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Heroes save people, [[Save the Villain|even enemies.]] What's more, if a hero saves a [[The Rival|rival]] or villain enough times, you'd expect them to change their attitude towards the hero into one of at least [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|grudging]] respect or having [[Noble Demon|honor dictate]] [[You Will Be Spared|that they]] [[I Was Just Passing Through|"owe them one".]]

 

Contrast [[Grudging Thank You]]. Probably not related to the [[Inglourious Basterds]] kind. See also [[Entitled Bastard]].

 

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': [[The Hero]] Kouji Kabuto, his [[Tsundere]] [[Battle Couple]] and [[Love Interest]] Sayaka Yumi, their families and their friends risk their lives on a constant basis to protect humankind of a [[Mad Scientist]] and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] worked for Hitler and wants to [[Take Over the World]] and enslaving the whole humanity [[Freudian Excuse|to make them pay for all grievances he suffered in the past.]] How many "Thank you" they get? You guessed it, no one. Not only that but also people constantly blames them for the destruction and the deaths caused for the battles between Mazinger-Z and the [[Robeast|Mechanical Beasts]], [[Too Dumb to Live|apparently not realizing]] if Mazinger-Z did not exist, all of them would be corpses or slaves (or keeping in mind how Dr. Hell got his [[Mook]]s, they could become BOTH). And every time [[The Dragon]] Baron Ashura blackmails the Japanese Government, they demand the Government gives in their threats (episode 17 provides with a good example).

** ''[[Great Mazinger]]'': Tetsuya and Jun have the same kind of gratitude and regard. Or even worse. In the manga episodes penned by [[Gosaku Ota]] -one of the [[Go Nagai]] assistants-, [[The Dragon]] Great Marshall Of Hell {{spoiler|warned he would blow Tokyo up unless the [[Home Base]] and the [[Humongous Mecha]] of the heroes were destroyed. People demanded the Government yielded... And they did. The Fortress of Science was destroyed, and Tetsuya and his allies were forced to flee and lie low for a while.}} During that time they had absolutely NO help to try and keep defending the humankind. They got many insults, though.

* Viper Snakely from ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]''. Even though Kimba gone against his desire for revenge for [[You Killed My Father|killing both of his parents]] and saved his life from a car crash, Viper Snakely continues to hunt for Kimba and sometimes kill some of his subjects.

 

* The ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''. They can save the world over and over again, and the public of the Marvel universe will still hate and fear them. This is particularly notable during any origin arc, most all of which can be summarized as "Hey, those mutants saved us from that rampaging robot/alien/supervillain/whatever, let's throw rocks at them!"

* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] can save J. Jonah Jameson, JJJ's family, and indeed the whole city of New York all day long if he likes; next morning, the ''Daily Bugle'' headlines are still going to be reading "[[Malicious Slander|Threat or Menace]]?"

** There's the occasional hint that Jameson actually does like Spider-Man, but that he puts on the horse and pony show to sell newspapers. And far more regular hints that JJ can't ''stand'' him. Actually, JJJ clearly stated that he was ''[[Green-Eyed Monster|jealous]]'' of Spider-Man, all the way back in the tenth issue.

** Not to mention Spidey can deliver a quick dose of [[Laser-Guided Karma]] to any asshole who starts [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]], namely by shutting their traps with a gag of webbing.

** Some of the [[New York City Cops]] are also more on the ball than their colleagues, and will cut the wall-crawler some slack when he makes their lives easier. On rare occasions, more belligerent cops will be called out by their partners, who point out that Spider-Man didn't actually do anything wrong.

*** Subverted in one older issue, on patrol, Spidey notices an old woman being mugged, he stops the mugger and returns her purse. She thanks him sincerely, promises to never read or believe JJJ's editorials from then on, and wishes him good luck in the future as he swings away.

