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* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] as the entire plot premise of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousTalesOfLadybugAndCatNoir''. Hawk Moth needs the Ladybug and Black Cat [[TransformationTrinkets Miraculouses]] but doesn't know where they are, so his plan is to [[SuperEmpowering akumatize]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy people]] to force heroes using those miraculouses to [[CallToAdventure answer the call]] and fight them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ZakStorm'': If Golden Bones, second-in-command of the BigBad Skullivar, would have just listened to the titular hero when he offered him exactly what he wanted instead of attacking him, he may have been not only successful in his mission but also saved himself from every defeat Zak and his crew dealt him throughout the show. Instead, he pushed Zak to the point the young boy had enough and started fighting back.
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** TheMovie reveals Mojo Jojo was the reason the Powerpuff Girls decided to even become heroes in the first place. When they were created, the Girls hadn't yet [[OpeningNarration "dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil"]], and were in fact feared and hated by most of Townsville for their dangerous powers. Then Mojo tricked the girls into building him what would become his lair and creating an army of super-intelligent primates. Eventually, the girls figured out that they could stop Mojo and the monkeys by using their powers to fight them and the rest is history.
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** TheMovie reveals Mojo Jojo was the reason the Powerpuff Girls decided to even become heroes in the first place. When they were created, the Girls hadn't yet [[OpeningNarration "dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil"]], and were in fact feared and hated by most of Townsville for reckless use of their dangerous powers. Then Mojo tricked the girls into building helping him what would become build his lair and creating create an army of super-intelligent primates. Eventually, the girls figured out that they could stop Mojo and the monkeys by using their powers to fight them them, and the rest is history.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': While not responsible for creating Spider-Man, who the Kingpin sees as the main threat to his criminal empire, he is responsible for creating two other superheroes, Daredevil, as not only killed his father but also had the radioactive waste that gave his powers illegally transported in the city, and the Black Cat, by making Felicia the guinea pig for the improved super soldier serum.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': While not responsible for creating Spider-Man, who the Kingpin sees as the main threat to his criminal empire, he is responsible for creating two other superheroes, Daredevil, as not superheroes. Not only killed his father did he kill Daredevil's father, but he also had the radioactive waste that gave him his powers illegally transported in the city, and city. Kingpin also transformed Felicia Hardy into the Black Cat, Cat by making Felicia her the guinea pig for the improved super soldier serum.
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** Plastic Man was a henchman and thief until he was CursedWithAwesome as a result of Batman's actions. Batman personally sees to Plas' reform and rehabilitation; now, larceny-related issues aside, Plastic Man is a genuine superhero thanks to Batman's influence.
** ''Chill of the Night!'': Batman confronts Joe Chill (the man who murdered his parents) during a weapons auction, where many of his Rogues Gallery are in attendance. In the fight, Batman reveals to Chill that he's Bruce Wayne. Chill realizes that by killing Thomas and Martha Wayne, he inspired Bruce to fight crime. He's the reason Batman exists. In a panic, Chill admits this to the Rogues. They aren't amused (except for Joker; he thinks it's hilarious).
** ''Chill of the Night!'': Batman confronts Joe Chill (the man who murdered his parents) during a weapons auction, where many of his Rogues Gallery are in attendance. In the fight, Batman reveals to Chill that he's Bruce Wayne. Chill realizes that by killing Thomas and Martha Wayne, he inspired Bruce to fight crime. He's the reason Batman exists. In a panic, Chill admits this to the Rogues. They aren't amused (except for Joker; he thinks it's hilarious).
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** Plastic Man was a henchman and thief until he was CursedWithAwesome as a result of Batman's actions. Batman personally sees to Plas' reform and rehabilitation; now, [[KleptomaniacHero larceny-related issues issues]] aside, Plastic Man is a genuine superhero thanks to Batman's influence.
** ''Chill of the Night!'': Batman confronts Joe Chill (the man who murdered his parents) during a weapons auction, where many of his Rogues Gallery are in attendance. In the fight, Batman reveals to Chill that he's Bruce Wayne. Chill realizes that by killing Thomas and Martha Wayne, he inspired Bruce to fight crime. He's the reason Batman exists. In a panic, Chill admits this to the Rogues. They aren't amused (except for Joker; he thinks it'shilarious).ActuallyPrettyFunny).
