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* 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.
* No matter how many times [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]] saves his school, the students of Hogwarts will still turn against him on a moment's notice on the strength of lies purported by the government. Meanwhile, Harry never shows any gratitude to Snape for saving his life in the first book, or for attempting to save him and his friends from Sirius Black (at the time believed to be a mass murderer), or for saving their life ''again'' in [[Order of the Phoenix]]. Of course, Snape's a dick to Harry, but you'd think saving his life would merit at least a "thank you" from a kid whose defining characteristic is love.
** 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!"}}
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* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: The protagonists, of all people, are these! ''Payback'' has Mark Lane save Julia's life, and instead of being grateful, Charles Martin sends three men with presidential gold shields to intimidate Mark, and the three men perform a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] on Mark's friend Jack Emery. In that book ''Deja Vu'', almost all the men working with the Vigilantes up and leave, and Charles has to explain to the ladies that their men risk their lives, careers and reputations on a daily basis for them, and they have never shown any sort of gratitude for their men! Unfortunately, the ladies do not take that to heart, because the men successfully find the ladies' target, point out his location, and the women respond to this by performing a No Holds Barred Beatdown on their target in front of their men, without even allowing the men to have a piece of him! [[Ungrateful Bitch]]es!
* A fairy tale example. The Brothers Grimm story ''[[The Bremen Town Musicians]]'' features a donkey, a cat, a dog and a rooster who are all past their prime years and no longer able to perform their services for their masters. Instead of allowing the animals to spend their final years in peace, each animal's owner plans to simply dispose of their beasts and replace them with newer animals. The animals decide to set off on their own.
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