* Hell, the whole [[Marvel Universe]] as a whole are filled with ungrateful bastards, quick to turn on the heroes for no good reason or if they make a mistake despite getting their asses saved from Galactus, Magneto, [[Dr. Doom]], etc., ''[[Civil War]]'' demonstrating that behavior. Then again, Marvel citizens are [[Too Dumb to Live|pretty much dumbasses]] so it's not really surprising. That said, the occasional moments when ordinary people actually show gratitude to the heroes are all the more satisfying, and can serve as [[Pet the Dog]] moments to make them likable to the readers.

* [[Superman]] can save the whole frakking universe over and over again, and the government will still create [[Cape Busters]] to attack him. Supe's son, Chris Kent (Nightwing), and his girlfriend, Thara Ak-Var (Flamebird), almost always to get attacked the second after they finish a rescue.

** Was even worse in the beginning of ''Superman''. From time to time he would lose his powers for a few days or so and would get a replacement. In this time of course, everyone simply forgets all his deeds he has done, there would be parades for the replacement for things Superman did every day and sometimes people would even insult him for becoming useless.

** Supergirl, again, dealt with this with Cat Grant after saving her life (and accidentally breaking Cat's arm in the process). This led Cat to go on a surprisingly effective smear campaign against the Girl of Steel. In the end, Supergirl merely left a note on her desk promising never to rescue her again.

* As befitting a [[Sociopathic Hero]] and [[Villain Protagonist]], [[The Punisher]] is this trope to the extreme. Not just to criminals who even risk their lives to save his own (it won't even buy you a decent death), but also to his friends. Even for the innocent, getting even a thank you out of Frank requires you to go above and beyond the call of duty.

 

 

* In ''[[Team 8]]'', Naruto's team of himself, Shino, Hinata and Kurenai fights a team of missing-nin that kidnapped Konohamaru and Hinata's younger sister Hanabi. After being released, Hanabi shows little gratitude toward her rescuers, particularly her older sister Hinata, and expresses disdain toward her for getting knocked out first.

* In ''[[My Immortal]]'', "Dumblydore" saves the lives of [[Designated Hero|"good"]] characters at least twice. They respond by constantly insulting and deriding him for [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|not being "goffik" enough]]. Also, whenever anything big goes wrong, Ebony and friends [[Entitled Bastard|go to Dumbledore and expect him to fix it for them]].

* In one ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' fic, Link finishes up saving a village only for the mayor to throw him out because of the amount of damage Link caused. Link himself knew he was going to cause damage and was willing to fix it up, but the mayor's reaction sends him into a minor [[Heroic BSOD]] (He gets better).

 

* Gaston, from Disney's ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', stabs the Beast moments after the Beast decides to let him go (rather than dropping him off the roof). Admittedly, the Beast wasn't actually saving him, but it's still pretty bastardly. [[Karmic Death|It was also the very last act he ever committed.]]

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'' has superheroes go into hiding to escape being sued by the people they saved. To be fair, the ones we see ends up hurting most of them pretty badly.

* Cera in the first ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' movie. Littlefoot's mother saves her and Littlefoot from being eaten by Sharptooth. Even after this [[Jerkass|she]] ''[[Too Dumb to Live|remains]]'' racist against "longnecks", even going so far as to call Littlefoot's mother stupid.

** She gets better eventually.

* Stoick the Vast in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' could count as this when he finally finds out about Hiccup and Toothless. {{spoiler|After inadvertently endangering Hiccup and ''seeing Toothless rescue him'', he attacks the dragon and orders him captured ''after Toothless spares his life when Hiccup begs him to.'' Then he tells Hiccup that [[I Have No Son|he's not his son just because he befriended a dragon]], then he doesn't listen to his son's stories about how big the queen dragon is and brings what is apparently most of the village on an inadvertent suicide mission.}} [[Sarcasm Mode|Great parenting skills, Stoick.]]

