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{{quote|''"Sorry, baby! Why you make me do that?"''|description of the "Double Slap" weapon from ''[[Disgaea 2
Some people just don't play fair.
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Quick as a flash, the mother's hand slams across her daughter's cheek. There's a pause while the girl registers that she's been hurt.
And that's when mother plays her trump card. Before her daughter can get over the shock, before she can get angry and start fighting back... her mother bursts into tears. Normally, the person who now sports a bright red hand print across her face will begin apologizing profusely or start crying as well, usually hugging the one that just hit her. Somehow, the ''victim'' is now convinced that ''she'' was to blame... and the slapper "wins" the argument by default.
The victim of
Occasionally this is a one-off event that isn't indicative of an abusive relationship, just an argument gone bad, or just [[Played for Laughs]], especially if the person hit isn't very hurt or recovers immediately. The character who does the hitting won't have done it before, and probably won't do it again. In the case of children, particularly if the child has worried the parents, it will be seen as a natural reaction toward the scare, a result of combined worry, anger, and relief.
It's also pretty much a given in any show between the [[Stalker
Compare [[Sorry I Fell
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== General ==
* It's incredibly common for villains, at varying levels of desperation and hostage-have, to try and invoke this trope when they're threatening to do something really nasty. It usually doesn't work except with the [[Draco in Leather Pants]] crowd, but they're trying and that's what counts.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* This is often how [[Domestic Abuser]] Ryoki acts in regards to his <s> slave</s> girlfriend Hatsumi in ''[[Hot Gimmick]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Peach Girl]]'': Sae tries to make people think [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|that Momo is doing this to her]] and succeeds for a while, when it's really the other way around.
* ''[[Black Cat (
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* In ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' Mayu's stepfather [[Abusive Parents|sexually abuses her]] whenever Mayu's mother is not home. When Mayu tries to tell her mother what's been happening to her, she immediately gets a slap across the face. Her mother yells at her "It's you who isn't wanted! As long as you're here that person...", which implies that her mother hit Mayu because she is ''jealous of her'', and that she is trying to convince Mayu that she is the one who is in the wrong.
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' has a particularly vicious example in the form of Akito, who attacks Hatori with what looks like a vase, [[Eye Scream|blinding him in one eye]], and immediately starts asking the maimed doctor "Hatori, what's wrong?" before accusing Kana, Hatori's innocent would-be fiancee, of being responsible for Hatori's pain. [[
* In ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'' the violence between Shinji and Asuka reaches a crescendo as Shinji eventually strangles her. This happens shortly after Asuka kicks him, gives him a nasty [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] which includes her rejecting him after he confesses his feelings to her, and shoves him to the ground causing a pot of painfully hot coffee to spill on him.
** Which, in turn, came after [[Dude, She's Like, in
* ''[[Outlaw Star]]'': Harry hits Melfina quite a few times, angry at her for refusing to leave with him when he "came all this way just to pick you up."
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* In ''[[Paprika]]'', the titular character's [[Stalker
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* ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'': In episode 19, Susumu wraps his hands around Tetsunosuke's throat and makes an attempt to strangle him while saying, "Did you come to piss me off again? Do you think I like being pissed off? I wouldn't be feeling this way if you weren't here!" All this coupled with the fact that Tetsunosuke is crying and staring at him sadly, makes for a very [[Foe Yay]]/ [[Ho Yay]]-tastic scene between the two.
* In ''[[Ranma
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Bulgaria uses this as his reason to beat up and bully North Italy despite being allies.
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* In the manga version of ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Mrs. Yuuki reads Miaka's diary and therefore learns of her crush on Tamahome. Miaka feels hurt and upset that, aside from her mother reading her diary, she is being forbidden from even ''thinking'' about him when Mrs. Yuuki is dating someone after having a divorce two years ago... and SLAP!