** ''Chill of the Night!'': Batman confronts Joe Chill (the man who murdered his parents) during a weapons auction, where many of his Rogues Gallery are in attendance. In the fight, Batman reveals to Chill that he's Bruce Wayne. Chill realizes that by killing Thomas and Martha Wayne, he inspired Bruce to fight crime. He's the reason Batman exists. In a panic, Chill admits this to the Rogues. They aren't amused (except for Joker; he thinks it's
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* Drake Mallard became ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' on the first place when his prom dance was attacked by [[PsychoElectro Megavolt]]. Drake was considered the school's ButtMonkey, and even nerds and geeks mocked him, so Megavolt didn't take him seriously and defeated him without trouble when Drake first tried to stop him; so Drake improvised the Darkwing Duck's identity on the spot (using props and costumes from the Drama Club), defeating Megavolt and officially starting his hero career.
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* Drake Mallard became ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' on in the first place when his prom dance was attacked by [[PsychoElectro Megavolt]]. Drake was considered the school's ButtMonkey, and even nerds and geeks mocked him, so Megavolt didn't take him seriously and defeated him without trouble when Drake first tried to stop him; so Drake improvised the Darkwing Duck's identity on the spot (using props and costumes from the Drama Club), defeating Megavolt and officially starting his hero career.
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** ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]'': In "Trial", Batman is put before a KangarooCourt with a JokerJury made up of his rogue's gallery and the Joker himself as the judge, charging Batman with [[CreateYourOwnVillain creating them]]. And just to stack the deck against Bats even further, they also kidnap a District Attorney who has publicly accused him of the same crime to act as his defense. After hearing their testimonies, the attorney concludes that they would have all eventually turned to villainy on their own even without Batman, and in fact, ''they'' created ''him''. They proceed to find Batman not guilty... and then ''because'' they're such evil villains, they try to kill him anyway.
*** The same series had ComicBook/TheJoker inadvertently turn Jack Ryder into "[[ComicBook/TheCreeper Yellow-skinned wacky man]]", who is so utterly bonkers that even ''the Joker'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror considers him insane]].
*** The same series had ComicBook/TheJoker inadvertently turn Jack Ryder into "[[ComicBook/TheCreeper Yellow-skinned wacky man]]", who is so utterly bonkers that even ''the Joker'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror considers him insane]].
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** ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]'': ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
*** In"Trial", "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE3Trial Trial]]", Batman is put before a KangarooCourt with a JokerJury made up of his rogue's gallery and the Joker himself as the judge, charging Batman with [[CreateYourOwnVillain creating them]]. And just to stack the deck against Bats even further, they also kidnap a District Attorney who has publicly accused him of the same crime to act as his defense. After hearing their testimonies, the attorney concludes that they would have all eventually turned to villainy on their own even without Batman, and in fact, ''they'' created ''him''. They proceed to find Batman not guilty... and then ''because'' they're such evil villains, they try to kill him anyway.
***The same series had ComicBook/TheJoker "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE23BewareTheCreeper Beware the Creeper]]" has the Joker inadvertently turn Jack Ryder into "[[ComicBook/TheCreeper Yellow-skinned wacky man]]", the Creeper, who is so utterly bonkers that even ''the Joker'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror considers him insane]].
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' presents the darkest version of this trope in "Epilogue", where [[WellIntentionedExtremist Amanda Waller]] reveals to Terry [=McGinnis=] that [[spoiler:when she noticed Bruce Wayne was growing too old to be Batman, she decided to create her own hero by collecting Batman's DNA, finding a couple with an identical psychological make-up as Thomas and Martha Wayne, overwrite the husband's reproductive DNA with Batman's without the man's knowledge, with Terry being the resultant child. Then when he was 7-years-old, Waller commissioned [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm the Phantasm]] to assassinate Terry's parents in his presence. Thankfully, the Phantasm decided to abort the operation to honor Bruce's legacy, instead of taint it. Although Terry points out, as detailed above, that the actions of Derek Powers wound up finishing the job anyway.]]
