagome from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has this reaction when [[Manipulative Bastard]] [[Big Bad|Naraku]] stages a [[Xanatos Gambit]] designed to turn the [[True Companions]] against Sango and/or corrupt her by forcing her to kill her mind-controlled little brother and/or kill them all by luring them into a castle full of poisonous miasma. She locates him by the fragments of the Shikon no Tama he has, and fires a purifying arrow at him. Which blows through a building outer wall, dissipates the toxic miasma, ''and'' blows off his arm. He is so stunned he just stands there while she fires a ''second'' arrow at him, which reduces him to [[Nigh Invulnerability|a head]]. After that he flees, and it's a long time before he dares face her again. She's actually so pissed off that the mere ''beginning'' of her "I won't forgive you"-like declaration features [http://www.mangareader.net/226-16366-17/inuyasha/chapter-110.html a whole page] and follows ''for several pages''.
* [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Negi]] uses it the [httphttps://wwwweb.mangafoxarchive.org/web/20200328100632/http://fanfox.comnet/page/manga/read/71/mahou_sensei_negima/chapter.11094/page.11/ first time he confronts Fate Averruncus], this is a subversion, since Fate way out-classes Negi. Later [[Old Master|Evangeline]], however, [[I Am Not Left-Handed|kicks much butt]].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20080320083535/http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/71/mahou_sensei_negima/chapter.21520/page.14/ Chachamaru] uses it facing down a magical wild beast.
* This is practically King Dedede's [[Catch Phrase]] in ''[[Kirby: ofRight theBack Starsat Ya!]]''.
** Then there's that moment in the episode "Sweet and Sour Puss" when a monster called Togeira possesses him, taking away his ability to get angry and causing him to act kind and calm towards others even through all the beatings everyone gives him. Much later, after the King has been pounded and smacked around enough, Togeira, having been storing his anger from within him while everyone was beating on him, stores enough of his anger to unleash it all in one big mega-attack that has Dedede exploding into a massively firey rage that scares everyone and scream at the top of his lungs, "Now it's payback time!" Dedede eventually goes back to his normal self after he slips on a banana peel, therefore knocking Togeira right out of his own head.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Luffy angrily battles Zoro because he had slaughtered most of the villagers of an island (early on into the Baroque Works arc), who had given the Straw Hats plenty of food earlier on (pointed out by Luffy looking like an impossibly fat slob at the moment). Luffy was unaware that they were in fact bounty hunters. He even actually utters "Unforgivable" before the battle rages higher.
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** Then, in ''[[Suite Pretty Cure]]'', it becomes the pre-[[Transformation Sequence]] [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|one-liner]] [[Catch Phrase]] for the lead duo.
* A favourite line of ''[[Digimon Savers]]'''s Daimon Masaru.
** Typically, dubs don't carry this phrase over, substituting it for something that sounds more [[Badass]] to the Western ear, but the Savers dub, Digimon Data Squad, actually uses this phrase frequently. And since {{spoiler|Kurata}} is the biggest [[Complete Monster]] in the Digi-verse (yes, even Myotismon has met his match) everyone gets a chance to say it more than a few times. The dub of ''[[Digimon Tamers]],'' on the other hand, used it once, by [[The Hero|Takato]] and [[Dark Is Not Evil|Guilmon]] as [[Knight in Shining Armor|Gallantmon]]. It was [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Beelzemon, who said "You can't ''forgive'' me? I don't recall ever ''asking'' for forgiveness!" And then the fight was on. It's not [[Narm|Narmful]]ful like the Data Squad version because Gallantmon didn't dramatically yell it, but stated it in a more matter-of-fact "this is why I must kill you" manner, befitting a literal [[Knight in Shining Armor]].
*** It's worth noting that despite Digimon being a kids show, Gallantmon was willing to execute Beelzemon, and would have gone through with it were it not for the fact that said enemy's biggest victim, and Juri/Jeri asked for him to be spared.
* Kouta, from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'', is understandably miffed when he realizes that {{spoiler|the young woman he's been helping since the first episode is the same one that he watched kill his father and sister years ago}}. And the [[Enfante Terrible]] Mariko considers her fellow lab project Nana having friends to be cause enough for this.