* ''[[Psyren]]'': Kyotada Inui reacts like this whenever he beats up his brother, Saburou.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Bitter Virgin]]'' when Hinako is discovered to have miscarriage, her mother demands to know the name of the man she has been sleeping with. Hinako immediately replies it is her stepfather (as he has been repeatedly raping her), to which the mother slaps her across the face as she believes Hinako is lying to protect the real man. It isn't until Hinako is pregnant again and the doctor suggests from the bruises all over Hinako that she isn't a willing participant, does her mother believe her.
* ''[[Shaman King]]'': [[Knight Templar|Jeanne]] takes it [[Up to Eleven]]. If you don't accept her [[Last Second Chance]], she WILL [[Cruel and Unusual Death|kill you]], then weep [[Tender Tears]] for your sad fate.
== Comic Books ==
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* Superboy-Prime uses this trope in ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' in the most horrifying way imaginable.
* Given that [[Deadpool]] is a professional assassin who has killed hundreds, it's interesting that [[Misaimed Fandom|no one is really outraged]] up until #13 of his solo series where he beats his best friend unconscious and throws his hostage/mother figure Blind Al into a room full of sharp objects, asking her "Why did you have to make me do this? why?"
* [[
* [[Supergirl]] was given a beat down by her boyfriend [[Domestic Abuser|Powerboy]] out of nowhere, who kept ordering her to calm down, and begging her to let him help her. It was clear that the bastard was nuts. Or [[All Just a Dream|was he]]?
== [[Fan
* ''[[
▲* [[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]] fanfic [[Mistakes (Fanfic)|Mistakes]] portrays the relationship of Imperial Japan and Korea this way; Kiku beats Yong-Soo for misdemeanours such as speaking in Korean or questioning the Emperor, and then makes him thank him for the "lesson". Kiku [[Well Intentioned Extremist|genuinely believes this is the right thing to do]], but of course that doesn't help.
* [[Tess of the D'Urbervilles|Alec D'Urberville]] is not above playing this card. Except he plays it as "[[Rape As Drama|Why did you make me lust after you?]]"▼
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The title character of ''[[Chopper]]'' yells "look what you made me do!" after beating his girlfriend.
* ''[[
** Actually, she blames the title characters: "See what they made me do? Hit my own son."
* ''[[Empire Records]]'': After a fair amount of provocation from his foster son Lucas, Joe drags him into the office and beats him up, then brings him an icepack and says, "You know you deserved that, right?"
* ''[[
* Caledon Hockley in ''[[Titanic]]'' does this on occasion to his fiance Rose throughout the movie as he becomes increasingly possessive over her and jealous of her relationship with Jack.
* ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]'' has a variant, this one from a jilted lover in a [[Love Triangle]]: "You made me kill you!"
* Nathan Wallace in [[Repo!
* ''Women Talking Dirty'' almost plays this for laughs. In the heat of an argument a man slaps his girlfriend in the face and then says, "Oh, look what you made me do." She then slaps him in the face, repeats the same line, and storms off.
* ''Misery'' (see the entry in Literature).
* In ''[[
* In the film version of Dolores Claiborne (not sure about the novel by Stephen King), the protagonist's husband hits her across the kidneys with a piece of firewood, then says "Why did you make me do it?" It doesn't end well.
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** [[Jacqueline Wilson]]'s ''Lola Rose'': Lola's mother is due to go to the hospital for an operation. The night before, she drinks heavily while her daughter tries to stop her. After being ignored, Lola accidentally-on-purpose drops the bottle of alcohol. Her mother belts her across the face, then they both burst out crying. May well be [[Justified Trope|justified]] in this case, since the operation is for breast cancer, putting everyone in the family under extreme stress.
** [[Jacqueline Wilson]]'s ''The Suitcase Kid'': Andy is extremely late coming home from school after she decides that she can't stand her dysfunctional family life. Her mother slaps her when she finally does come home, bursts into tears, and lays an enormous guilt trip on Andy, despite the fact that her mother's emotional manipulation, [[Parental Favoritism]] towards her new boyfriend's children and general lack of concern over Andy's best interests go a long way towards explaining why Andy didn't want to come home in the first place.
