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{{quote|''"Hey! You can't be mean to my Waddle Dees! Only'' '''I''' ''can be mean to my Waddle Dees!"''|'''King Dedede,''' ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''}}

{{quote|''"Nobody sucks the life from my penguins except '''me!'''"''|'''The Ice King,''' ''[[Adventure Time]]''}}

Alice and Bob don't need to be a couple for this trope, they can just be friends. Basically, this trope is about a character who frequently uses a certain insult on another character, but if anyone else who uses the same insult for that other character,... [[Berserk Button|well, they won't live long.]].

Frequently a sign of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], [[Vitriolic Best Buds]], or [[Tsundere]]. Also pretty much sums up the relationship between many [[Sibling Rivalry|siblings.]] Compare [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]], where a character's enemy will come to his or hertheir defense if anyone else attacks him/herthem.

* In ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Ore Imo]]'', Kyousuke constantly jabs Manami about how normal and plain she is, but when Kirino offhandedly makes a similar remark about her, Kyousuke has this to say:

* Shannon Casull teases his little sister Pacifica mercilessly in ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'', but he literally swears to oppose godGod itself in her defencedefense, even if it means the destruction of the world.

** Inui, who cruelly beats his brother, Saburou, nearly constantly, claims the world is too cruel for his brother, spouting, "I'm the only one allowed to hurt him!" But since Inui is pretty much a [[Complete Monster]], it comes out creepy as opposed to heartwarming...

* A rather dark version of this happens in ''[[X 1999]]''. {{spoiler|Despite murdering Subaru's beloved sister Hokuto as well as constantly trying to kill Subaru himself, Seishiro gives Subaru one of his eyes upon his death to replace the one he lost to Fuuma/Dark Kamui. The reason given is that he didn't want a mark left on Subaru that he himself didn't make.}}

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': Ranma and Akane are one of [[Rumiko Takahashi|Rumiko Takahashi's]]'s most famous fictional couples, known for their [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], so it's no surprise that they've insulted each other more times than you can count. But when Kodachi's rival, Asuka, calls Ranma a fool, Akane gets ''pissed'' and actually has Ranma go out on a double date with Kodachi and Asuka to prove how handsome and cool he really is, despite being [[Clingy Jealous Girl|the jealous type]]. She even helps dress him up and follows them on the date to make sure everything goes smoothly! [[Hilarity Ensues|Which, of course, it doesn't.]]

'''Akira (enraged):''' No matter how good you are, you're a first dan when you start off. Don't look down upon Shindou just because he's a first-dan! ''(strides away indignantly)'' }}

'''Boon:''' Only we can do that to our pledges. }}

* In the third ''[[Harry Potter]]'' book, Ron ends up getting detention from Professor Snape, after criticisingcriticizing Snape for calling Hermione a know-it-all when she answers a question. It is mentioned that Ron calls Hermione a know-it-all about twice a week. The rest of the class is also shown to be annoyed at Snape for that, though unlike Ron it's less about [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], and more about just not liking Snape.

*:* Archchancellor Riddicully has a similar view to his people.

{{quote|'''Ridicully:'''' 'How dare you, sir! Continue, Mr. Collabone!'

'''Collabone:'''' 'I, I, I—'

'''Ridicully:'''' 'That is an order, Dr. Collabone!'*<ref>Archchancellor Ridcully was a great believer in retaliation by promotion. You couldn’t have civilians criticizing one of his wizards. That was his job.</ref> }}

* In ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', [[The McCoy|McCoy]] is always trying to get an emotional rise out of [[The Spock|Spock]], but in the episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S3/E10 Plato's Stepchildren|Plato's Stepchildren]]," McCoy jumps to Spock's defense when powerful aliens force him to cry and to laugh. And in other episodes he's usually the first to jump to Spock's defense any time ''anyone'' attacks or insults him, possibly because his issues with Spock are more of a giant angry moral debate while other people tend to be full racism.

* ''[[The A-Team]]'': Although it's never expressly stated, it's pretty obvious that [[The A-Team|B.A.]] is the only one who's allowed to be mean to Murdock and Face. He frequently verbally abuses them and threatens them with physical violence (Murdock is his main target, but Face gets quite a bit of this too, at times). And then you'll get a scene where the team is facing the [[Villain of the Week|slimeballs of the week;]] Murdock and Face, the physically weaker half of the team, frequently find themselves fighting a [[Mook]] who's too big for them to handle. Cue B.A., who proceeds to knock the sucka's lights out. Five minutes later he's back to insulting Murdock and Face and threatening to beat them up himself. Happens every few episodes.

* In ''[[Glee]]'', Rachel is tricked by her boyfriend Jesse into getting egged by [[Opposing Sports Team|Vocal Adrenaline]] - genuinely upsetting for Rachel, since 1) she's a vegan and 2) Jesse took the opportunity to break up with her. The boys from New Directions immediately mobilisemobilize to go kick Vocal Adrenaline's asses - including [[The Rival|Kurt]], who angrily insists that "Rachel is one of us! ''We're'' the only ones who get to humiliate her."

* ''[[NCIS|Tony]]'': Tony gets to insult [[Nerd|McGee]]. You don't get to insult McGee. Tony does. ''Not you.''

* On ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]'', despite claiming to [[Vitriolic Best Buds|despise]] Vila, when Avon finds out that Tarrant is likely to get him killed, Avon threatens to ''kill him''.

* ''[[Black Books]]'' has a half-dying Bernard (having had to look after himself for a whole day) snap out of it when he hears that Manny is being bullied by his new boss. "[[Who Dares?|How]] ''[[Who Dares?|DARE]]'' [[Who Dares?|you?]] Don't you touch a hair on that boy's head! Have you no respect? He's mine! Get your ''own'' human plaything, you quartz-brained little cream puff!"

* In the ''[[Scrubs]]'' episdodeepisode "My New Suit", Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso have a brief moment of camaraderie, and then Kelso hates Cox more than ever. Dr. Cox can't understand what happened.

* In ''[[Community]]'', [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jeff]] declares that "Greendale is our toilet, and no one craps in it but us!" at one point to get the rest of the study group riled up to save the day. Also, the study group declaring Britta "the worst" or otherwise making fun of her is very common, but when Mr. Rad, the glee club teacher, yells it at her, the entire group snaps out of their [[It Makes Sense in Context|gleeful musical haze]] to defend her.

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* In ''[[Narbonic]]'', Helen fears Titus is going to tell Dave he's a mad genius, and tells him [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|NOBODY. TOUCHES. DAVE. BUT. ME.]]

* In ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', Draco insults Ginny, causing [[Big Brother Instinct|Ron]] Toto say "She may be a pain in the ass, but she's my pain in the ass."

* Michael BucklyBuckley, in his webseriesweb series ''[[What the Buck!?]]'', said something of this nature after reading harsh criticisms of [[Selena Gomez]].

* fromFrom ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' Season 2:

'''Tex''': Asshole. }}