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** Dexter himself as well as several supporting characters.
** Then again, it is pretty traumatic that it may cause insanity. [[spoiler: His mother was dismembered with a chainsaw in front of him and then he and his older brother (who went just as insane) were left to soak in their mother's blood ([[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank which filled the entire floor of the shipping container they were in and went up an inch high]]) for days.]]
** Then again, it is pretty traumatic that it may cause insanity. [[spoiler: His mother was dismembered with a chainsaw in front of him and then he and his older brother (who went just as insane) were left to soak in their mother's blood ([[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank which filled the entire floor of the shipping container they were in and went up an inch high]]) for days.]]
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** [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]] himself as well as several supporting characters.
** *** Then again, it is pretty traumatic that it may cause insanity. [[spoiler: His mother was dismembered with a chainsaw in front of him and then he and his older brother (who went just as insane) were left to soak in their mother's blood ([[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank which filled the entire floor of the shipping container they were in and went up an inch high]]) for days.]]
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': Nastily subverted in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS6E2 Death and Dreams]]"; the killer appears to have this, but doesn't...instead, they all have a rampaging and lethal version of the UsefulNotes/OedipusComplex (a more literal Freudian excuse). The three children of Barnaby's psychiatrist friend saw their father die in a climbing accident, which we're lead to believe is the cause of their obsession with keeping their mother with them. Then it turns out the two older children ''[[{{Patricide}} killed]]'' their father for daring to be affectionate with their mother!
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* ''Series/TheMurders'': Kate tells Nolan that generally {{serial killer}}s have suffered child abuse or neglect. In the case of the ThemeSerialKiller who they're hunting in "Stereo" it's revealed [[MurderSuicide his father had murdered his mother and then shot himself]] while he watched as a boy. This resembled a song by Music/BobDylan, with him later becoming fixated on {{murder ballad}}s, recreating murders from them while he targeted people who had suffered severe losses like him, believing that by murdering them he's [[MercyKill ending their pain]].
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* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'':
** Bayliss is violently protective of children, and he slips into being a RabidCop whenever a case involving a dead child happens, often leading to him inflicting PoliceBrutality. Season 5 reveals this is because he was raped throughout his childhood by his uncle, and his emotionally abusive father never believed him.
** It's implied Felton's abrasiveness and alcoholism stem from a dysfunctional childhood with a neglectful father.
** Bayliss is violently protective of children, and he slips into being a RabidCop whenever a case involving a dead child happens, often leading to him inflicting PoliceBrutality. Season 5 reveals this is because he was raped throughout his childhood by his uncle, and his emotionally abusive father never believed him.
** It's implied Felton's abrasiveness and alcoholism stem from a dysfunctional childhood with a neglectful father.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Played with in one episode where it's an InvokedTrope, dismissed, and averted all in the span of a moment when Data is held captive by a collector:
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Played with in one episode where it's an InvokedTrope, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys The Most Toys]]", in which this trope is {{invoked|Trope}}, dismissed, and averted subverted all in the span of a moment when Data is held captive by a collector:
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'''Fajo:''' ''(sullen)'' Perhaps... Perhaps you would not judge me so harshly if you knew of my desperate youth. ''(as a tear rolls down his cheek)'' Wasted, wasted, on the streets of Zimbala.\\
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'''Fajo:''' ''(sullen)'' ''[sullen]'' Perhaps... Perhaps you would not judge me so harshly if you knew of my desperate youth. ''(as ''[as a tear rolls down his cheek)'' cheek]'' Wasted, wasted, on the streets of Zimbala.\\
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'''Fajo:''' ''(suddenly chipper)'' Eh, doesn't matter, isn't true anyway. My father was quite wealthy, actually. He was a thief.
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'''Fajo:''' ''(suddenly chipper)'' ''[suddenly chipper]'' Eh, doesn't matter, isn't true anyway. My father was quite wealthy, actually. He was a thief.
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'': SubvertedTrope in the episode, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose". The FBI is tracking a serial killer with a penchant for purported psychics. It turns out the killer was actually trying to discover the Freudian Excuse behind his violent tendencies and killed the psychics when they failed to divine a satisfactory answer. Ultimately, he crosses paths with the titular Mr. Bruckman who is genuinely clairvoyant and we get the following exchange:
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'': SubvertedTrope {{Subverted|Trope}} in the episode, "Clyde episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E04ClydeBruckmansFinalRepose Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose".Repose]]". The FBI is tracking a serial killer with a penchant for purported psychics. It turns out that the killer was actually trying to discover the Freudian Excuse behind his violent tendencies and killed the psychics when they failed to divine a satisfactory answer. Ultimately, he crosses paths with the titular Mr. Bruckman Bruckman, who is genuinely clairvoyant clairvoyant, and we get the following exchange:
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''(the killer shakes his head and shrugs)''\\
'''Clyde Bruckman:''' ''(sighs)'' You do the things you do because you're a homicidal maniac.\\
''(the killer thinks about it for a moment and smiles)''\\
'''Killer:''' That... that ''does'' explain a lot, doesn't it? It's all starting to make sense now.
'''Clyde Bruckman:''' ''(sighs)'' You do the things you do because you're a homicidal maniac.\\
''(the killer thinks about it for a moment and smiles)''\\
'''Killer:''' That... that ''does'' explain a lot, doesn't it? It's all starting to make sense now.
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'''Killer:''' That...
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* ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'': Gets a LampshadeHanging in the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' clip segments, where the villain always has some pathetic excuse, like the little rich girl who didn't get a pony for her birthday....