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** Also, occurs in episode 56 from Allen to Tyki.
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' seasonal [[Big Bad]] Sensui forces the heroes to play a video game made real by a [[Psychic Powers|pyschic child]], who is playing as the game's [[Big Bad]]. As long as the heroes keep playing they can't die but if they win the game the kid dies, something Sensui conveniently forgot to tell his child follower. The team is reluctant to does this; but in the end one of them, [[Noble Demon|Kurama]], does the deed. Afterwards, Kurama doesn't utter this line but you can ''definitely tell'' he's thinking it; both by the expression on his face and his actions later on.
* Possibly one of the more ''terrifying'' examples occurs in the manga adaptation of ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV''. Right after seeing an entire village of child-summoners murdered, Ryu utters a [[This Is Unforgivable!]] as he unleashes '''''[[Unstoppable Rage|THE KAISER DRAGON]]''''' (for those unfamiliar with ''[[Breath of Fire]]'', think "nigh-unstoppable [[Kaiju]]-esque Dragon Of Mass Destruction"). It takes a [[Cooldown Hug]] from Nina (whom, for the first time in her life, is scared out of her wits by a dragon)--and this is after the Kaiser Dragon has not only decimated an entire LEGION but literally ''bored a hole through a '''mountain''' via its [[Breath Weapon]]''.
* Tatewaki Kunō says this ('Yurusen!' actually) in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' during his first fight with Ranma, after he insults Akane. Cue ass-kicking - Kunō's, of course.
* ''[[Peach Girl]]'': Momo says this when a trio of girls who are in love with Kairi destroy a necklace Toji gave her because they are jealous of her for getting Kairi's attention.
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{{quote|'''Darunia:''' Link, you must not let your emotions erupt when you face Ganondorf. If you do, you will never be able to defeat him.
'''Link:''' You're right, Darunia. But... I will never forgive Ganondorf. }}
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Winry finds out that {{spoiler|Scar}} is responsible for the murder of her parents, {{spoiler|she immediately picks up a nearby gun and points it towards him, only stopped by Edward. Later on, she runs into him and cooperates with him, but makes it clear that she does not forgive him for what's he done and only helping him because it is what her parents would have done.}}
* Fujiwara no Mokou in the ''[[Touhou]]'' manga ''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth'' likes using this trope when it comes to her bitter rival Kaguya. Face it, she just hates her so much because of the humiliation she gave her father.
{{quote|'''Mokou:''' KAGUYAAA!! Today I'm definitely NOT going to forgive you!!
'''Kaguya:''' Oh no... What am I going to do if you don't forgive me~? }}
* Villain example: Rosine, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Berserk]]'''s Lost Children arc, uses this line on Guts after he {{spoiler|destroys the tree that she has been using to make her creepy little pseudo-elves out of the children she's kidnapped}}, which has the effect of ''supremely'' pissing Rosine off -- badlyoff—badly enough in fact, that she decides to {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel|transform into her]] ''[[One-Winged Angel|true]]'' [[One-Winged Angel|Apostle form, a really creepy insect-like monster]]}}.
** Another villain example from Berserk: when Nosferatu Zodd's duel with Guts is interrupted, he roars this at the interlopers. This guy takes the [[Worthy Opponent]] [[Blood Knight]] dynamic ''really'' seriously.
** An actual (anti) heroic example comes from Guts in volume 17, where he says something to the same effect. After getting a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] lecture handed to him, Guts rethinks how he dealt with avenging the Hawks {{spoiler|after Griffith betrayed and sacrificed them during the Eclipse}} and that since he technically played a role in the group's downfall, he didn't have a right to avenge them... however, for what Griffith did to Casca during the Eclipse {{spoiler|in which he viciously raped her in front of Guts and was driven insane as a result}}, Guts said that he would ''never'' forgive Griffith.
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** [[Catgirl|Ichigo/Zoey]] even uses this trope as quite a [[Badass Boast]] towards a monster attacking Tokyo in her dream in the beginning of an early episode.