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' presents the darkest version of this trope in "Epilogue", where "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]", in which [[WellIntentionedExtremist Amanda Waller]] reveals to Terry [=McGinnis=] that [[spoiler:when she noticed Bruce Wayne was growing too old to be Batman, she decided to create her own hero by collecting Batman's DNA, finding a couple with an identical psychological make-up as Thomas and Martha Wayne, overwrite the husband's reproductive DNA with Batman's without the man's knowledge, with Terry being the resultant child. Then Then, when he was 7-years-old, 7 years old, Waller commissioned [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm the Phantasm]] to assassinate Terry's parents in his presence. Thankfully, the Phantasm decided to abort the operation to honor Bruce's legacy, instead of taint it. Although Terry points out, as detailed above, that the actions of Derek Powers wound up finishing the job anyway.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'', [[spoiler:the Alchemist's last act before the Dark Ones' corrupting influence transformed him into the Skeleton King was to create and empower the Hyperforce so that they would protect the universe from him. Antauri later tries to reach out to Skeleton King by reminding him of this, to no avail.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Shredder ends up creating the Turtles. He poured a caustic chemical down the sewer where Hamato Yoshi was living in an attempt to kill him. The chemical turned out to be a powerful mutagen which made the Turtles anthropomorphic and transformed Yoshi into an anthropomorphic rat named Splinter. Shredder tried to use this information to convince the Turtles to join his side, but they declined.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' also does this, though less directly. The ooze that mutated the turtles and Splinter was a by-product of experiments by the stranded Utroms...who were only stranded in the first place because Shredder made their ship crash. Donny spells this out for everyone in the ClipShow episode. Shredder also ''personally'' killed Hamato Yoshi, who in this version was Splinter's owner when he was a normal rat. The mutated Splinter treats this as YouKilledMyFather, and is committed to stopping Shredder as a result.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Shredder ends up creating the Turtles. He poured a caustic chemical down the sewer where Hamato Yoshi was living in an attempt to kill him. The chemical turned out to be a powerful mutagen which made the Turtles anthropomorphic and transformed Yoshi into an anthropomorphic rat named Splinter. Shredder tried to use this information to convince the Turtles to join his side, but they declined.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' also does this, though less directly. The ooze that mutated the turtles and Splinter was a by-product of experiments by the stranded Utroms...who were only stranded in the first place because Shredder made their ship crash. Donny spells this out for everyone in the ClipShow episode. Shredder also ''personally'' killed Hamato Yoshi, who in this version was Splinter's owner when he was a normal rat. The mutated Splinter treats this as YouKilledMyFather, and is committed to stopping Shredder as a result.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'': [[spoiler:the Alchemist's last act before the Dark Ones' corrupting influence transformed him into the Skeleton King was to create and empower the Hyperforce so that they would protect the universe from him. Antauri later tries to reach out to Skeleton King by reminding him of this, to no avail.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Shredderends up creating the Turtles. He poured attempted to kill his rival Hamato Yoshi by pouring a caustic chemical down the sewer where Hamato Yoshi was living in an attempt to kill him.living. The chemical turned out to be a powerful mutagen which made the Turtles anthropomorphic and transformed Yoshi into an anthropomorphic rat named Splinter. Shredder tried to use this information to convince the Turtles to join his side, but they declined.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' also does this, though less directly. The ooze that mutated the turtles and Splinter was a by-product of experiments by the stranded Utroms...who were only stranded in the first place because Shredder made their ship crash. Donny spells this out for everyone in the ClipShow episode. Shredder also ''personally'' killed Hamato Yoshi, who in this version was Splinter's owner when he was a normal rat. The mutated Splintertreats [[YouKilledMyFather took this as YouKilledMyFather, very personally]], and is committed to stopping Shredder as a result.result.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'':
** The mutagen that mutated Splinter and the Turtles was created by the Kraang for the purpose of mutating Earth to be more habitable for them.
