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When a character has an arc of growing in confidence, they have a moment where they speak up to the authority figure in their life (a parent or their boss being the two most likely examples) and usually gives them a "The Reason You Suck" Speech, or defies what the authority has been telling them to do. The authority figure acknowledges that the person has grown and changed, and is proud of them. They may give them a promotion or a statement of encouragement to show it. Sub-trope of Grew a Spine. Often comes in conjunction with The Dog Bites Back, Teach Him Anger, Not Afraid of You Anymore, and Calling the Old Man Out. Can sometimes be an example of Secret Test of Character if the authority is testing the hero out. Compare to Defeat Means Respect and Cool People Rebel Against Authority. See also Insurrectionist Inheritor, where the authority figure wants a successor who's prepared to stand up to them. Expect unmarked spoilers. Examples |
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie: When Mario first meets Peach and tells her about Luigi being captured by Bowser, he asks to accompany her on her quest to stop him. Peach is dismissive of Mario due to his small size, but Mario remains persistent and demands she help him. Peach, taken aback, ultimately gives in and allows Mario the chance to prove himself. | |
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The Shawshank Redemption: The first two times Red goes before the parole board, he tells them what he thinks they want to hear and gets denied. The third time, he speaks passionately and honestly, then tells them to stop wasting his time. It wins him his parole. | |
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Contact. Ellie, the protagonist. The potential funder S.R. Hadden, instead of taking offense when she flips her lid at a meeting with his short-sighted employees, is so impressed with her passion he writes her a check. | |
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Parodied in Ted. When Ted goes to a job interview, he immediately starts badmouthing the manager's wife. The manager expresses amazement at the way Ted talks and hires him. Ted responds "Shit." as he was trying to fail the interview. | |
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In For Honor, Apollyon runs the Blackstone Legion in this manner. Those willing to fight and struggle even when defeated or captured are "wolves" who are commended and allowed to live, while those who surrender and accept their fate are "sheep" to be slaughtered. When a group of deserters is captured, she waits until several of them attack her and has them physically restrained, executes the remainder for meekly surrendering, then allows the ones who tried to kill her to rejoin the Legion. Later on, when a group of Vikings is captured, she has the prisoners executed except for one who continues struggling and fighting and who slew a number of her knights. Apollyon declares that it would be a waste to simply kill him, praises his ferocity and tenacity, and orders the Viking warrior to be set free. | |
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Dollanganger Series: In Petals on the Wind, the head of a ballet company, Madame Zolta, deliberately provokes one of her dancers, Cathy, into screaming at her that she quits. Madame Zolta wants to see if Cathy has claws. | |
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Seinfeld: George Costanza gets this from George Steinbrenner when he interviews for a job with the New York Yankees and gives Steinbrenner a "The Reason You Suck" Speech. | |
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: When Puss makes it clear to Death that he is not afraid of him anymore, and that he will never stop fighting for his last life, Death spares Puss out of respect, admitting Puss is not as arrogant as he was before. | |
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The Brittas Empire: In "Pregnant!", when Brittas demands Tim to take off his clothes to prove that he was a woman, Gavin leaps to the defense of his boyfriend by punching his boss in the face. However, as it turns out, Brittas approved of that — apparently, he thought Gavin was "a bit girly", and to him, Gavin leaping to Tim's defense disproved this in his eyes. As such, he decides to officially make Gavin, who had been training for a career in Management at that point, his new Deputy Manager. | |
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Futurama: In the episode "T.: The Terrestrial", Lrrr's son Jrrr befriends Fry, who is stranded on Omicron Persei 8. Lrrr finds out and tells Jrrr to kill his friend. After running away, Jrrr stands up to his father and refuses to kill Fry. Lrrr says that standing up to him was pretty manly. | |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: Simon can't attune with a magical helmet because his ancestor Elminster Aumar keeps appearing and refuses to help due to Simon's lack of confidence. Once he tries it again, Elminster continues to mock him until finally Simon just slugs him. After Simon punches Elminster, Elminster says to him "it took you long enough" and lets him use the helmet. | |
