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'''Spike:''' Because. You're the goody-good guys. You're the freaking cavalry.|''"The I in Team"'', '''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'''}}
Heroes have to deal with a lot of obstacles on their quest, or even everyday life. Not just from the [[Big Bad]], but also fellow citizens. One of the most annoying is the [[Ungrateful Bastard]], who won't thank the heroes over being rescued, or worse, [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like|complains!]] Of course, [[It Got Worse|there are worse]] bad habits out there. Chief among them is acting like an [[Entitled Bastard]].
Despite being a [[Jerkass]] who [[All of the Other Reindeer|bad mouths the heroes]], [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom|obstructs their efforts]] or is an outright villain, they feel entitled to the heroes' unwavering loyalty and aid in a time of crisis. Once a threat<ref>(bonus points if it's their own doing)</ref> comes around that can't be slimed out of by selling out an ally, he asks for and expects to be saved, possibly even before more deserving [[Innocent Bystanders]]!
The Entitled Bastards usually think [[It's All About Me|it's all about them;]] they don't feel at all sheepish about asking the people whose lives they've made hell for help, and they [[Ungrateful Bastard|see no reason to thank them for it afterwards]]. What happens to them depends on just how annoying or harmful they've been, and how [[Ideal Hero|nice]] or [[Anti-Hero|naughty]] the heroes are. If they've just been bad-mouthing a generally [[Good Samaritan]] [[Samaritan Syndrome|of a hero]], they'll be saved no matter what. If the hero has a sense of humor, they might leave them in a safe place... hanging by their underpants. On the other hand, outright murderous villains will likely die with a look of bewilderment as the [[Anti-Hero]] refuses to help... or even ''speeds their death along.''
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Despite the usual connotations of a bastard (in the sense used here) being [[Always Male]], this character is just as likely to be female -- an '''Entitled Bitch''' -- as male.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Vegeta from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' often acts like this.
* The Politicians in charge of the Free Planets Alliance in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'' come across as this for the large part. The biggest example comes when they beg Yang Wen-li to go out and save their asses from an invasion by [[The Empire]]...while in the middle of trying to hold him under inquiry of ''questionable'' legality officially for his previous actions in saving their asses from a military coup not too long before. {{spoiler|[[It Got Worse|It gets worse.]] They don't learn a damn thing, do something ''similar'' to him later, and those actions end up forcing the Alliance to surrender to the Galactic Empire.}}
* The young Priestess Shion from ''[[Naruto]]: Shippūden the Movie'' acted like this, a lot. {{spoiler|Turns out she just did that to keep people from wanting to be around her, cause people who get close to her often end up dead}}.
* In [[Ranma ½]] many of Ranma and Akane's old enemies/rivals/unwanted fiance' will often come to the Tendo dojo pleading their help with some problem. Notably Sentaro, from the Martial Arts Tea Ceremony episodes, who's antics include kidnapping girl type Ranma off the street in order to marry her. When he does get Ranma and Akane to help him, he takes advantage of the situation by trying to run off with Akane.
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* There's an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|Batman Begins]]''. Ras Al Ghul is trapped on a train bound to crash, but rather than expect to be saved he taunts Batman on whether he's learned the necessity of killing for [[Utopia Justifies the Means|the greater good]]. Since his mercy earlier at the monastery allowed Rhas to torment him, he was implying Batman needs to kill him. Batman notes (pretty much shirking the issue):
{{quote|'''Batman:''' I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you.}}
** In fairness to Batman Ra's al Ghul is his equal in skill and presumably capable of escaping the train on his own. Ra's deliberately chooses not to.
* Happens in ''[[Titanic]]''. The fiancé actually uses a small child (just grabs her off the deck, and given that the boat tipped over and dumps most of its passengers, [[Fridge Horror|chances are good that said girl got dumped too]]) to get a seat on a lifeboat, seeming like a [[Karma Houdini]], but then we learn he kills himself because of the 1929 Wall Street crash.
* In ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] Galloway, after repeatedly insulting Lennox, Epps, his troops and the Autobots (even calling {{spoiler|the dead Optimus Prime a pile of junk}}, expected that Lennox would help him get to safety when there was a problem (actually rigged by the heroes to go help Sam) with the airplane. Of course, Lennox does us all a favour and shoves Galloway off the plane with only his parachute.
== Literature ==
* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]: Borsk Fey'lya and much of his administration, particularly during the Yuuzhan Vong war. Even worse, since it's generally the military he's talking to, they actually ''are'' required to save him, no matter how much he's damaged the situation.