* [[The Napoleon|Sykes]] in ''[[Shark Tale]]'' demands that [[Idiot Hero|Oscar]] pays him.

* Originally, at the end of ''[[The Lion King]]'', Simba actually chases Scar to the top of a cliff, causing the evil lion to plead for his life, and that the hyenas were behind the death of Mufasa, Simba actually tells Scar to "run away and never return", but Scar responds by throwing Simba off the cliff and starts cackling evilly as he is about to be burned alive in the fire.

** The sequel has Kiara attempting to save Zira from drowning in a river, but Zira refuses her offer and decides to drown anyway.

* In ''[[Hellboy II]]'' the civilians swing from [[Muggles]] to Ungrateful Bastards ridiculously soon after the [[Masquerade]] is broken. Although the fact that Hellboy would seem to them to have gone from "cool urban legend" to "scary demon with huge guns who attracts enormous, destructive plant monsters"... And this is why the comics has him being public knowledge since day one (that's since the 1950's).

* Lieutenant Dan in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' is not only ungrateful, but downright angry with Gump for saving his life. This was mostly a pride thing, though, as he was the first in his family not to die in battle and didn't know what to do with his life afterwards, especially after losing his legs. If anything, by the end of the movie he becomes grateful to Gump for not just saving him, but giving him a reason to live.

* In ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park: The Lost World]]'', [[Designated Villain|Ingen's dinosaur capturing party]] rescues Ian and his team after a T-Rex destroys all of their equipment and leaves them dangling off of a cliff. They then provide all of the information Ian and co. need to get help and personally escort them there, despite heavy losses to their own ranks(most of which directly caused by [[Too Dumb to Live|Ian's group]], of course). Despite all of this, Ian's team still feels the need to spend every minute of screen time possible heckling and sabotaging them. They even steal the bullets from them as they leave the island, leaving Ingen's team helpless against the attacking dinosaurs. That's ''manslaughter'', or at the very least depraved indifference.

 

** Blame DelRey for keeping an [[Idiot Ball]] in the [[Mooks]] of the galaxy to continue to write huge, galaxy spanning stories despite quality taking a nosedive. The most egregious examples are ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' and ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'', especially on the latter {{spoiler|where the idiots in the alliance elect a War Criminal to be their Chief of State who goes on to exile the Galaxy's savior, Luke Skywalker.}} [[What an Idiot!|What stupid fucking idiots.]]

* In [[Anne McCaffrey]]'s ''[[Tower and The Hive|Talent]]'' series, early on the Talents provide a warning that saves the life of, among others, a Senator who's arguing vehemently to deny them legal protection—even though it also risks the life of their strongest defender. Undaunted, the Senator not only accuses them of perpetrating a hoax but also insists that real psychics would have known better.

* Steve from the ''[[The Saga of Darren Shan]]''. Darren saves him by sacrificing most of his humanity after an accident. And how does Steve repay him, by becoming a vampire slayer and vowing to kill him. All because he thought Darren stole ''his'' original dream of becoming a vampire.

{{quote|'''Jennifer:''' Oh, yuck! Malcolm Wylie, what are you doing here? I was hoping to be rescued by some handsome cop or maybe a federal agent or something. }}

* Palicrovol in ''Hart's Hope,'' so much so that {{spoiler|the book consists of a plea by another character for him not to kill Orem.}} It doesn't help that he contributed to the problem by raping the [[Big Bad]], Beauty, when she was a child. So once {{spoiler|Orem frees him and his closest friends -- including the narrator -- from their various curses, at the cost of Orem's beloved son, Palicrovol sets out to kill him due to Orem's time as Beauty's second-string consort}}. Discovering that Orem is his son (by a different woman) only prompts him to add incest to his list of charges.

* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene|The Golden Age]]'', the amnesiac Phaethon hears himself denounced as ungrateful and later learns that he is suing to have his father declared dead after his father had died to save him and been revived from a noumenal recording. {{spoiler|Still later, he recovers his memory. He learns that his dying father had asked him to do something and pledged him monetary support so he could do it; he was suing to get the money to carry out his father's [[Last Request]].}}

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', Brokenstar plots with {{spoiler|Tigerstar}} to take over Thunderclan, even though the same clan gave him shelter when he was blinded and '''saved him from being murdered''' by two other clans. Even his own clanmates don't treat him with the same kindness as Thunderclan.

** In Harry's defense, he didn't know about the first one until it was months too late to say anything, Snape immediately voided whatever gratitude Harry might have owed him for the second incident by deliberately lying about what happened to try and to get Sirius murdered an hour later, and by the time Harry first saw Snape again after the third incident Snape was in full double agent mode and doing his absolute best to convince Harry (and everyone else) he was actually working for Voldemort.

** Draco Malfoy. Ron even lampshades it:

{{quote|"And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!"}}

* Anyone who has read [[Stephen King]]'s ''Everything's Eventual'' will know that [[Ungrateful Bitch|Diane]], the character from the short story ''Lunch at the Gotham Cafe'', is '''definitely''' this trope. You would think, that even after her husband just saved her life from a psychotic waiter, even after she treated him very coldly, not to mention demanding a divorce, would at least warrant a "thank you" from her!

 

* ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On the Prairie]]'': The 1979 episode "Barn Burner," which deals with the hardcore racism of a Walnut Grove-area farmer, has such an example at the episode's climax. Judd Larabee is being tried for barn burning in the aftermath of the destruction of Jonathan Garvey's barn; the offense carries an automatic death penalty upon conviction. Eleven of the 12 jurors have voted to convict Larabee, but one – Joe Kagan, the black farmer whom Larabee strongly hates – is not convinced Larabee was responsible; Kagan's instincts prove correct when Jonathan's son, Andy, admits he left a lantern hanging too close to the barn and it ignited the dry tinderwood. Larabee is acquitted ... and shows his graciousness by continuing to call Kagan every racist name in the book! Larabee pays a heavy price in the end, as his family leaves him and the other townsfolk shun him; it is implied that Larabee dies shortly thereafter of a heart attack.

* ''[[The Jeffersons]]'': Unlike what the episode title may imply, "Sorry, Wrong Meeting" is not a funny little story about accidentally walking into the wrong meeting, although the plot is most certainly about walking into the wrong meeting. To determine how to handle a series of burgalries in the Manhattan high-rise where the Willises and Jeffersons live, Tom plans a meeting; in the elevator, he runs into a man (who has just moved into the building) and his son, who are planning their own meeting. Tom—unknowing that the gentleman is the master of the local Klu Klux Klan chapter, and unknowing that the meeting is about running the Jeffersons out—offers to come. George, Tom and Mr. Bentley (also a white man) arrive and discover that they have the wrong meeting. A loud argument eventually ensues, with George's natural talent of wit (along with Tom's reasoning and Mr. Bentley also using sarcastic wit) thwarting the leader's racist reasoning at every turn. Eventually, the KKK leader suddenly passes out, and George—the only one who knows CPR—manages to revive him and save his life. However, when the man's son tells him that George had saved him, the leader promptly tells his son that "You should've let me die!" (The audience gasps in disbelief at this point.) His attitude makes the other members realize what they're doing is wrong and, when his assistant tries to resume the meeting, the others all leave the club en masse, with the son—who had once admired his father and was starting to become the very racist image of him—apologizes and takes a look at his own values.

** Much as the show liked to forget it, every Goa'uld was holding a host captive. Even if they weren't menacing anyone else, merely letting them "live their lives in peace" was an unacceptable situation—as proven by the trial over the Goa'uld and Skaara.

