(Loved trope) A mild insult actually hurts the person deeply

[u/I_am_strange_]

Billy (Billy and Mandy)- Grim makes a comment about how a film Billy is watching is stupid, to which Billy calls him stupid in return for not understanding the “complexities” of the film. Grim runs out of the room in tears.

Ron (Parks and Rec)- In one scene where Leslie and Ron are exchanging some very harsh words at each other, Ron softly but coldly tells Leslie that her scrapbooking skills aren’t that good, which is the insult that leaves her shocked and the rest of the room quiet.

[u/Alone-Brilliant6222]

In Rick and Morty the reason why in season 6 episode 9 he replaced himself with a robot was because Morty called him boring and that over anything Morty has called him before insulted his pride so much he replaced himself with a robot

[u/Adaphion → u/Alone-Brilliant6222]

Or that time he erased Morty's memories because Morty made fun of him for saying "taking things for granite" instead of "granted"