** [[spoiler:Prior to the events of the series, April's parents were abducted by the Kraang and her mother was experimented on to create a human-Kraang hybrid mutant. April was born with psychic powers as a result of said experiments. While the Kraang intended to use her in their plan to conquer Earth, she ends up being vital to their defeat.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Shredder
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' also does this, though less directly. The ooze that mutated the turtles and Splinter was a by-product of experiments by the stranded Utroms...who were only stranded in the first place because Shredder made their ship crash. Donny spells this out for everyone in the ClipShow episode. Shredder also ''personally'' killed Hamato Yoshi, who in this version was Splinter's owner when he was a normal rat. The mutated Splinter
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'':
** The mutagen that mutated Splinter and the Turtles was created by the Kraang for the purpose of mutating Earth to be more habitable for them.
** [[spoiler:Prior to the events of the series, April's parents were abducted by the Kraang and her mother was experimented on to create a human-Kraang hybrid mutant. April was born with psychic powers as a result of said experiments. While the Kraang intended to use her in their plan to conquer Earth, she ends up being vital to their defeat.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
** Plastic Man was a henchman and thief until he was CursedWithAwesome as a result of Batman's actions. Batman personally sees to Plas' reform and rehabilitation; now, larceny-related issues aside, Plastic Man is a genuine superhero thanks to Batman's influence.
** ''Chill of the Night!'': Batman confronts Joe Chill (the man who murdered his parents) during a weapons auction, where many of his Rogues Gallery are in attendance. In the fight, Batman reveals to Chill that he's Bruce Wayne. Chill realizes that by killing Thomas and Martha Wayne, he inspired Bruce to fight crime. He's the reason Batman exists. In a panic, Chill admits this to the Rogues. They aren't amused (except for Joker; he thinks it's hilarious).
* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', [[BigBad Vilgax]] trying to get the Omnitrix for his scheme was what eventually led the device to end up on Earth and stick itself on the wrist of Ben Tennyson. This even gets a lampshade in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''.
* Drake Mallard became ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' on the first place when his prom dance was attacked by [[PsychoElectro Megavolt]]. Drake was considered the school's ButtMonkey, and even nerds and geeks mocked him, so Megavolt didn't take him seriously and defeated him without trouble when Drake first tried to stop him; so Drake improvised the Darkwing Duck's identity on the spot (using props and costumes from the Drama Club), defeating Megavolt and officially starting his hero career.
* ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'':
** ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]'': In "Trial", Batman is put before a KangarooCourt with a JokerJury made up of his rogue's gallery and the Joker himself as the judge, charging Batman with [[CreateYourOwnVillain creating them]]. And just to stack the deck against Bats even further, they also kidnap a District Attorney who has publicly accused him of the same crime to act as his defense. After hearing their testimonies, the attorney concludes that they would have all eventually turned to villainy on their own even without Batman, and in fact, ''they'' created ''him''. They proceed to find Batman not guilty... and then ''because'' they're such evil villains, they try to kill him anyway.
*** The same series had ComicBook/TheJoker inadvertently turn Jack Ryder into "[[ComicBook/TheCreeper Yellow-skinned wacky man]]", who is so utterly bonkers that even ''the Joker'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror considers him insane]].
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has Terry [=McGinnis=] become the new Batman, not long after his father Warren is murdered on the orders of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Derek Powers]], the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of the first season. The hitman who actually committed the murder in question is killed by Terry when he inadvertently becomes exposed to the toxin they were illegally manufacturing, but Powers manages to stick around until the Season 1 finale by undergoing experimental radiation treatment that saves his life with some... [[WalkingWasteland side effects]].
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' presents the darkest version of this trope in "Epilogue", where [[WellIntentionedExtremist Amanda Waller]] reveals to Terry [=McGinnis=] that [[spoiler:when she noticed Bruce Wayne was growing too old to be Batman, she decided to create her own hero by collecting Batman's DNA, finding a couple with an identical psychological make-up as Thomas and Martha Wayne, overwrite the husband's reproductive DNA with Batman's without the man's knowledge, with Terry being the resultant child. Then when he was 7-years-old, Waller commissioned [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm the Phantasm]] to assassinate Terry's parents in his presence. Thankfully, the Phantasm decided to abort the operation to honor Bruce's legacy, instead of taint it. Although Terry points out, as detailed above, that the actions of Derek Powers wound up finishing the job anyway.]]