* The living Ancients in the ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "The Return" fall squarely within this trope. After their hyperdrive failed in the void between the Milky Way and Pegasus, they set their ship up to travel at .999 percent the speed of light. Thanks to relativity, they're still alive 10,000 years later when the Atlantis expedition finds them and brings them home. Their thanks? Kicking the entire human population out, including the people on the mainland, so they could be "alone" and have "time to adjust". Despite repeatedly stating their gratitude, they never actually ''show'' it. Arguably they could have had a chance had they not been killed within weeks of reclaiming the city, but there's really no excuse for just how unreasonable they were behaving at the beginning.

* In ''[[Misfits]]'', when Nikki receives a heart transplant that saves her life, she tells the doctor she doesn't want her new heart, and orders him to take it out and give her a different one. In her defense, along with the new heart she had inherited the "gift" of spontaneous teleportation (her first trip resulted in her finding herself in the morgue, lying on top of the frozen corpse of her heart donor) but she couldn't really ''tell'' the doctor that part without sounding batshit crazy.

* One episode of ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' had Superman facing a [[Frivolous Lawsuit|lawsuit after rescuing a rock musician who claimed Superman injured his hand in the process and that he couldn't play guitar anymore]]. Turns out the guy had history of suing people at the slightest provocation.

* Ingrid in ''[[Young Dracula]]'', especially in season three. She's trying to distract {{spoiler|her brother}} so one of her vampires can kill him. She decides the appropriate distraction is to thank him for when he saved her life the previous episode.

* Jack Bauer in ''[[24]]'' has personally saved the USA government officials from {{spoiler|political assassinations, a false pretense for war, nuclear attacks, biological attacks, a corrupt president, and more.}}. To thank him, the officials he worked for don't do a damn thing to save Jack when he was {{spoiler|captured by Chinese agents who tortured him for almost two years for information (that he never gave.)}} Also, most of 24 consists of [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|bureaucrats]] putting all their efforts in punishing Jack after or even when he's stopping terrorists from murdering hundreds of thousands of people. After everything he's done to save the country, the country's leaders give him less than squat back.

 

* The Bible – particularly the Gospels – contain many parables and passages about gratitude:

** '''Luke 17:11-19''' is the story of Jesus cleansing 10 lepers, but only one of them – a Samaritan – thinks to thank Jesus and praise Him. While Jesus has plenty of praise for the one who did show his gratitude, He is highly offended at the nine who didn't: "Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And He said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

** '''Matthew 20:1-16''' is about laborers in the vineyard. Here, the owner of the vineyard hires workers in stages, paying them all an identical sum at the end of the day, regardless of how many hours they worked, whether for several hours or just a few minutes. The workers who received their denarius for working only a short time are thankful, but those who worked all day in scorching heat and without breaks complain when they are given the same denarius. The master, sensing that his worker(s) are ungrateful for what they view as meager pay, replies, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?" Jesus' point, aside from gratuity, is one He makes several times in the Gospels: "The last will be first, and the first last." (Matthew 20:16).

 

* From ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]'', the Cowardly Lion's reason for joining the [[Torches and Pitchforks|witch-hunting mob]]:

{{quote|'''Tin Man:''' And the lion also has a grievance to repay, if she'd let him fight his own battles when he was young he wouldn't be a coward today!}}

To pay no tribute unto Caesar, none,

But keep the merit all your own! ... }}

 

* At one point in ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', the player is given the choice whether or not to rescue [[Those Two Bad Guys]] Uzuki and Kariya from Taboo Noise. If they choose to do so, Kariya is thankful... but Uzuki tells them to, basically, piss off. Amusingly, Neku is ''aware'' of this trope, and if you save them, [[Genre Savvy|explains that he's only doing it]] ''to'' piss them off.

* Good god, ''[[Phantom Brave]]''. Most of the population believes Marona is "the Possessed One" who can kill them all. So not only do they berate, insult, and hiss at her...they hire her services to save their bacon, and then stiff her on the payment. They get better, but geez.

