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What Have You Done for Me Lately?

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A classic Stock Phrase with a number of familiar variations. Generally it's a witty remark on the part of the protagonist, when the villain starts listing all the good things they've done. Sometimes it's played for comedy, and the villain (or whoever's holding the Idiot Ball) comes up with good, concise, and valid answers. The latter version tends to happen more in pastiche.
Can be the Lampshade Hanging if the Ungrateful Bastard is called on their behavior. Might be a sign that the character is outliving their usefulness or is not appreciated back at home.
Compare It's All About Me, which has the same self-centered connotations.
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Said word-for-word at the end of Super Troopers 2 where, after Archambault has given an impassioned speech about how he was wrong about the Americans and you think they've become Fire-Forged Friends, they learn the takeover isn't happening and immediately begin fighting once more:
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Happens to Gwen and Bun-Bun in Sluggy Freelance.
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In a Treehouse of Horror episode when Krusty ruins a daycare mural that Maggie likes (because they hadn't paid to use his image). This makes Homer and Maggie very upset, which leads to this exchange between Krusty and his agent right before Homer accidentally murders Krusty.
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The Simpsons:
When Bart gets a job as his assistant, Krusty doesn't remember him. Bart reels off the number of times he's saved his career/life, Krusty replies:
In an episode featuring the family pets to a large degree (beginning with Snowball II saving Homer's life but focusing on the relationship with Santa's Little Helper).
In a Treehouse of Horror episode when Krusty ruins a daycare mural that Maggie likes (because they hadn't paid to use his image). This makes Homer and Maggie very upset, which leads to this exchange between Krusty and his agent right before Homer accidentally murders Krusty.
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Happened in 8-Bit Theater at least once directly (a particular one is Black Mage asking this of Red Mage, whose Cloudcuckoolander traits tend to have several rather unpleasant consequences for the party for every act of competence he has).
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The Lament Series (ChaoticNeutral): During Chloé's Lament, Chloé questions what Marinette ever did for her. Even after having it spelled out in explicit detail how Marinette repeatedly went well out of her way to try and help her long-time tormentor out, such as trying to help her repair her relationship with her neglectful mother or giving her several opportunities to redeem herself as Queen Bee, Chloé dismisses all of her efforts.
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Real Genius:
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Said word-for-word by Principal Vagina on Rick and Morty when giant talking heads are floating in the sky demanding Earth to "show them what they got." He argues that unless Christianity or Judaism can top giant weather-controlling heads in the sky, well...
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The Karma of Lies: Adrien, Alya and the rest of Marinette's classmates take her generosity and support completely for granted. When she learns that they've donated all the clothes she made for them to Lila's Fake Charity drive, Adrien "reassures" her that she can always make more, since "they're just clothes". This only gets worse after they learn that their "everyday Ladybug" was actually Ladybug all along, with Alya particularly convinced that being Marinette's "bestie" entitles her to exclusive interviews and access to the Fox Miraculous.
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Sonic Boom: No matter how often Sonic and his teammates protect the Ungrateful Townsfolk from Eggman, they're always quick to turn upon them. Especially Sonic.
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In The Walking Dead, this is Kenny's largest flaw. No matter how badly you stick your neck out for him, he is incredibly fickle and will turn on you the second you don't side with him on so much as one (1) single thing. He outright evokes this trope word for word when he expresses mistrust of Molly and Lee points out she saved his life:
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Luann: Toni's brother Jonah treats her as a free daycare service for his daughter Shannon that he can call upon anytime he likes, without advance notice. Whenever there's any kind of conflict that comes up, he expects her to cancel and reschedule things on her end — even when she was busy preparing for her own wedding! And when she finally tried standing up for herself, suggesting he needed to start taking responsibility for his own life, he fires back that he'd have an easier time doing so if he'd ever receieved any help from her. The opportunistic bastard also dumped Shannon off on his future in-laws the moment they met, declaring that "Toni will pick her up in a few hours."
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In the Vorkosigan Saga, Miles, thinking of the costs the Barrayaran government incurs in funding his alter ego Admiral Naismith, notes that the day that Naismith cannot provide an answer to that question is the day he ceases to exist.
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The MAD spoof of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets featured this. As in the book, the students are growing suspicious of Harry. Harry points out that he saved them all last year, and they respond with the trope.
