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* This is the ''Raisons D'être'' of the epynomous warriors of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''; protectors of innocence that smites tyrants and oppressors of the weak from the shadows when society is too corrupt and cynical to oppose their cruelty. Being warriors of compassion, the best among Assassins such as Ezio Auditore, Connor Kenway, Jacob Frye and Bayek also endeavor to rebuild broken communities after slaying the tyrants that oppressed them. It is in fact Ezio Auditore's financial sponsorship of the formerly destitute states of Florence, Venice and Rome after slaying its tyrants that single-handedly allowed ''The Renaissance'' to '''begin''' in the ''Assasssin's Creed'' universe.

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* This is the ''Raisons D'être'' of the epynomous eponymous warriors of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''; protectors of innocence that smites tyrants and oppressors of the weak from the shadows when society is too corrupt and cynical to oppose their cruelty. Being warriors of compassion, the best among Assassins such as Ezio Auditore, Connor Kenway, Jacob Frye and Bayek also endeavor to rebuild broken communities after slaying the tyrants that oppressed them. It is in fact Ezio Auditore's financial sponsorship of the formerly destitute states of Florence, Venice and Rome after slaying its tyrants that single-handedly allowed ''The Renaissance'' to '''begin''' in the ''Assasssin's Creed'' universe.
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** [[spoiler:Jin Kuwana is an extreme example of this. Formerly a high school teacher, he ignored the severe bullying of one of his students until it was too late, and the student attempted suicide only to end up in a coma. Years later, Kuwana blackmails all the bullies of the boy into becoming his accomplices as he goes on a crusade to murder every single bully that has ever driven someone to suicide until the law changes to protect those who are tormented. By the time the events of the game begin, it's mentioned that he's murdered at least ''seven'' former bullies in his rampage]].

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** [[spoiler:Jin Kuwana is an extreme example of this. Formerly a high school teacher, he ignored the severe bullying of one of his students until it was too late, and the student attempted suicide only to end up in a coma. Years later, Kuwana blackmails all the bullies of the boy into becoming his accomplices as he goes on a crusade to murder every single bully that has ever driven someone to suicide until the law changes to protect those who are tormented.tormented as well as giving the victim's parents a chance at vengeance. By the time the events of the game begin, it's mentioned that he's murdered at least ''seven'' former bullies in his rampage]].
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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'': The song "Bully" with the title and talking about fighting a bully.
--> Kill the lights, gonna fight, don't you hassle me\\
on this ride.\\
Feel the spite, won't play nice, don't you bully me,\\
You'll want to run and hide.\\
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* This is the ''Raisons D'être'' of the epynomous warriors of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' ; protectors of innocence that smites tyrants and oppressors of the weak from the shadows when society is too corrupt and cynical to oppose their cruelty. Being warriors of compassion, the best among Assassins such as Ezio Auditore, Connor Kenway, Jacob Frye and Bayek also endeavor to rebuild broken communities after slaying the tyrants that oppressed them. It is in fact Ezio Auditore's financial sponsorship of the formerly destitute states of Florence, Venice and Rome after slaying its tyrants that single-handedly allowed ''The Renaissance'' to '''begin''' in the ''Assasssin's Creed'' universe.

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* This is the ''Raisons D'être'' of the epynomous warriors of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' ; ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''; protectors of innocence that smites tyrants and oppressors of the weak from the shadows when society is too corrupt and cynical to oppose their cruelty. Being warriors of compassion, the best among Assassins such as Ezio Auditore, Connor Kenway, Jacob Frye and Bayek also endeavor to rebuild broken communities after slaying the tyrants that oppressed them. It is in fact Ezio Auditore's financial sponsorship of the formerly destitute states of Florence, Venice and Rome after slaying its tyrants that single-handedly allowed ''The Renaissance'' to '''begin''' in the ''Assasssin's Creed'' universe.