* This happens in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' in relation to [[spoiler:''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'']]. Black Heron of F.O.W.L. had created an intelligence-granting ray gun and tested it out on a rodent. That rodent, one [[spoiler:Gadget Hackwrench]], would go on to boost up other rodents, team up and help Launchpad and Dewey save the day.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': In "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S2E2RiddleU Riddle U]]", Riddler taking over the university is what inspires Barbara to try to take him down. And teaming up with Harley and Ivy inspires her to become Batgirl at the end of the episode. Harley even lampshades it when Ivy speculates it'll just be a phase. And Harley being right on that makes sense seeing as Ivy's mostly a misanthrope and Harley's a psychiatrist...
* On ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', it's eventually revealed that Mojo Jojo was once Professor Utonium's lab partner and caused the Chemical X to be added to the formula the girls were made from. Realising this causes Jojo to suffer a VillainousBreakdown. In another episode it gets even worse for him when [[spoiler:he tries going back in time to RetGone the girls and ends up giving Utonium the idea to create them in the first place.]]
-->[[MadnessMantra "It was me...it was me..."]]
** TheMovie reveals Mojo Jojo was the reason the Powerpuff Girls decided to even become heroes in the first place. When they were created, the Girls hadn't yet [[OpeningNarration "dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil"]], and were in fact feared and hated by most of Townsville for their dangerous powers. Then Mojo tricked the girls into building him what would become his lair and creating an army of super-intelligent primates. Eventually, the girls figured out that they could stop Mojo and the monkeys by using their powers to fight them and the rest is history.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Ironically in Season 5, the High Priestess raising her seven daughters to kill Jack is what led to her eldest daughter, Ashi, pulling a {{Heel Face Turn}}, [[PredatorTurnedProtector assisting Jack in his quest]], [[spoiler:and being the key to Aku's ultimate downfall]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Adora was raised in the Horde as an officer cadet, and as a result of her subsequent HeelFaceTurn, the Horde's greatest enemy is using its combat training. [[spoiler:Light Hope tells her in Season 3 that she was only on Etheria to become She-Ra ''at all'' because of Hordak's portal experiments, but Season 4 reveals this to be a complete lie.]]
** [[spoiler:Scorpia]] only becomes a hero at all, as opposed to staying a TokenGoodTeammate to the Horde, because Catra [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal kept treating her like shit]].
** [[spoiler:Entrapta]] ends up back with the Rebellion because after she's exiled to Beast Island, it's the Rebellion that comes to get her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Pink Diamond created the Rose Quartz line. One of those Rose Quartzes would go on to found the Crystal Gem rebellion. [[spoiler:At least that's the story Rose spread. In reality, she and Pink Diamond were one and the same. It was all part of a plan to free herself from her role as a Diamond and to free the Earth and the Crystal Gems. Which goes around to making Pink an example, as the other diamonds probably created her and their aloof, condescending attitude indirectly lead her to sympathize with Earth life and Homeworld's undesirables.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' reveals via flashbacks in the second season that Stretch Monster killed two scientists, signed onto a project to undo any attempts he'd make to turn other people into monsters, but the child of those two scientists[[note]]Riya Dashti, aka the CyberNinja Blindstrike[[/note]] would grow up to carry out revenge against the monster.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'', [[spoiler:the Alchemist's last act before the Dark Ones' corrupting influence transformed him into the Skeleton King was to create and empower the Hyperforce so that they would protect the universe from him. Antauri later tries to reach out to Skeleton King by reminding him of this, to no avail.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Shredder ends up creating the Turtles. He poured a caustic chemical down the sewer where Hamato Yoshi was living in an attempt to kill him. The chemical turned out to be a powerful mutagen which made the Turtles anthropomorphic and transformed Yoshi into an anthropomorphic rat named Splinter. Shredder tried to use this information to convince the Turtles to join his side, but they declined.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' also does this, though less directly. The ooze that mutated the turtles and Splinter was a by-product of experiments by the stranded Utroms...who were only stranded in the first place because Shredder made their ship crash. Donny spells this out for everyone in the ClipShow episode. Shredder also ''personally'' killed Hamato Yoshi, who in this version was Splinter's owner when he was a normal rat. The mutated Splinter treats this as YouKilledMyFather, and is committed to stopping Shredder as a result.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': The episode "[[Recap/TransformersG1WarDawn War Dawn]]" shows a young Autobot named Orion Pax being gunned down by Megatron, and later rebuilt as Optimus Prime.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
** Plastic Man was a henchman and thief until he was CursedWithAwesome as a result of Batman's actions. Batman personally sees to Plas' reform and rehabilitation; now, larceny-related issues aside, Plastic Man is a genuine superhero thanks to Batman's influence.
