Rejection is when we rebuff, refuse, or even just say a plain "no" to something being given or offered to us. Here are tropes which involve a character ...

A character who has a crush on another character or is already with another character does not take rejection or being dumped well.

For this trope, circumstances go out of their way to give someone a chance at mending their wicked ways, only for the offer to be firmly refused. It's the ...

This trope happens when a character of any gender refuses to take any hints or outright rejections in their pursuit of the object of their affection. The ...

Being rejected can hurt, but some people go out of their way to be hurtful when rejecting someone. The reasons for said cruelty can vary; the rejector could ...

Rejected is a collection of animated shorts from animator Don Hertzfeldt, revolving around a fictionalized version of himself creating advertising bumpers …

The Rejection Projection trope as used in popular culture. This is for when a character prone to shutting people out, rejecting them, or eventually ...

The person who's apologizing has committed wicked deeds that were too numerous or too horrible to deserve forgiveness.

Many cultures and organizations have formalized and/or ritualized ways of casting someone out of their group, usually as a punishment for gross misconduct.

These are the words that any applicant dreads, the indication that whatever they were trying to do or get permission for is not going to happen.