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* Jimmy Hopkins of ''Videogame/{{Bully}}'' is the epitome of this trope, and can also fall afoul of the HeWhoFightsMonsters aspect of it. His treatment of the school's AlphaBitch was particularly over-the-top, even if he didn't actually put the posters of her up and despite his trying to patch things up later. He's prone to other mean-spirited actions as well. And as for what the player may do with him... [[WhatTheHellPlayer so, it sure is fun to run over, wedgie, and otherwise traumatize the hell out of little kids, isn't it?]]... [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment why are all these prefects suddenly after me?]] Then again everyone, from student to prefects to teachers are bullies in some way or another so Jimmy by default can only fight bullies.

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* Jimmy Hopkins of ''Videogame/{{Bully}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' is the epitome of this trope, and can also fall afoul of the HeWhoFightsMonsters aspect of it. His treatment of the school's AlphaBitch was particularly over-the-top, even if he didn't actually put the posters of her up and despite his trying to patch things up later. He's prone to other mean-spirited actions as well. And as for what the player may do with him... [[WhatTheHellPlayer so, it sure is fun to run over, wedgie, and otherwise traumatize the hell out of little kids, isn't it?]]... [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment why are all these prefects suddenly after me?]] Then again everyone, from student to prefects to teachers are bullies in some way or another so Jimmy by default can only fight bullies.



* ''Videogame/LostJudgment'':

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* ''Videogame/LostJudgment'': Kiryu from the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series is one of these, due to the fact that some random enemy encounters take the form of random thugs mugging and harassing bystanders, and the player has the option of coming to their rescue.
** Basically all protagonists in the series count, with many sidequests having you come across all kinds of bullies, [[CurbStompBattle typically educating them the hard way]]. Even Majima, arguably the most ruthless playable character, has a sidequest where he [[FriendToAllChildren wins a lonely little girl a stuffed toy]] only to find her crying later with the toy torn up. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge It ends badly for the bullies]].
* ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'':



* Pretty much the ''only'' somewhat consistent good trait that [[JerkAss Makoto Itou]] shows in the ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' saga is his hate for school bullies. [[http://youtu.be/qQPhTCKdjlA One of the good endings with Kotonoha]] in the original game has Makoto defending her when he learns that [[AlphaBitch Otome]] and her GirlPosse are bullying her (he even stops one of the girls when she's about to slap poor Kotonoha); in ''Cross Days'', he also [[spoiler: steps in defense of his GayOption Yuuki after finding out he was gang-raped by other boys -- including Makoto's own BromanticFoil Taisuke]], and in the VisualNovel/SchoolDays backstory, he [[RescueRomance gained Setsuna's appreciation]] by protecting her from other kids that bullied her for looking smaller and younger than she truly was.

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* Pretty much the ''only'' somewhat consistent good trait that [[JerkAss Makoto Itou]] shows in the ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' saga is his hate for school bullies. [[http://youtu.be/qQPhTCKdjlA One of the good endings with Kotonoha]] in the original game has Makoto defending her when he learns that [[AlphaBitch Otome]] and her GirlPosse are bullying her (he even stops one of the girls when she's about to slap poor Kotonoha); in ''Cross Days'', he also [[spoiler: steps in defense of his GayOption Yuuki after finding out he was gang-raped by other boys -- including Makoto's own BromanticFoil Taisuke]], and in the VisualNovel/SchoolDays ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' backstory, he [[RescueRomance gained Setsuna's appreciation]] by protecting her from other kids that bullied her for looking smaller and younger than she truly was.



* So did Asuka Kazama in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Joining the tournament is her way of going pro.
* Kiryu from the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series is one of these, due to the fact that some random enemy encounters take the form of random thugs mugging and harassing bystanders, and the player has the option of coming to their rescue.
** Basically all protagonists in the series count, with many sidequests having you come across all kinds of bullies, [[CurbStompBattle typically educating them the hard way]]. Even Majima, arguably the most ruthless playable character, has a sidequest where he [[FriendToAllChildren wins a lonely little girl a stuffed toy]] only to find her crying later with the toy torn up. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge It ends badly for the bullies]].