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The entire Marvel Universe has had this since Civil War (2006) started. Every event in the past fifty years in Marvel? Took place within roughly the last fifteen in Comic-Book Time. They were still cleaning up from Galactus' last attack when they beat the Human Torch into a coma. The public turns on superheroes so fast that it's a wonder any of them even cared enough to fight.
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In Dragon Ball Z Abridged, Dr. Gero tries inverting this into What Have I Done To You Lately? in order to weasel out of a beating when the heroes catch up to him.
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A recurring phrase in The Silence of the Lambs is "gratitude has a short half-life." Ardelia Mapp first says it to Clarice Starling as a warning that she risks falling behind on her Academy training while helping Jack Crawford on the Buffalo Bill case, and a reminder to use that gratitude while she can to avoid being held back. Crawford himself repeats the advice after the case has been solved and the would-be victim - the daughter of a US Senator - has been rescued. He points out that the Senator could be a useful ally to Clarice if she's willing to take advantage of her goodwill.
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Rate This (Trust is Hard to Come By) has Alya and the rest of the class (save Chloé) turn upon Marinette thanks to Lila's Malicious Slander. When Alya demands to know why the latest akuma's powers have revealed that Ladybug trusts Marinette, Chloé reminds her that Marinette was the one who'd arranged Alya's first interview with the superheroine, mocking how easily she forgot about that and threw away their friendship in favor of somebody who claimed to be Ladybug's "bestie".
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Hell Is a Martial Artist: Played for Drama when Ranma lists out all of the things he's done for the sake of Akane and her family, asking her just what it will take for her to stop Easily Condemning and assuming the worst of him. Akane blows off the reminder and tells him point-blank that she will never, EVER give him the benefit of the doubt. It doesn't matter what he does, how strong the evidence for his innocence might be, how weak the accusation is — she will ALWAYS assume the worst and treat him accordingly, and there is absolutely NOTHING he can do to change this.
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May I have this dance?: Alma has convinced herself that Mirabel doesn't contribute anything to their family since she's not Gifted, completely overlooking all of her efforts since they don't involve magic. After holding a One-Person Birthday Party, Mirabel is enraged when Alma insists she doesn't deserve quinceañera, calling her out on her ingratitude:
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In Kryptonite Nevermore, Superman finds himself being Brought Down to Badass, reaching the point where he's unable to prevent a skyscraper from toppling down. The following day, he discovers that people are mocking his failure, much to his distress — afer over a decade of protecting Metropolis, the Ungrateful Bastards turn upon him for a single mistake?
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Used frequently in The Boondocks.
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In Undercover Brother, the protagonists are discussing which party a black general might run for president under. One suggests he could go Republican, and Conspiracy Brother rants, "Name one thing the Republican party has ever done for black people!" Smart Brother answers they were the party of Lincoln, who freed the slaves. Conspiracy Brother then refines his protest: "Okay, name two things lately!"
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In one episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, after Squidward started freeloading off of SpongeBob after getting into an argument with Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob becomes so fed up with Squidward's attitude that he forcefully drags Squidward back to the Krusty Krab just in time to hear Mr. Krabs say this:
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In Constance Verity Saves the World, Ellington tells Connie that their agency doesn't owe her any favors when she asks to help take care of an alligator woman attacking her in her apartment, even though it had been less than two weeks after Connie manages to thwart the Yellowstone caldera from erupted on their watch.
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Without using the phrase verbatim, hockey enforcer Ross Rhea warns his up-and-coming rival Doug Glatt that his fans will inevitably do this in Goon (2011):
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Ultimate Sonic Fighters: Discussed when the Eggman from the Sonic Boom universe expresses sympathy for his Sonic, admitting that he honestly feels sorry for how the Ungrateful Townsfolk constantly turn upon him.
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Homestar Runner's Strong Bad (in puppet form) hosted a behind-the-scenes video on the production of the series' DVD, and at one point he runs into Mike Chapman taking a coffee break; he demands Mike get back to work. After receiving a litany of answers on what Mike's been doing (including inventing Strong Bad in the first place), he asks what Mike's done lately; Mike suggests the cup of coffee in his hand, but Strong Bad can't take it on account of being a puppet and storms off.
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In Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile, you play as the city's ruling dynasty and have a Prestige score that naturally degrades over time, requiring a steady stream of monuments and exploits to prevent your educated elite from packing up and leaving.
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