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* Invoked in ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', when Dorian realises that his painting is reflecting all the hedonism he's committed, and thinks that not picking up this country girl he comes across will improve it. The painting develops a smug grin of hypocrisy.
* One [[Dave Barry]] column has this insight into the male mindset: being little more than toilet-trained cavemen, they will occasionally perform an act of great heroism like doing the laundry without being asked or making spaghetti without setting the house on fire, only to be confused when other people (read: women) don't consider this an accomplishment worthy of a Nobel Prize.
* Edward Cullen from ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' ''embodies'' this mindset. "I'm not killing every random human in my path, I deserve a cookie!", even though he's never lifted a finger to stop anyone ''else'' from eating people, or tried to save anyone in danger of getting eaten. Come to think of it, pretty much ''everyone'' in ''Twilight'' fits this mentality.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* One ''[[Baby Blues]]'' strip featured Zoey excitingly telling her mom that she just saw her brother Hammie bend over in front of her, and ''didn't'' kick him! The last panel has her complaining about how hard it is to get brownie points.
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'''Domato''': I was never really asleep.
'''Kev''': Yeah, I know. }}
* Belkar in ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' prequel, ''On The Origin Of PCs''. He thinks he deserves a reward for the restraint he showed by not killing ''all'' the barmaids in a tavern brawl, and suggests that if humans don't want him to murder people, they should put up a sign saying "Thank you for not killing more than five of us".
{{quote|'''Prison Guard''': We don't want you to kill ANY of us!
'''Belkar''': Now you're just being unreasonable! }}
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