** ''Chill of the Night!'': Batman confronts Joe Chill (the man who murdered his parents) during a weapons auction, where many of his Rogues Gallery are in attendance. In the fight, Batman reveals to Chill that he's Bruce Wayne. Chill realizes that by killing Thomas and Martha Wayne, he inspired Bruce to fight crime. He's the reason Batman exists. In a panic, Chill admits this to the Rogues. They aren't amused (except for Joker; he thinks it's hilarious).
* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', [[BigBad Vilgax]] trying to get the Omnitrix for his scheme was what eventually led the device to end up on Earth and stick itself on the wrist of Ben Tennyson. This even gets a lampshade in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''.
* Drake Mallard became ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' on the first place when his prom dance was attacked by [[PsychoElectro Megavolt]]. Drake was considered the school's ButtMonkey, and even nerds and geeks mocked him, so Megavolt didn't take him seriously and defeated him without trouble when Drake first tried to stop him; so Drake improvised the Darkwing Duck's identity on the spot (using props and costumes from the Drama Club), defeating Megavolt and officially starting his hero career.
* ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'':
** ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]'': In "Trial", Batman is put before a KangarooCourt with a JokerJury made up of his rogue's gallery and the Joker himself as the judge, charging Batman with [[CreateYourOwnVillain creating them]]. And just to stack the deck against Bats even further, they also kidnap a District Attorney who has publicly accused him of the same crime to act as his defense. After hearing their testimonies, the attorney concludes that they would have all eventually turned to villainy on their own even without Batman, and in fact, ''they'' created ''him''. They proceed to find Batman not guilty... and then ''because'' they're such evil villains, they try to kill him anyway.
*** The same series had ComicBook/TheJoker inadvertently turn Jack Ryder into "[[ComicBook/TheCreeper Yellow-skinned wacky man]]", who is so utterly bonkers that even ''the Joker'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror considers him insane]].
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has Terry [=McGinnis=] become the new Batman, not long after his father Warren is murdered on the orders of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Derek Powers]], the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of the first season. The hitman who actually committed the murder in question is killed by Terry when he inadvertently becomes exposed to the toxin they were illegally manufacturing, but Powers manages to stick around until the Season 1 finale by undergoing experimental radiation treatment that saves his life with some... [[WalkingWasteland side effects]].
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' presents the darkest version of this trope in "Epilogue", where [[WellIntentionedExtremist Amanda Waller]] reveals to Terry [=McGinnis=] that [[spoiler:when she noticed Bruce Wayne was growing too old to be Batman, she decided to create her own hero by collecting Batman's DNA, finding a couple with an identical psychological make-up as Thomas and Martha Wayne, overwrite the husband's reproductive DNA with Batman's without the man's knowledge, with Terry being the resultant child. Then when he was 7-years-old, Waller commissioned [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm the Phantasm]] to assassinate Terry's parents in his presence. Thankfully, the Phantasm decided to abort the operation to honor Bruce's legacy, instead of taint it. Although Terry points out, as detailed above, that the actions of Derek Powers wound up finishing the job anyway.]]
* This happens in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' in relation to [[spoiler:''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'']]. Black Heron of F.O.W.L. had created an intelligence-granting ray gun and tested it out on a rodent. That rodent, one [[spoiler:Gadget Hackwrench]], would go on to boost up other rodents, team up and help Launchpad and Dewey save the day.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': In "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S2E2RiddleU Riddle U]]", Riddler taking over the university is what inspires Barbara to try to take him down. And teaming up with Harley and Ivy inspires her to become Batgirl at the end of the episode. Harley even lampshades it when Ivy speculates it'll just be a phase. And Harley being right on that makes sense seeing as Ivy's mostly a misanthrope and Harley's a psychiatrist...