* Senna Wales, the witch of the ''[[Everworld]]'' series. She believes that the other four main characters are [[What Measure Is a Non Super|magicless]] [[Unwitting Pawn|fools]] who should shut up and do exactly as she says and be grateful for it, and is herself totally ungrateful to anything that they do for her. She's a bit different in that she isn't an antagonist originally, and even helps the main four characters as often as she troubles them, at least until [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|the very end]].
* ''[[Honor Harrington]]''. Manticore's High Ridge Government could be the collective poster children for this trope (not least because they're all [[
** Later on we find out that two of the main conspirators are in prison, one was killed by Mesa after she outlived her usefulness, and one killed himself rather than live with the shame -- and it ''still'' feels like they got off light.
** Reginald Houseman from ''The Honor of the Queen'' is another one - demanding that Honor sacrifice the planet they're trying to open up diplomatic relations with
*** In a subversion, Honor's loss of temper here goes on to politically plague her for ''years to come'', as it not only makes her an implacable enemy but is repeatedly used by her political opponents as a [[Never Live It Down]] moment.
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]''. Rudolph is both this and one hell of an [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]. Despite the fact that he would have died long ago if not for Harry and Murphy, Rudolph takes every opportunity to give Internal Affairs information on Murphy and try to get Harry arrested. In ''Changes'', he is at his worst. Rudolph {{spoiler|gets the FBI to bring Harry in for questioning after his office is blown up, and has the FBI break down Harry's door. Oh, and he gets Murphy fired... ''after she helped to save him from Red Court Vampires.'' Rudolph is saved from imminent death at least twice in the book, in fact, which only seems to make him more rabid in his hatred for the heroes.}}
== Live-Action TV ==
* The following in ''[[Misfits]]'':
{{quote|'''Nathan:''' Come on, use your power, save us!
'''Simon:''' [[Jerkass|After]] [[The Nicknamer|everything]] [[Mouthy Kid|you've]] [[Kids Are Cruel|done]] [[My Name Is Not Durwood|to me]], you want me to save you?
'''Nathan:''' ''Yes!'' Get on with it ''[[Not Helping Your Case|you little freak!]]''
'''Simon:''' ''(turns invisible)''
'''Nathan:''' You're gonna save yourself? ''You [[I Resemble That Remark|selfish bastard!]] [[Hypocrite|I'll]] remember this! [[Horrible Judge of Character|I thought]] [[With Friends Like These...|we were friends!]]'' }}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
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** Later, when the soldiers are chasing him again, Giles asks why they should help him.
{{quote|'''Spike:''' Because you do that. You're the goody-good guys. You're the bloody freaking cavalry.}}
** In a subversion of this trope, the heroes consistently refuse to help Spike until he finally explains what's in it for ''them''. (Specifically that he is the only person in the conversation who has any knowledge about the Initiative at all, and that they might want him to live long enough to finish telling it to them.)
* Russell Hantz of ''[[Survivor]]'' considers himself among the ranks of the game's [[Magnificent Bastard
* Kate and her mother Rebecca, two peasants in Locksley, were this on ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. The worst moment is when Rebecca blames Robin for her son's death, and angrily asks him where he was when he died. You can almost ''see'' Robin thinking: "I was right next to him, watching as your stupid daughter kept messing up my plans to save him."
* The Weeping Angels from ''[[Doctor Who]]''. They spent two episodes chasing the Doctor and his friends, killing everyone in their way. At the end of the two-parter, the Angels discover that one of the cracks in the universe is threatening to absorb them and wipe them from
** Then there's Madam Kovarian who had the nerve to ask Amy to save her - the very person whose child she kidnapped and raised into a psychotic [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]] to have the Doctor (who happens to be Amy's best friend) assasinated, [[What an Idiot!|while outright taunting her]] about how she'll still save her since that's what the Doctor (whom Kovarian was, as stated before, trying to kill) would do. [[Anti-Hero|Amy]] "kindly" reminds her that he isn't present and gives her [[Karmic Death|exactly what she deserves.]]
* In ''[[Big Brother]]'' US, Rachel and Brendon (But mostly Rachel) are almost like Russell Hantz in terms of this trope. They are good at winning competitions but have a poor social game and come off as this, but Rachel especially. Both of them, but mostly Rachel push their way through the game without regards for how everyone else thinks of them, hurls insults and [[Disproportionate Retribution]] around like balls at a baseball game and are somehow ''surprised'' that people can't stand them and hate their guts and that [[Reality Show Genre Blindness|there are targets on their backs]]. And despite all that, she won, thanks in part to the most blatant [[Executive Meddling]] to date and other players picking up an [[Idiot Ball]].