* Occurs in
** Oddly, she's sort of
* In the [[Stephen King]] book ''[[Misery]]'', Annie Wilkes pulls this on protagonist Paul Sheldon. Just replace "hit" with [[Axe Crazy|"chop off foot with axe and cauterize the wound with a blowtorch"]].
* In the S.E. Hinton book ''The Outsiders'' After Ponyboy yells "YOU DON'T YELL AT HIM!" at Darry for yelling at Soda, Darry inadvertly slaps Pony against the door. Darry looks at his hand, then looks at Ponyboy. All three brothers are shocked. Darry then says, "Ponyboy!" And as Pony is charging out the door, Darry yells in a desperate attempt to get him back inside the house, "Ponyboy, I didn't mean to--" and the youngest one disappears.
* In [[The Twilight Saga]] Emily refuses to return Sam's affection. He eventually loses his temper, becomes a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|wolf]], and claws half her face off. He then feels so bad about what he did that she decides to accept his love. Christ, those books are messed up...
** And let's not go into all the emotional abuse between Edward and Bella. "Do you want to start a war" indeed.
▲* ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles
== Live Action TV ==
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** Occurs again near the end of season 4, with Lynnet slapping her adopted daughter Kayla after she makes an indirect threat to her own daughter.
*** Does that really count? Threatening someone's children seems like a legitimate reason to retaliate.
* In the season 2 finale of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', {{spoiler|Sylar "accidentally" shoots Maya in a struggle}} and quips, "Now look what you made me do!" half-sarcastically.
** When Peter absorbs Sylar's primordial ability, he beats the latter up and blames it on him.
** Later, Sylar {{spoiler|traps HRG, Claire, Angela and Meredith in Primatech and forces them into a [[Saw]]-like deadly game. All the while he angsts about how they made him evil.}}
*** Both might actually qualify as subversions. In both cases, it is to a very great extent the "fault" of the victim. In the former, Peter is only beating the crap out of Sylar because of the ability he (Peter) unwittingly took from him (Sylar). In the latter, {{spoiler|Primatech DEFINITELY had a hand in making Sylar the bastard he was.}}
* Happens numerous times in the TV movie ''No One Would Tell''. In one scene, Bobby throws his girlfriend Stacy against a wall when she says something that annoys him and stares at her indifferently saying, "Great. You happy now?"
* Occurs between Beecher and Keller in ''[[Oz]]'' on a few separate occasions. In one scene Keller knocks Beecher out when he tries to go against his wishes. In another scene Beecher annoys Keller when he continually asks what he did to make him angry with him, and he shoves Beecher so hard he falls and slides a few feet across the floor.
** A bit of context for both incidents: the first was a case of [[Percussive Prevention]], since Keller was about to confess to arranging the murder of the son of [[Complete Monster]] Vern Schillinger, when said murder was actually arranged by ''Beecher''. (Since Schillinger previously had his son kidnap both of Beecher's kids and kill one of them, it's difficult to blame him.) Beecher wanted to take responsibility for what he'd done rather than having Keller turn himself into a target to save him, and Keller decided to knock him out before he could confess to the crime himself. Then Keller ran off and took the rap for it. The second case mentioned here happened earlier in the series, before Keller's [[Heel Face Turn]]. (Or perhaps, considering all that Keller would go on to do later, while he was still on the [[Heel]] side of the [[Heel Face Revolving Door]].) At ''that'' time, Keller was working for Schillinger and was under orders to gain Beecher's trust, get Beecher to fall in love with him, and then torment him emotionally as part of Schillinger's revenge scheme. Suddenly switching
* ''[[Rescue Me]]:'' Sheila's lesbian lover pulls this on her in Season 2. After beating the shit out of her in a fit of jealousy, she is seen tenderly dabbing at Sheila's wounds, saying, "I'm sorry I was so rough with you, but sometimes you just make me so angry."
* Parodied in ''[[Friends]]'', where a scene from a Soap Opera has a character slap her daughter and tearfully hug her immediately after, giving the daughter no time to react.