* On ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', it's eventually revealed that Mojo Jojo was once Professor Utonium's lab partner and caused the Chemical X to be added to the formula the girls were made from. Realising this causes Jojo to suffer a VillainousBreakdown. In another episode it gets even worse for him when [[spoiler:he tries going back in time to RetGone the girls and ends up giving Utonium the idea to create them in the first place.]]
-->[[MadnessMantra "It was me...it was me..."]]
** TheMovie reveals Mojo Jojo was the reason the Powerpuff Girls decided to even become heroes in the first place. When they were created, the Girls hadn't yet [[OpeningNarration "dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil"]], and were in fact feared and hated by most of Townsville for their dangerous powers. Then Mojo tricked the girls into building him what would become his lair and creating an army of super-intelligent primates. Eventually, the girls figured out that they could stop Mojo and the monkeys by using their powers to fight them and the rest is history.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Ironically in Season 5, the High Priestess raising her seven daughters to kill Jack is what led to her eldest daughter, Ashi, pulling a {{Heel Face Turn}}, [[PredatorTurnedProtector assisting Jack in his quest]], [[spoiler:and being the key to Aku's ultimate downfall]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Adora was raised in the Horde as an officer cadet, and as a result of her subsequent HeelFaceTurn, the Horde's greatest enemy is using its combat training. [[spoiler:Light Hope tells her in Season 3 that she was only on Etheria to become She-Ra ''at all'' because of Hordak's portal experiments, but Season 4 reveals this to be a complete lie.]]
** [[spoiler:Scorpia]] only becomes a hero at all, as opposed to staying a TokenGoodTeammate to the Horde, because Catra [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal kept treating her like shit]].
** [[spoiler:Entrapta]] ends up back with the Rebellion because after she's exiled to Beast Island, it's the Rebellion that comes to get her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Pink Diamond created the Rose Quartz line. One of those Rose Quartzes would go on to found the Crystal Gem rebellion. [[spoiler:At least that's the story Rose spread. In reality, she and Pink Diamond were one and the same. It was all part of a plan to free herself from her role as a Diamond and to free the Earth and the Crystal Gems. Which goes around to making Pink an example, as the other diamonds probably created her and their aloof, condescending attitude indirectly lead her to sympathize with Earth life and Homeworld's undesirables.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' reveals via flashbacks in the second season that Stretch Monster killed two scientists, signed onto a project to undo any attempts he'd make to turn other people into monsters, but the child of those two scientists[[note]]Riya Dashti, aka the CyberNinja Blindstrike[[/note]] would grow up to carry out revenge against the monster.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'', [[spoiler:the Alchemist's last act before the Dark Ones' corrupting influence transformed him into the Skeleton King was to create and empower the Hyperforce so that they would protect the universe from him. Antauri later tries to reach out to Skeleton King by reminding him of this, to no avail.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Shredder ends up creating the Turtles. He poured a caustic chemical down the sewer where Hamato Yoshi was living in an attempt to kill him. The chemical turned out to be a powerful mutagen which made the Turtles anthropomorphic and transformed Yoshi into an anthropomorphic rat named Splinter. Shredder tried to use this information to convince the Turtles to join his side, but they declined.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' also does this, though less directly. The ooze that mutated the turtles and Splinter was a by-product of experiments by the stranded Utroms...who were only stranded in the first place because Shredder made their ship crash. Donny spells this out for everyone in the ClipShow episode. Shredder also ''personally'' killed Hamato Yoshi, who in this version was Splinter's owner when he was a normal rat. The mutated Splinter treats this as YouKilledMyFather, and is committed to stopping Shredder as a result.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': The episode "[[Recap/TransformersG1WarDawn War Dawn]]" shows a young Autobot named Orion Pax being gunned down by Megatron, and later rebuilt as Optimus Prime.
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