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* So did Asuka Kazama in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''.''Franchise/{{Tekken}}''. Joining the tournament is her way of going pro.
* Kiryu from the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series is one of these, due to the fact that some random enemy encounters take the form of random thugs mugging and harassing bystanders, and the player has the option of coming to their rescue.
** Basically all protagonists in the series count, with many sidequests having you come across all kinds of bullies, [[CurbStompBattle typically educating them the hard way]]. Even Majima, arguably the most ruthless playable character, has a sidequest where he [[FriendToAllChildren wins a lonely little girl a stuffed toy]] only to find her crying later with the toy torn up. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge It ends badly for the bullies]].
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** In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' the PlayerCharacter themselves has to become this and hunt down the gang of delinquents at their AcademyOfAdventure calling themselves Team Star.

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** In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' the PlayerCharacter themselves has to become this and hunt down the gang of delinquents at their AcademyOfAdventure calling themselves Team Star. As you progress in the storyline, you learn that Team Star used to do this themselves [[spoiler:and all the rumors of them bullying students [[HeroWithBadPublicity stemmed from their own bullies dropping out in fear of them]]]].
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** In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' the PlayerCharacter themselves has to become this and hunt down the gang of delinquents at their AcademyOfAdventure calling themselves Team Star.

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* ''Videogame/LostJudgment'': While investigating the death of a student teacher who bullied a classmate into committing suicide, Yagami becomes one when he's forced to deal with a gang of bullies harassing a girl at the school. Eventually, it's revealed that [[spoiler:one of the main antagonists is an extreme example of this, as he is a former teacher who became a vigilante/serial killer who targets bullies who drove people to suicide; often by recruiting the parents of the suicide victims in getting bloody revenge]].

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While investigating the death murder of a student teacher who bullied a classmate into committing suicide, at Seiryo High School, Yagami becomes one a bully hunter when he's forced he has to deal with a gang group of bullies no less than four separate times; first when he stops them from harassing a restaurant owner, then when he helps out a girl at getting bullied by them. Thanks to his intervention, the school. Eventually, it's revealed that [[spoiler:one of girl is saved from being pushed past the main antagonists DespairEventHorizon, and the bullies start becoming better people.
** [[spoiler:Jin Kuwana
is an extreme example of this, as this. Formerly a high school teacher, he is ignored the severe bullying of one of his students until it was too late, and the student attempted suicide only to end up in a former teacher who became a vigilante/serial killer who targets coma. Years later, Kuwana blackmails all the bullies who drove people to suicide; often by recruiting the parents of the boy into becoming his accomplices as he goes on a crusade to murder every single bully that has ever driven someone to suicide victims until the law changes to protect those who are tormented. By the time the events of the game begin, it's mentioned that he's murdered at least ''seven'' former bullies in getting bloody revenge]].his rampage]].
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* In ''Videogame/LostJudgment'' since school bullying and how are a major part of the plot the protagonist Yagami ends up becoming this when he investigates a murder tied to a teacher involved in driving a student to suicide, with the game also allowing him to kick the living shit out of some especially awful teenagers. Eventually it's revealed that [[spoiler:one of the main antagonists is an extreme example of this, being a former teacher who became a vigilante/serial killer that targets bullies who drove people to suicide who has helped parents of the victims get bloody vengeance]].