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Steven Universe: Future: In "Mr. Universe", Greg tells Steven of his decision to take off and leave his old life, including his conservative parents, behind and never look back. Steven is incensed by his attitude, calling him out for not giving his family a chance or giving him at least a semblance of a normal life, until he accidentally crashes the van. Afterward, Greg tries to lighten the mood by commending him for speaking his mind, saying that he wished he had the guts to tell his dad off like that, but by now, Steven won't have any of it. | |
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Whiplash: After a disastrous performance, Andrew walks offstage humiliated but returns and cuts off Fletcher's introduction to the next piece by playing the intro to "Caravan", cueing the band himself. Initially angered, Fletcher resumes conducting. As the piece finishes, Andrew continues into an extended, unexpected solo. Impressed, Fletcher nods in approval before cueing the finale. | |
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At the beginning of The Lady in the Lake, businessman Derace Kingsley wants to hire detective Philip Marlowe to find his missing wife. Kingsley tries to throw his authority around and cow Marlowe into submission: questioning his credentials, insisting his usual rate is too high, and all around insisting he's a tough boss who will fire Marlowe in a heartbeat if he doesn't like the way he's conducting the investigation. Marlow barely reacts to Kingsley's goading, then explains that he's used to getting exactly this kind of bluster from his clients. When Marlowe makes it clear that he's able and willing to walk away from the case if he wants to, Kingsley suddenly becomes much more agreeable—and admits that it was nice to finally have someone disagree with him for a change. | |
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Over the Hedge: When Tiger calls Stella filthy, she goes on an angry rant about how sick she is of everyone calling her dirty. Tiger says that no one has ever talked to him like that before... and he likes it because of how bold it is, and falls in love with Stella. | |
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The Mountain and the Wolf: The Wolf barely survives and escapes his encounter with Drogon and joins up with the Iron Fleet (which he had converted to Chaos worship and ordered not to attack King's Landing), and orders an immediate attack on a nearby merchant fleet rather than waiting for him to heal. He asks the captains what they'd have done if he'd told them to wait some more, they say they'd have tried to kill him, and he tells them that was the right answer. | |
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Violent Night: When Mr. Scrooge and his henchmen discover that the vault containing the family fortune is empty, Jason reveals that he had stolen it before the family was taken hostage. He was fed up with his mother Gertrude not giving him the respect he deserved and stole the money in order to escape her influence. Gertrude, however, deems the theft an act worthy of earning her respect. | |
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Gravity Falls: In "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future", Dipper and Ford come across prison droids that only sense adrenaline, meaning they leave you alone if you aren't afraid of them. Dipper is unable to control his fear, and Ford gets captured. Dipper chases after the orb and stands up to it, making it clear he will not let the machine take his uncle. The orb no longer detects any adrenaline and disables itself. Ford praises Dipper for his bravery. | |
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: In the episode "The Pegasus", Captain Picard reveals that the reason that he chose Riker to be his first officer is an incident that happened when Riker was serving as first officer on the starship Hood. During a crisis at Altair III, Captain DeSoto wanted to beam down but Riker refused to let him leave the ship. He disobeyed a direct order and risked a court-martial to protect the ship and his captain. Picard was impressed by that; he didn't want a Yes-Man, he wanted someone who would put the safety of the ship and the success of the mission above how it would look on their service record. In "Redemption", several ships, with Enterprise crew members temporarily in command, are enforcing a blockade on the Klingon-Romulan border to prove that the Romulans are supplying the Klingon rebels. When Captain Picard commands the fleet to regroup after the Romulans weaken the blockade's ability to detect them, Data instead lays a trap to expose them. He succeeds but subsequently goes before Picard, on his own accord, for a disciplinary hearing for disobeying him. Instead, Picard commends him for using his initiative rather than obeying orders without question. |
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