{{quote|'''Ichigo:''' You're a wicked monster and you've terrorized this city for the last time. Now you'll pay!}}
* ''[[Rosario Plus+ Vampire]]'': In chapter 41 of the second manga season Kurumu says "...won't forgive. I won't forgive you if you hurt Tsukune!"
** In chapter 50 Tsukune says this to Miyabi because he invaded Mizore's village and planted a [[Forceful Kiss]] on her.
* Although the intentions aren't carried over between meetings, this is often Hayate of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'''s manner when Nagi is threatened. Gilbert is frequently the target, and clearly frightened of the consequences of his actions, though not repentant not to try again at a later date.
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* In ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]'' Kurumi says this whenever Nako gets hurt.
* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai]] La Verite'' episode 9. After Lemon, Marron, and Melon speak rudely to Captain Konoe Tsurugi, Konoe's lieutenant Yashima Sanae tells them "Speaking so rudely to captain...unforgivable!" She then chases them away.
* A rather odd example occurs in ''[[ToA AruCertain Majutsu noMagical Index]]'' when Touma says this to the villain of the current{{when}} arc, Oriana Thompson, who is involved in a plot to brainwash the city. It's not the possibility of mass mind control that really upsets him, though, it's that her actions are interfering with the festival that's going on. Yeah, Touma can be a bit [[Skewed Priorities|strange.]]
* In ''[[Sukeban Deka]]'', "Saki's" catchphrase is "Omaera, Yurusansezore!" (You Won't Be Forgiven!)
* Every member of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' will make sure that anyone who would disrespect their guild or hurt their friends will get no less than what they deserve.
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* Alluded to in the film ''[[Gung Ho]],'' when a shouting match between an American and his Japanese boss gets physical after the American says, "Oh yeah? Well, if you guys are so great, how come ''you'' lost the [[World War II|Big One]]?"
* A western equivalent appears in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]'' where Kirk repeatedly kicks Klingon General Kruge, screaming "[[Punctuated Pounding|I! HAVE HAD! ENOUGH! OF YOU!]]" and then kicks Kruge down a cliff.
** Also Picard's rant about the Borg in ''[[Star Trek: First Contact|Star Trek First Contact]]''. "[We have fallen back] This far, and no further! The line must be drawn here!"
* ''[[The Proposition]]''.
{{quote|"Arthur Burns is a [[You Monster!|monster]]. An abomination. You were right to break company with him; [[Moral Event Horizon|what happened]] at the Hopkins place was unforgivable.}}
* In the Chinese action film "Flash Point", the main character and detective Mah Jun, played by Donnie Yen, chases after a criminal on foot in the streets of Hong Kong. The criminal runs into a restaurant, grabs a young girl as hostage and holds her upside down by the legs. When Mah Jun catches up to him and holds him at gun point, the crook threatens to drop the girl on her head if Mah Jun doesn't drop his gun. Mah Jun complies but the criminal throws the girl [[Kick the Dog|forcefully aside anyway]] right outside the restaurant unto concrete ground injuring the girl. Mah Jun has a very brief [[Heroic BSOD]] and his face clearly shows a [[This Is Unforgivable!]] expression followed by giving the attacking criminal a suplex from hell and then pummeling the man to to death.
* Yes, even some [[Disney]] movies have these. In ''[[Mulan]] II'', Mushu, pressured by Cri-Kee, admits to Mulan what he had done. Mulan is enlightened by Mushu's admittance, but also gets mad at him. She even says that what he did was unforgivable, and when he tries to ask to help some more, she replies with "You've helped enough."
** In ''[[The Lion King]]'', Simba says a line that comes close enough to this to Scar: "You don't deserve to live."
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''But do not forget what we cannot forgive'' }}
**** Worth noting this was due to a misunderstanding - Kovu ''had'' been raised as a [[Tyke Bomb]], but had already pulled a [[Heel Face Turn]] by the time what he was convicted of occured; Simba misinterpreted the situation and refused to listen to otherwise, until the ending where his eyes were opened. It's worth noting that the very ''theme'' of ''[[The Lion King]] II: Simba's Pride'' was [[Forgiveness]].