* Dr. Smith from ''[[Lost in Space]]''. Episode after episode, Smith causes and/or exacerbates threat after threat, putting other members of the cast in deadly danger. Whether he's making deals with various aliens to rescue himself (and only himself) or plotting to gain phenomenal cosmic powers or wealth, he will inevitably be betrayed by said aliens, end up hoist by his own petard, and start begging the crew to save him as they're extracting themselves from the disaster he created. And they do. [[Just Eat Gilligan|Every. Single. Time.]]
== [[Theater]] ==
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** Happens again in the sequel if you saved the Council. Depending on your choice of Anderson or Udina, you may get to meet them (two guesses which one will get you the audience?). But if you were hoping that proving them wrong and saving their asses the last time they ignored your warnings would get them to believe anything you say now, much less help... forget about it.
** The entire Krogan species. The Genophage War was fought because they refused to curb their [[Explosive Breeder]] nature and instead tried to simply wipe out other races to take over their planets. The Turians and Salarians beat them back and then infected them with the genophage, a genetic virus that drastically cut down their fertility. The krogan as a race are all pissed off that they have been "sterilized" and are eager for payback against the turians and salarians because of it.
*** In Mass Effect 3, the leader of the krogan race will agree to throw the krogan into the breach and help save the galaxy from the Reapers. Provided that the Council do him a favor and cure the genophage. Oh yes, and [[Genre Savvy|he wants to be paid in advance.]] In fairness, the man has an entirely reasonable position here; his race is dying and this is the only possible chance he has to get that cured, and there's no way he can trust the Citadel with an IOU on this.
* [[Prince Charmless]] of ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''. Not only do the heroes have to drag him along on what's supposed to be ''his'' [[Rite of Passage]], he expects them to do all the fighting and slay an Argon Lizard for its heart... and after they kill one, he immediately decides "Oh, I should have an even ''bigger'' and ''better'' Argon Heart -- ''You'' guys work on that!" He doesn't treat them with even the slightest ''shred'' of respect, expecting them to do everything for him because he's
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has a cycle.
** A player type that shows up, especially using the dungeon finder that groups people from different servers who will probably never see each other again even
** It's also not just the DPS classes who do this. Tanks often tend to [[Leeroy Jenkins]] right on in, sometimes even using abilities to increase their movement and going out of the healer's range and neglecting to actually get aggro on mobs before moving on, and then when the group wipes or somebody dies, either blame the healer for neglecting them, or the DPS for not knowing how to manage aggro and taking too much damage. (Which is going to happen in a lot of fights, either simply because of the enemies or because the tank hasn't bothered to position themselves to avoid, say, giant lightning bolts hitting the entire group.)
** That's also not to say there aren't healers who are like this; too. Some have been known to completely ''ignore'' healing DPS period even though a lot of fights summon trash mobs that must be off-tanked, inflict a debuff on a random party member that deals damage or increases damage taken by a certain percent, or worse yet, inflict unavoidable Area of Effect damage. Then act like it's the DPS's fault they died.
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* In one of the middle chapters of ''[[Phantom Brave]]'', a village chieftain hires Marona to deal with Raphael, leader of the White [[Wolf Army]], who is causing trouble on the island. You eventually find out that the troublemaker is an imposter who has taken advantage of Raphael's name repeatedly, and the real Raphael (who, unlike nearly everyone else in the setting, actually likes and respects Marona) shows up to help you take the imposter down. When you return, the chieftain stiffs you on the payment because the job instructions was, explicitly, to defeat Raphael, not an imposter (regardless of who was causing the problem). Marona is forced to accept... when the REAL Raphael, having overheard the exchange, starts up a ruckus in the village. The chieftain immediately requests Marona's aid, and is genuinely surprised when she declines and wanders off instead.
* ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' contains a similar example in the form of Delphine and Esbern. Despite being Blades, whose role is to serve the Dragonborn (i.e. you), they are perfectly happy to give you orders, disbelieve your findings, and expect you to be obedient to their every whim. They go so far as to demand that you {{spoiler|kill Paarthurnax for them, the dragon Master of the Greybeards who has spent the last three thousand years waiting for you, teaching the Way of the Voice, suppressing his nature to help overcome his inborn urge to dominate. The dragon who was instrumental in your defeat of Alduin the World-Eater, who willingly helps you learn a Shout that the Greybeards call the essence of pure hatred (Dragonrend). And who has been protected from harm by the Greybeards and by the Emperors that the Blades served for the last few thousand years}}. And they refuse to help you until you do what they tell you to do. Many players seem to enjoy making Delphine and Esbern suffer a humiliating death for such an affront.
** One of the single most popular fan mods is one that allows you to tell them to just shut the fuck up and do what they're told. In fact, I think several modders have made one.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Duke Strinbeck on the Pink Airship. While the ship is under attack, he still demands the captain obey his
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater
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