History DisproportionateRetribution / Videogames

---> "You DARE bring LIGHT into my LAIR?! YOU MUST DIE!"

*** While Zant has legitimate reasons to resent Hyrule for keeping his people prisoners of the Twilight Realm and to criticize his own people for lacking desires, he still started his conquest because he was refused the throne to Midna. While the consequences of her rule is never shown, Zant's desires led him to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwash his own people]] (and making them killed by Link and Midna in the process) and to a significant number of deaths and destruction: permanent ones include the destruction of Kakariko Village which (Ordon children excluded) [[GhostTown only has]] ''[[GhostTown three survivors]]'' when Link arrives, and [[MakeAnExampleOfThem the execution of the Zora Queen Rutela in front of her own people to show his dominance]].

*** While Zant has legitimate reasons to resent Hyrule for keeping his people prisoners of the Twilight Realm and to criticize his own people for lacking desires, he still started his conquest because he was refused the throne to Midna. While the consequences of her rule is never shown, Zant's desires led him to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwash his own people]] (and making them killed by Link and Midna in the process) and to a significant number of deaths and destruction: permanent ones include the destruction of Kakariko Village which (Ordon children excluded) [[GhostTown only has]] ''[[GhostTown three survivors]]'' when Link arrives, and [[MakeAnExampleOutOfThem the execution of the Zora Queen Rutela in front of her own people to show his dominance]].

** If you steal from the shopkeeper in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', get ready to be hadoken'd to death if you dare re-enter the shop.

** Ganon's reaction to Zelda entering his lair while holding a lit lantern in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]''.
---> "You DARE bring LIGHT into my LAIR?! YOU MUST DIE!"

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' has a pair of brothers that got into a petty argument, which resulted in one brother sealing the other brother in his own room just so that he wouldn't lose the fight. He does decide to make amends after you blow up the wall to free the other brother.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', the Killer Corner glitch is only one of many examples of this happening. Specifically, don't even think about stepping out of bounds, or else [[OneHitKO that hat won't be the only thing Mario loses]] (though he'll regain it after respawning in the designated "mission failed" area as he usually does following the Bowser Iris Out of Doom).
* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'':
** There once was a man named [[spoiler:Blumiere aka Count Bleck]]. When he was young, his father cursed his [[StarCrossedLovers human fiancé]] [[AndIMustScream to wander between worlds for eternity]]. So he decided to [[TomeOfEldritchLore use a forbidden book]] to [[PrecursorKillers kill his entire species]] and [[ApocalypseHow destroy all of existence]]. The end.
** The Lakitu Catch Card states Lakitu's motives for throwing Spiny Eggs at opponents is that someone "made fun of its glasses". Say ''what?'' Lakitu has been a pain in Mario's side since the ''original'' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', meaning he's kept this grudge ''since 1985'' because someone called him "four eyes" or something? (Of course, he's not ''always'' a bad guy, but still, you'd ''really'' have to be sensitive to be angry about it that long.)

** The Lakitu Catch Card states Lakitu's motives for throwing Spiny Eggs at opponents is that someone "made fun of its glasses". Say ''what?'' Lakitu has been a pain in Mario's side since the ''original'' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', meaning he's kept this grudge for ''thirty years'' because someone called him "four eyes" or something? (Of course, he's not ''always'' a bad guy, but still, you'd ''really'' have to be sensitive to be angry about it that long.)

* Many characters in ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'':