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Papa Wolf|Michael]], a [[Badass Abnormal]], good Christian paladin type in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' forgives and gives another chance to anyone and anything, even the odd [[Eldritch Abomination]] here and there. But, in the short story "The Warrior," when one of his daughters gets ''bruised'' by a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] priest, all bets are off.
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** Likewise, he doesn't say the words, but Tyrion's reaction to the lies and betrayal by {{spoiler|his brother, his father and the aforementioned mistress}} is similar to this.
** Actually quite a few characters react this way to being betrayed. Which happens quite a lot.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* On ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Faith actually tries to get Willow to give her the whole "you can still be a good guy" speech, instead getting Willow telling her she's way past forgiveness. At least part of this is, of course, because she had kidnapped and tied up Willow though. Ironically, Willow becomes one of the few people who actually could later understand what Faith was going through, having gone evil and killed someone only to be brought back by someone showing caring and kindness when she didn't deserve it.
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* The climax of '''any''' ''[[Toku]]'' show involves saying this phrase, followed immediately by a showdown with the [[Monster of the Week]].
* The ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "No Surrender, No Retreat" opens with Captain Sheridan defiantly declaring "'''Enough is enough!'''", after [[Day of the Jackboot|President Clark's]] forces attack yet another civilian target. He's not even ''remotely'' kidding.
* "[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|I want you all to understand this! If you do this, there will be no forgiveness. No amnesty. This boy died honoring his uniform. You, you'll die with nothing]]."
** President Laura Roslin's speech in the following episode is arguably an even better example: "No. Not now. Not ever. Do you hear me? I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have down to my own eyeteeth to end you. I swear it! I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU!"
** This was [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] when Lee testified at Baltar's war crimes trial - Lee pointed out all the things members of the fleet had done that should have resulted in imprisonment (or execution) that had been "forgiven" by either Admiral Adama or the President, and that the only reason Baltar's crimes were unforgivable and deserved his execution was that [[Insufferable Genius|no one liked him]].
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* This was practically Kotaro Minami's catchphrase in ''[[Kamen Rider Black]]''.
* In [[The Borgias]], Rodrigo is telling his sons how to juggle the various bribes that will get him elected Pope. When one of them points out that his tactics are not exactly "holy", Rodrigo replies "God will forgive us, my son. But ''I'' will not. Forgive. Failure. From you, or your brother." Quite what he was threatening them with (if anything, since he does genuinely love his children,) is unknown, but since the line is spoken with all the verbal badassery [[Jeremy Irons]] can muster, it's understandably taken very seriously.
 
== [[Mythology]] ==
* In [[Classical Mythology]], any time someone is best known for the unique torment they receive in the Underworld, you ''know'' they did something ''really'' bad to earn such a punishment. Examples:
** Tantalus: Murdering his own son, cannibalism, and in one version, stealing ambrosia and nectar from the gods, after they ''invited'' him to share it. All violations of [[Sacred Hospitality]] that the Olympian Gods were big on. His [[Ironic Hell]] was one of eternal hunger and thirst, submerged to his neck in water (that would recede if he tried to drink it) with fruit dangling from branches in front of him (which would move out of reach if he tried to take them).
** Sisyphus: Managing to capture [[Grim Reaper|Thanatos]] himself and hold him hostage, giving all of Creation a huge mess because ''nobody'' could die as a result. Even after Ares threatened to make Sisyphus' life a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] unless he released Thanatos, Sisyphus was able to cheat death ''again'', through a combination of cunning, Loophole Abuse]] and the fact that Thanatos not wanting to go anywhere near him. But he couldn't do so forever, and as a result, was condemned to rolling a boulder uphill for eternity.
** Ixion was a minor king who murdered his father-in-law; at first, the gods were willing to cut him some slack (Ixion's father-in-law [[Asshole Victim| was ''not'' a nice guy]]) and invited him to one of their banquets. ''But'', Ixion again made a Sacred Hospitality faux pas by ''[[Too Dumb To Live| groping at Hera!]]'' Even so, Zeus was willing to forgive, and created a cloud-clone of Hera to test him, a [[Secret Test of Character]] which Ixion failed miserably, assaulting and raping the clone. As a result, he was struck dead, and punished in the afterlife by being chained to a spinning, burning wheel, symbolic of his lust. On top of it, the cloud-clone gave birth to the first of the centaurs, beings notorious for their bestial lust.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Used by Mickey in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' after Goofy has been (apparently) killed, triggering his costume change along the way and making room for what may be the most epic battle sequences in this game.