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* ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'': Gets a LampshadeHanging in the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' clip segments, where the villain always has some pathetic excuse, like the little rich girl who didn't get a pony for her birthday....
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** In season four Phoebe theorises that Ross' first wife leaving him for another woman is the reason he became so paranoid about his subsequent girlfriends. Ross denies it, but Rachel agrees that it fits with how jealous he got about her friendship with a male co-worker.
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* ''Series/{{Clarice}}'': [[spoiler:Nils Hagen]] was forced to choose by his father whether he or his little brother Agust would get used a gas test subject. He chose Agust. The gas killed Agust, which messed him up forever. Later he became obsessed with proving himself strong, unlike Agust (who had a disability) but his own genetic disorder prevented him having any more than one child. It didn't stop him kidnapping and forcibly impregnating many women in hopes of getting a second success though (killing them after they had "failed"). Evil though he's become, it's possible to understand that could twist him, and feel a little sympathetic.
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* ''Series/{{Clarice}}'': [[spoiler:Nils Hagen]] was forced to choose by his father whether he or his little brother Agust would get used as a gas test subject. He chose Agust. The gas killed Agust, which messed him up forever. Later he became obsessed with proving himself strong, unlike Agust (who had a disability) but his own genetic disorder prevented him having any more than one child. It didn't stop him kidnapping and forcibly impregnating many women in hopes of getting a second success though (killing them after they had "failed"). Evil though he's become, it's possible to understand that could twist him, and feel a little sympathetic.
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** Then again, it is pretty traumatic that it may cause insanity. [[spoiler: His mother was dismembered with a chainsaw in front of him and then he and his older brother (who went just as insane) were left to soak in their mother's blood (which filled the entire floor of the shipping container they were in and went up an inch high) for days.]]
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** Then again, it is pretty traumatic that it may cause insanity. [[spoiler: His mother was dismembered with a chainsaw in front of him and then he and his older brother (who went just as insane) were left to soak in their mother's blood (which ([[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank which filled the entire floor of the shipping container they were in and went up an inch high) high]]) for days.]]
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* ''Series/EyeCandy'': Jake claims to have ended up as a SerialKiller due to the MurderSuicide his parents had died in. However, it turns out ''[[SubvertedTrope he]]'' had [[SelfMadeOrphan murdered his mother, provoking his father to kill himself afterward]].
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* ''Series/{{Oz}}'':
** Schillinger's cruelty, racism, and abusive nature is revealed to stem from his own equally racist and abusive father.
** Robson, a vicious sadist and Neo-Nazi, is eventually revealed to have been sexually and physically abused by his father and spent a good portion of his youth homeless.
** Schillinger's cruelty, racism, and abusive nature is revealed to stem from his own equally racist and abusive father.
** Robson, a vicious sadist and Neo-Nazi, is eventually revealed to have been sexually and physically abused by his father and spent a good portion of his youth homeless.
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* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' reveals that the reason Gai Amatsu became a sociopathic [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate executive]] as an adult is because his father told him to study more and play with his toy robot dog less. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes you read that right]]. While Gai's dad certainly wasn't a very emotionally available person, it's a bit of a jump for Gai to go from a happy and cheerful kid to a psychopath who tortures people on a whim as an adult, yet it's used to make Gai seem sympathetic and [[spoiler:serves as the catalyst for his HeelFaceTurn]].
** A notable contrast to Gai is Orteca in ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'', who arguably has a much more legitimate Freudian Excuse in that [[spoiler:as a child he was [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation isolated from his peers due to his intelligence]] and was physically abused by his father]]. Unlike Gai however, Orteca is shown to be much more irredeemable as a character and his childhood is used to contextualize his motives and [[TheSociopath current personality]] rather than [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse excuse them]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' reveals that the reason Gai Amatsu became a sociopathic [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate executive]] as an adult is because his father told him to study more and play with his toy robot dog less. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes you read that right]]. While Gai's dad certainly wasn't a very emotionally available person, it's a bit of a jump for Gai to go from a happy and cheerful kid to a psychopath who tortures people on a whim as an adult, yet it's used to make Gai seem sympathetic and [[spoiler:serves as the catalyst for his HeelFaceTurn]].
** A notable contrast to Gai is Orteca in ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'', who arguably has a much more legitimate Freudian Excuse in that [[spoiler:as a child he was [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation isolated from his peers due to his intelligence]] and was physically abused by his father]]. Unlike Gai however, Orteca is shown to be much more irredeemable as a character and his childhood is used to contextualize his motives and [[TheSociopath current personality]] rather than [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse excuse them]].
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** Chandler has some serious issues with his mother, and describes her as "a Freudian nightmare".
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** Chandler has some serious issues with his mother, and describes her as "a Freudian nightmare". He also hates Thanksgiving because his parents told him they were getting divorced in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner.
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** Honestly, every single main character can be a JerkAss so a greater or lesser extent, and they all have these to explain their behaviour. Other notable examples: Pierce is a WellDoneSonGuy to a horribly cruel and bigoted father, Abed's AmbiguousDisorder caused him to be bullied by his peers and misunderstood by her parents, Shirley's rage issues stem from bullying as a teenager and alcoholism caused by marital strife with her now ex-husband...
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** Honestly, every single main character can be a JerkAss so a greater or lesser extent, and they all have these to explain their behaviour. Other notable examples: Pierce is a WellDoneSonGuy to a horribly cruel and bigoted father, Abed's AmbiguousDisorder mental issues caused him to be bullied by his peers and misunderstood by her parents, Shirley's rage issues stem from bullying as a teenager and alcoholism caused by marital strife with her now ex-husband...
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