* Often happened on ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' between Guy and Marian. Marian would infuriate Guy. Guy would lash out. Marian would get blamed. {{spoiler|Eventually, he stabs her to death.}} [[Misaimed Fandom|Naturally it was the most popular ship on the show.]]
* Lucifer spent a season of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' tooling around waiting for the big finale, and pulled this a couple of times, because he likes to claim he's the good guy. Most notably, right before he ''killed'' Gabriel:
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'''Gabriel:''' No one makes ''us'' do anything.
'''Lucifer:''' I know you think you're doing the right thing, Gabriel, but I know where your heart truly lies... [''Stab.''] '''Here.''' }}
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== Music ==
* El-P invokes this trope at the end of the song "Stepfather Factory". There's the line towards the end of the song that says:
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''Has led to simulated feelings of resentment and worthlessness''
''Manifested in the highly unlikely, but still possible, act''
''Of physical aggression towards you and your loved ones' [[Call a Human
** Then via a [[Nightmare Fuel|bone-chilling]] robotic ''basso profundo'' voice, the stepfather-bot from the song eerily intones at the very end: "''Why are you making me hurt you? I love you.''"
* Coheed and Cambria's character "Al the Killer" does this in the comic and the songs. Then again, he ''is'' a psychopath.
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== Theater ==
* In ''[[Henry V]]'', Henry threatens Harfleur with a [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|brutal sack]]... and tells them that if it happens it'll be all their fault for not surrendering. They surrender.
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== Web Comics ==
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/09/08/ It even happens to video game consoles.]
* Toyed with on ''[[Last
** Prior to this, Arael had been looking the other way as Pre-Zombie Scout was playing the [[Dirty Cop]] role to the hilt; there's no doubt the Zombie Scout had it coming, but either way Arael had to [[Shoot the Dog]].
* Damien from ''[[
* The discontinued ''[[Loserz]]'' featured it in [https://web.archive.org/web/20101213192844/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/156 one strip] - but with a wholly different result than [https://web.archive.org/web/20101213193112/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/157 blind acceptance]. (Note that no parent is involved here.)
* In [[Order of the Stick]], during O-Chul's imprisonment in Xykon's tower, Redcloak interrogates O-Chul in front of the Sapphire Guard paladins he intends to torture if O-Chul doesn't cooperate. When O-Chul doesn't talk, he leaves, saying he's going to let them all stew in the knowledge that O-Chul didn't care enough about his comrades to talk before he comes back to do the actual torture. {{spoiler|It backfires, though; the prisoners are instead impressed by O-Chul's resolve in not faltering in his duty even at the expense of his principles}}.
** Later, when Gannji and Enor are imprisoned along with Roy and Belkar;
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'''Roy:''' -asked you an entirely reasonable question, to which you responded with violence?
'''Gannji:''' Yes! Exactly! What were you thinking? }}
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* Played chillingly for drama in ''[[South Park]]'' when Jimmy takes [[Psycho Serum|steroids]] to give him an edge in the Special Olympics. His girlfriend tries to talk him out of continuing his steroid abuse, which causes him to fly into a rage and savagely beat her while screaming, "Why are you doing this? Why are you making me do this?"
** Played for drama, or [[Truth in Television]]?
* In ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback Of Notre Dame]]'', [[Complete Monster|Frollo]] pulls this on [[The Woobie|Quasimodo]] after Frollo figures out that Quasi helped Esmerelda escape from Notre Dame.
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* Also done in [[Batman:
* Attempted by a tree witch in the "To Cut a Woman's Hair" episode of ''[[
* Often done by Nelson Muntz, a bully on [[The Simpsons]].
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'''Butler:''' Would that I could, sir. ''(Nelson hits him some more)'' }}
* Used once by [[Wacky Races|Dick Dastardly]] as a justification for his dirty tricks.
* An emotional equivalent is invoked by Mother Gothel in Tangled. "Great. Now I'm the bad guy."
* Played for laughs in an episode of Family Guy where Stewie gets angry and strikes his stuffed bear Rupert.
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