** Just the fact that Mickey (THE [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]]) says [[Tranquil Fury|"They'll pay for this,"]] is enough to put chills in your spine.
* The original ''[[Suikoden]]'' lets you pull this at least twice with already-defeated foes. In one case, this is actually the ''wrong'' response, as the "villain" was actually [[Brainwashed and Crazy]], and is [[Gotta Catch Them All|one of the 108 Stars of Destiny]]. In the other case, it's perfectly fine to take this option, as the character is legitimately a self-serving sleazeball who caused the death of the lead character's best friend out of nothing more than petty greed -- thegreed—the conversation option for killing him actually ''reads'' "You're the one person I can't forgive."
** Another moment is after Gremio, your protagonist's servant and protector, fools checkpoint guards into thinking that said protagonist is not the now-rebellious son of Teo McDohl, but his own son, and begins to shout at him for never doing anything right, even now being mistaken for a criminal. He is then stopped by pleading guards from killing his 'son' right in front of them. After safe passage, Gremio apologizes to the protagonist for his improvised actings, to which you can actually respond to with ''"Unforgivable!"'' This can go on for a short while, and messing with him is all fun and laughs until it nearly results in him killing himself out of shame. Yikes.
* Subverted in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'', wherein Credo utters this to Sanctus, who blatantly used Credo's sister as bait in his plans and thus the one thing that shook Credo's loyalty to the Order. The kicker? {{spoiler|He said it ''after'' Sanctus fatally wounded him, and got his ass further kicked for his trouble}}.
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* In one of ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'''s endings, {{spoiler|an illusion of Mary}} yells "Do you really think I could ever forgive you for what you did?" before [[One-Winged Angel|transforming]] into the game's end boss.
* Played straight several times in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', but [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when the [[Final Fantasy I|Warrior of Light]] confronts [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]].
{{quote|'''Sephiroth''': Fighting me won't help you recover the [[MacGuffin|Crystals]].<br />
'''WoL:''' I suppose.<br />
'''Sephiroth:''' Well then... Why come before me?<br />
'''WoL:''' You hurt my ally.<br />
'''Sephiroth:''' "I won't forgive you"... you might say? }}
* [[Final Fantasy Tactics]]: [[Ideal Hero|Ramza]], a purer than pure hero who only draws his sword once during a cutscene, who tries to talk every enemy he meets out of fighting, who is basically as forgiving as [[The Messiah|JESUS]] finally finds three people in all of [[Crapsack World|Ivalice]] even he will not forgive: {{spoiler|Algus Sadalfus, for shooting his adopted sister for no reason other than 'I'm a noble so I can do what I want'; Dycedarg Beoulve, his brother, for murdering their father, brother and trying to sacrifice their sister to an [[Eldritch Abomination]]; and Folmarv Tengille, for resurrecting the aformentioned murdered brother as a self-aware zombie, and making him fight Ramza.}}
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** Lyn in ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|FE7]]'' has two of these. The first is against [[Evil Uncle|her granduncle]], [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Lord]] [[Complete Monster|Lundgren]], for trying to assasinate her, poisoning her grandfather (his own brother), and harming the people under his charge to whom he has a duty. The second is an actual utterance, when she, Eliwood and Hector discover {{spoiler|the murder of Leila, an Ostian spy and Matthew's lover}}:
{{quote|'''Lyn''': Unforgivable! This is... a foul deed. Beyond foul.}}
** In his own story path, Hector shares in the above (for Lyn's second [[This Is Unforgivable!]]) by swearing a vendetta against the Black Fang until he finds the one responsible. He also echoes Lyn's "I have neither pity nor mercy for you" when he confronts [[Big Bad|Nergal]]. Notably, [[The Messiah|Eliwood]] does ''[[Subverted Trope|not]]'' possess this quality
* When X declares to Gate in ''[[Mega Man X]] 6'', "Time to teach you a lesson, Gate! You used Zero's DNA to cause the Reploids pain. All for your own ego! I won't forgive you!"