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* In ''Videogame/LostJudgment'' since school bullying and how are a major part of ''Videogame/LostJudgment'': While investigating the plot the protagonist Yagami ends up becoming this when he investigates a murder tied to a teacher involved in driving death of a student to teacher who bullied a classmate into committing suicide, Yagami becomes one when he's forced to deal with a gang of bullies harassing a girl at the game also allowing him to kick the living shit out of some especially awful teenagers. Eventually school. Eventually, it's revealed that [[spoiler:one of the main antagonists is an extreme example of this, being as he is a former teacher who became a vigilante/serial killer that who targets bullies who drove people to suicide who has helped suicide; often by recruiting the parents of the suicide victims get in getting bloody vengeance]].revenge]].
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* This is the ''Raisons D'être'' of the epynomous warriors of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' ; protectors of innocence that smites tyrants and oppressors of the weak from the shadows when society is too corrupt and cynical to oppose their cruelty. Being warriors of compassion, the best among Assassins such as Ezio Auditore, Connor Kenway, Jacob Frye and Bayek also endeavor to rebuild broken communities after slaying the tyrants that oppressed them. It is in fact Ezio Auditore's financial sponsorship of the formerly destitute states of Florence, Venice and Rome after slaying its tyrants that single-handedly allowed ''The Renaissance'' to '''begin''' in the ''Assasssin's Creed'' universe.
** Jacob Frye of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' pursues this principle with a zeal that rivals that of Ezio Auditore and Connor Kenway. He formed the Rooks precisely to have an army to protect the everyman from the injustice and oppression of the Templar-corrupted London government. Both he and his sister Evie share a hatred of the despicable industry of Child Labor, and with Jacob's army of Rooks they waged a war to free the orphans of Northern London from a short life of legalized slavery in Templar-owned factories.
---> '''Jacob:''' ''These people... are tired of living under your bootheel! You're a bully, Mr Strain... and I find [[{{Understatement}} I'm not overly fond of bullies.]]
* ComicBook/TheRiddler in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. After you solve enough Riddles in Arkham Knight, the man himself will mention "When I tested this on one of my childhood bullies, he simply could not solve it. Not even on the pain of death."
* Jimmy Hopkins of ''Videogame/{{Bully}}'' is the epitome of this trope, and can also fall afoul of the HeWhoFightsMonsters aspect of it. His treatment of the school's AlphaBitch was particularly over-the-top, even if he didn't actually put the posters of her up and despite his trying to patch things up later. He's prone to other mean-spirited actions as well. And as for what the player may do with him... [[WhatTheHellPlayer so, it sure is fun to run over, wedgie, and otherwise traumatize the hell out of little kids, isn't it?]]... [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment why are all these prefects suddenly after me?]] Then again everyone, from student to prefects to teachers are bullies in some way or another so Jimmy by default can only fight bullies.
* Keisuke was one of these before you met him in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor''. [[spoiler:Then it backfired on him one day. ''[[BreakTheCutie Horribly.]]'']]
* In the first two ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' games, your character becomes one... that is, if you don't decide to be the bully in the first game. ''VideoGame/FableII'' is pretty much compulsory due to Rose having a LeeroyJenkins moment.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', you have the option of saving your childhood friend from Butch and the other tunnel snakes before an exam. Cue some clever talking or a hard fistfight if your strength is low.
** More [[KarmaMeter evil]] oriented characters can also simply murder him while leaving the vault a few scenes later.
*** You can also murder his mother, if you're going for maximum evil.
* Many of the interactions with Lafonda in the third episode of ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables'' mention that she tends to get into fights with bullies. Angelica and Janine, the class bullies, are said to fear her, while other students respect her for standing up for the weak. Her teacher, Mrs. Benheimer, sometimes has to step in to stop Lafonda from going too far, but she still acknowledges her strong moral compass.
* Shirou from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', when he was younger.
** In the ''Heaven's Feel'' route, going to the playground near the shopping district will cause Shirou to remember doing this as a kid there and that he had a [[TheRival childhood rival]], also a BullyHunter, who clashed with him over this and may have teamed up with him on occasion. While Shirou never seems to realize it himself, to the player it is hilariously obvious that said rival was actually Rin.
* Haseo of ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U.]]'' may qualify, given Haseo's desire to hunt down and punish all Player-Killers in the game, the main bullies of the .hack universe.