** Moore served in Operation Sunburst a few years prior, which saw the NCR and Brotherhood in a state of open war and in which the NCR incurred massive casualties before wearing the Brotherhood down via sheer weight of numbers. Her unhappiness over an alliance with them is understandable, even if not exactly agreeable. Likewise, the Great Khans ''boast'' about their open antagonism towards the NCR and although they've fallen on hard times lately, even a cursory look at their recent past paints them as little more than opportunistic raiders who killed and stole whatever they pleased. A former Great Khan who was present at the Bitter Springs Massacre even says the tribe got what was coming to them.

* In ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]'', {{spoiler|even after you weaken Murdaw by defeating him in the dream world and, you know, ''saving the monarchs of Somnia from certain doom'', the guards of Somnia will still treat you like a piece of shit due to the [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|events]] of your last visit. Thankfully, the recently awakened king sets them straight before things can get hairy.}}

* At the end of ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash: Twinsanity]]'' Dr. Neo Cortex {{spoiler|learned from his mistake and goes back to being Crash's arch rival}}.

* Knight Commander Meredith in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''. Even if you side with her during The Last Straw, she will still try to kill you. Also Grace, the apostate mage that you help earlier in an Act I quest, returns in Act III convinced that her own failure to escape the templars is your fault.

*** No, that was ''necessary''. She even explains why the ruse after you return.

* The Council of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' certainly acts like this toward Shepard. Virtually any major decision in the first game will be second-guessed by them, even actions carried out by a force you had no authority over.

** Carries over to the second game. The original Council, which owes you their lives, refuses to believe the Reapers exist and only grudgingly gives you your SPECTRE status back. If it's the human council, who owe their position to you, they won't even speak with you and only Anderson can get you reinstated.

* The [[Physical God|Demiurge]] in ''[[Strange Journey]]''. After a [[That One Boss|long, grueling battle]] you manage to beat the massive monstrosity and allow it to fuse into a single being. If not Law-aligned, he ''immediately'' warns you there will be '''consequences''' for not choosing his path, demanding retribution just for ''[[Knight Templar|not believing in its ideals]]''. The option of shoving it [[Sealed Evil in a Can|back into his can]] is heartily welcomed at this point.

** There are several demons who will allow you to begin negotiations with them, ask them to be your demon, make demands of you... and then ''refuse to join you anyway''. These demons are all of either the Law or Chaos alignments (they include Angel, Oni, and Lilim), and will not pull this on you if you're of the same alignment. Thankfully, there's a Sub App called "Tea Amity" that forces them to reconsider their refusal; once they reconsider, they will ''always'' agree to join you.

 

* In ''[[Bad Machinery]]'' when Archie saves Linton from drowning he comments that it probably only saved him so it could kill him itself. Jack then claims to be phoning the dictionary to ask for a stronger version of the word "ungrateful".

* ''[[Meat Shield (webcomic)|Meat Shield]]'': Prince Jonus of Westhame. After they saved his sorry life and soul from a demoness and a bunch of evil cultists, he has the gal to try and get the heroes arrested for "laying a hand on his person". [http://www.meatshield.net/archive/jaine-lays-down-the-law/ Jaine's response sums it up best.]

* ''[[Thistil Mistil Kistil]]'': [http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch02-pg20/ Loki's interpretation.]

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', neither of the two fairies shows Annie or Kat any gratitude or even courtesy for helping them reconcile.

* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', the [[Author Avatar]] saves {{spoiler|Spades Slick}} from fatal wounds and the death of his universe, and nurses him back to health. How is said [[Author Avatar]] thanked? Multiple stab wounds and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|stubborn refusal to drink his fresh Butler-milk]].

 

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''

** Zuko was an Ungrateful Bastard pre-[[Character Development]]. Aang saves his life twice in the first season (though the first may have been a simple qui-pro-quo since Zuko freed him) and once in the second season. His uncle even points out to him that he's only alive because of the Gaang's mercy, but he still chooses to help bring him down in Ba Sing Se.