** Also, for a villain example in said franchise:
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'''X:''' OK, whatever you say. I order you to disband this motorcycle gang!
'''Ride Boarski:''' Motorcycle gang?! Why you!! You've gone too far! I'll make you pay for this, with a duel! }}
* ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'' also enjoys using this trope as well. For example, after laying her undead grandfather Raimund Seyfarth back to rest in her alternate mode, Grolla, both infuriated and deeply hurt, declares this trope in vowing to punish Graf Michael Sepperin for disrupting his peaceful slumber. And, of course, this is not the only "[[This Is Unforgivable!]]" moment in the game.
{{quote|'''Grolla:''' Michael Zeppelin... your reasons mean nothing to me. There will be no mercy. You shall pay for this with your life.}}
** Also, in the main game, Spiritia and Lilli say two variations of this trope to {{spoiler|Iris in Iris Stage 3. First, Lilli shouts out "You're gonna pay!" to her, and Tia follows with the common variation of "Iris, I'll never forgive you!"}}
** Zorne is also quite fond of using this trope, especially as one of her pre-battle quotes or when Grolla confronts her after having defeated her friend Trauare, which, of course, is one of quite a few things that can press Zorne's [[Berserk Button]].
{{quote|'''Zorne:''' About time you showed up, Grolla! If it weren't for you, Trau would still be a part of RKS! You're gonna pay for that!}}
* [[Guilty Gear]] uses some "[[This Is Unforgivable!]]" moments as well. For example, May says this to I-No when she catches her tormenting and hurting her friend Dizzy.
* [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]] is another game that also likes this trope. For example, Ragna the Bloodedge, the main protagonist, says this when he uses Hell's Fang on his hated rival Jin Kisaragi. The same thing is also done in his winquote against him.
{{quote|'''Ragna:''' I'll never forgive you, you son of a bitch. I was gonna tell you to die a slow, painful death, but I don't got the patience to wait around, so you're dying now.}}
** Also, in ''Continuum Shift'', Kokonoe declares this to Hazama when he fights Lambda-11 in his arcade mode run.
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** Cheren drops an "I'll never forgive them for this!" regarding Team Plasma in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]''.
* In ''[[Deus Ex]]'', after you {{spoiler|escape from UNATCO, Gunther}} says in a voice full of hate "No, I cannot forgive. No... not the killing of {{spoiler|Agent Navarre.}} I will follow you. Denton; I will get you!
 
== Web Original ==
* In the first video (and most popular) of the Unforgivable series, this trope is averted really, really hard. The narrator essentially meets a woman while he is plotting to buy pants with stolen money, gets her number, and takes her out on a date. This date consists of her buying him food, him treating her rudely, and eventually {{spoiler|him forcing her to satisfy his libido in the bathroom of the arcade to make up for the fact that she had two siblings}}. He then shouts, "UNFORGIVABLE!" at the end. However, after watching the rest of the video, this only proves that he is an extremely angry person who gets upset about minor things.
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{{quote|'''Nostalgia Critic''': To err is human... TO MAKE THE WORST PIECE OF COW SHIT TO EVER STAR [[Shaquille O Neal|A BAD-ACTING, 7-FOOT TALL BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR]] IS UNFORGIVABLE!!!}}
* In ''[[Tasakeru]]'', Zero says this {{spoiler|after N'Ktane pulls an incredibly cruel sneak attack in Book IV.}} As he's a former [[Samurai]], the usage is deliberate.
* In ''[[Dungeon Keeper Ami]]'', what amounts to this happens during the [http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/246220.html invasion of Dreadfog Island]{{Dead link}}, when {{spoiler|Empress Mercury learns that the undead priests of the Crowned Death have plucked out the eyes of 8,000 captive innocents, would-be sacrifices, so that they wouldn't cause trouble.}}
 
== Western Animation ==
* Western animation equivalent: [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]]'s declaration, "Of course you realize, [[This Means War]]!" heard (as per Chuck Jones) when the happy-go-lucky wabbit is finally pushed to the wall. Cue asskicking, etc. Of course, [[Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]] [[Older Than They Think|said it first]].
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