* According to one of the mangas, Kyo Kusanagi from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' began his streetfighting career by defending his elementary school friends from bullies.
* This is the original premise of ''[[VideoGame/KunioKun Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun]]'', where the protagonist beats up gangs of school bullies who have tormented his friend. The Western release (''Renegade'') [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore changed the storyline entirely to be more "badass"]], and the protagonist now fights criminal gangs in order to save his girlfriend.
* In ''Videogame/LostJudgment'' since school bullying and how are a major part of the plot the protagonist Yagami ends up becoming this when he investigates a murder tied to a teacher involved in driving a student to suicide, with the game also allowing him to kick the living shit out of some especially awful teenagers. Eventually it's revealed that [[spoiler:one of the main antagonists is an extreme example of this, being a former teacher who became a vigilante/serial killer that targets bullies who drove people to suicide who has helped parents of the victims get bloody vengeance]].
* PlayedForDrama and Defied in ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' when Sunny and Kel confront their estranged childhood friend Aubrey - who has since become the leader of a gang of {{delinquents}} - over her bullying of another former childhood friend, Basil. However, Aubrey's aggression is a direct result of a combination of [[spoiler:trauma over the death of Sunny's sister Mari]], belief that her friends abandoned her in trying times, and ParentalNeglect, with a bit of PoorCommunicationKills thrown in. While she has obviously gone too far and eventually admits as such, some of Sunny and Kel's actions - such as [[spoiler:clashing with Aubrey '''[[HiddenDepths while she's at church]], in the middle of a sermon no less''']] - come off as no less excessive, and she harshly chastizes them, not without reason, for sticking their nose where they don't belong. When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wKWwUzgCE8 It Means Everything]] starts playing, '''you''' will feel like the asshole.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The [[BearsAreBadNews bear-like]] Pangoro won't tolerate bullies, demonstrating that DarkIsNotEvil.
** The elderly dragon Drampa has been known to burn bullies' houses down.
* Mikhail of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' may be a wrestling fanatic and BloodKnight, but once he sees Maloof being picked on by Bobby, he steps in to make sure Bobby knows bullying is now forbidden. He then agrees to be Maloof's bodyguard, and the two of them are later seen [[AssholeVictim tormenting Bobby's toadie Benny.]]
* Kiyo Tsukino of ''Rumble! @ The Campus'' is a well-known one (in her school, that is).
** So does Keiichi and Motoko, but the former is a bit of a coward and the latter is unaware of being one.
* Pretty much the ''only'' somewhat consistent good trait that [[JerkAss Makoto Itou]] shows in the ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' saga is his hate for school bullies. [[http://youtu.be/qQPhTCKdjlA One of the good endings with Kotonoha]] in the original game has Makoto defending her when he learns that [[AlphaBitch Otome]] and her GirlPosse are bullying her (he even stops one of the girls when she's about to slap poor Kotonoha); in ''Cross Days'', he also [[spoiler: steps in defense of his GayOption Yuuki after finding out he was gang-raped by other boys -- including Makoto's own BromanticFoil Taisuke]], and in the VisualNovel/SchoolDays backstory, he [[RescueRomance gained Setsuna's appreciation]] by protecting her from other kids that bullied her for looking smaller and younger than she truly was.
* If both what we've seen of his personality and his official profile, which lists one of his dislikes as "those who prey on the weak", is anything to go by, Alex from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is also one of these.
* So did Asuka Kazama in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Joining the tournament is her way of going pro.
* Kiryu from the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series is one of these, due to the fact that some random enemy encounters take the form of random thugs mugging and harassing bystanders, and the player has the option of coming to their rescue.
** Basically all protagonists in the series count, with many sidequests having you come across all kinds of bullies, [[CurbStompBattle typically educating them the hard way]]. Even Majima, arguably the most ruthless playable character, has a sidequest where he [[FriendToAllChildren wins a lonely little girl a stuffed toy]] only to find her crying later with the toy torn up. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge It ends badly for the bullies]].

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