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': This trope was the whole reason Mona Simpson was always on the run from the law. After saving Mr. Burns when a hippie demonstration she was participating in went wrong, Mr. Burns was able to identify Mona, forcing her to abandon Homer at such a young age. {{spoiler|Luckily, the demonstration had also cured a young Clancy Wiggum, who was working as a security guard, of his asthma. Unlike Mr. Burns, Wiggum was, in fact, grateful because it finally allowed him to join the police force, and he anonymously helped Mona escape from Springfield to avoid getting arrested.}}

** Sideshow Bob still tries to kill Bart, even teaming up with his brother Cecil on one occasion, despite that Cecil previously tried to kill them both and it was Bart who saved him.

* Benson and Ticket Guy from ''[[Regular Show]]''.

** The Astronaughts as well. When Rigby points out they saved the city, their only response is to [[It Makes Sense in Context|throw the grilled cheese in their face]] and threaten their lives.

*** To be fair, Mordecai and Rigby lied to them... all the episode.

** Rigby, after being saved by his friends from a doppelganger, manages to be a [[Beyond the Impossible]] Ungrateful Bastard at ''Temp Check"

'''Rigby:''' ''What a windbag!, I thought he’d never shut up. I can’t believe you guys thought he was me. You must feel like idiots, right?'' }}

* Gobsmack from ''[[Pearlie]]'' is the pickiest bastard in the show.

* Wasp from ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. Ever since the day [[Kid Appeal Character|Bumblebee]] accidentally sent him to prison for a crime Wasp did not commit, Wasp has since then vowed revenge on Bee for betraying him and wants to kill him one day. When Wasp because of his obsession with revenge on Bumblebee for framing him, accidentally gets mutated into a technorganic monster, Bumblebee is now horrified by Wasp's hideous new look, and immediately apologizes to him. Wasp's response:

{{quote|'''Wasp''': (in his pre-organic voice) Wasp... forgive... Bumblebot... (brief pause, now in his "normal" voice) [[That Man Is Dead|...BUT WASPINATOR ''NEVER'' FORGIVE!!!"]]}}

* In ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', Jenny is kicked out of a popular teen hangout because Mezmer, the owner, [[Fantastic Racism|refuses to serve robots.]] Later on, she saves the shop from a gang of space bikers. Mezmer still kicks her out, but this time, the rest of the teens, who were grateful that Jenny saved them, leave as well.

 

* There's always gonna be a few people who won't even say thank you when you do them a favor.

* During the fighting in the Pacific in [[World War Two]], wounded Japanese soldiers would often deliberately blow up corpsman who were trying to help them.

* On a national level, many Canadians have felt this way about US politicians due to 9/11. Despite the country accepting all the international flights diverted from the US (and thus assuming the potential risk of terrorists arriving on those flights, when no one knew what was going on or how many there were), it was noted that when the Bush Administration was going around thanking other countries for their support it took days before they remembered the country next door. The continued exasperation at the Canadian embassy having to send out regular press releases informing candidates, elected officials and even cabinet members that, no, none of the hijackers entered the US from Canada, merely adds to it.

* The family of Hank Gathers (Loyola Marymount basketball player that died on court in 1990) attempted to sue both of the first responders that attempted to help their son, and they sued the school as well. The lawsuit against the first responders (including a doctor in the crowd who volunteered to come down and help) was unsuccessful. The lawsuit against the school was settled out of court before trial for 1.4 million.

* When the four-man Christian Peacemaker Team [[wikipedia:2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis#Charges of ingratitude towards military personnel|were captured in Iraq]], resulting in the torture-murder of one of their activists, they initially did not thank the soldiers who rescued them, being a diplomatic organization who were reluctant to be associated with a military effort. [[Subverted Trope|However, they later publicly thanked the soldiers.]]

 

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