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* As soon as the villain, [[spoiler:Frans Rayner]], of the [[DrMcNinja D.A.R.E To Resist Ninja Drugs and Ninja Violence]] story arc is introduced, he [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=18&issue=4 gets into this trope.]] It could be seen as his MoralEventHorizon... but they are just mooks [[YouHaveFailedMe who failed him]] because of Dan [=McNinja=]'s IncendiaryExponent.

* [[HeroicSociopath Richard the Warlock]] of LookingForGroup does this on a regular basis, usually for comic effect.

* In ''SluggyFreelance'' Aylee[[spoiler:'s evil clone]] gets one of these after she goes through her corporate executive transformation. She attacks the gang's Halloween party and leaves all the guests unconscious outside and taunts Riff with the knowledge that she can kill him and everyone he knows ''so easily''.

* In ''{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2010/08/12/4-14/ introducing some characters laughing about killing.]] Just before they go MuggingTheMonster.

* [[AristocratsAreEvil Kubota]] from ''OrderOfTheStick'' has kicked several puppies. He not only orders his men to kill a pregnant woman ([[ActionMom which doesn't work that well, but still...]]), he seals the deal by [[spoiler:poisoning and killing his assistant Therkla, just so he can make an effective escape]]. This last act might even put Kubota [[MoralEventHorizon into even worse territory.]]

** He could have chosen a much less mean way to put it, but [[StrawmanHasAPoint he does have a fair point]]: he and Fay are fuck buddies with few-or-no strings attached, so expecting exclusivity is pretty strange. And if she wants something more serious, she could always ASK, rather than trying to browbeat him into it.

* Misty Snow from {{Shadowgirls}}. She was racist at the age of 5, and when she grew up, she became a teenage [[AlphaBitch Queen]] of {{Jerkass}}. Her biggest feat in kicking a dog? She [[spoiler: made Lin betray her best friend Becka for popularity, and led her in a trap, but instead of embarrassing her in public, like Lin thought it would end, Becka almost gets ''raped'' by three guys. And Misty was meanwhile playing with Lin's guilt, and thinking about it made [[FateWorseThanDeath Fate Worse Than Death]] even worse.]]

* Mr. Bignose from {{Tragic Deaths}} does this quite literally.

* Nemen Yi, the Chosen of Battles in KeychainOfCreation. When she first shows up, her moral status is indeterminate: sure, she's trying to sequester the group's precious artifact, but it had just been stolen by the villains for world-ending purposes. Then, after one of the team gets it back, the Chosen of Battles looks like she's ready to throw down on the group -- until Marena points out that that [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0238.html would be illegal]]. Fortunately, the conundrum of whether we're supposed to sympathize with Nemen Yi or not is solved in the very [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0239.html very next strip]], as she immediately chooses to try and steal the artifact and bait the rest of the group into attacking her first (so she can "defend" herself) by attempting to behead Secret, on the legal technicality that even though she is a defector from team evil and working for the protagonists, she's still an Abyssal {{Exalted}}. Going straight for [[TheWoobie the Woobie's]] neck just to get around a bureaucratic roadblock in your path is what we call "a signal".

* More or less literally happens in [[TheQMan The Q Man]] when Talbot remotely performs a command override [[http://whoistheqman.com/archives/2011/01/10/358 during the Q Man's first mission]].

* [[CyanideandHappiness Cyanide and Happiness]] uses this, taken as literally as possible, as the entire punchline, and stinger, for their latest short.

* Seymour, the {{Knight Templar}} vampire hunter from {{Nosfera}} does this when he kills some monsters after they had ALREADY SURRENDERED.

* In ''{{Our Little Adventure}}'', Peganone, Eva and Randi were attacked by [[BigBad Angelo.]] Not only they [[CurbstompBattle lost the fight]], but Angelo ended up magically forcing the Paladin Eva to slay her own horse. The dramatic effect of this was lessened by her horse easily being able to outrun her, and Angelo getting bored and calling it off. It was still very cruel and unnecessary.

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* [[http://www.vanvonhunter.com/vvh232.html A hilarious literal example]], from the {{webcomic}} ''Van Von Hunter''.
* As soon as the villain, [[spoiler:Frans Rayner]], of the D.A.R.E To Resist Ninja Drugs and Ninja Violence story arc is introduced, he [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=18&issue=4 gets into this trope.]] It could be seen as his MoralEventHorizon... but they are just mooks [[YouHaveFailedMe who failed him]] because of Dan [=McNinja=]'s IncendiaryExponent.

* [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20091128 This]] strip of LICD has a literal example.

* In ''{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2010/08/12/4-14/ introducing some character laughing about killing.]] Just before they go MuggingTheMonster.

* This is [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/11/18/episode-771-no-good-deed/ parodied]] in an ''[[EightBitTheater 8-bit Theater]]'' strip.

* Misty Snow from {{Shadowgirls}}. She was racist at the age of 5, and when she grew up, she became a teenage [[TheLibby Queen]] of {{Jerkass}}. Her biggest feat in kicking a dog? She [[spoiler: made Lin betray her best friend Becka for popularity, and led her in a trap, but instead of embarrassing her in public, like Lin thought it would end, Becka almost gets ''raped'' by three guys. And Misty was meanwhile playing with Lin's guilt, and thinking about it made [[FateWorseThanDeath Fate Worse Than Death]] even worse.]]

** Gamzee's terrorizing of Karkat after his face heel turn can be considered this, since everything else is outright shooting. He just likes to fuck with the [[FantasticRacism punchline blood]]. An alternate timeline confirms Karkat was the last victim of his murder spree, so he definitely saves him for last just to screw with his head before he goes in for the kill.

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* Khrima from {{Adventurers}}, [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20020315.html he kicks cute things]].

* [[{{Homestuck}} Vriska Serket]] has [[{{Catchphrase}} kicked all the dogs. All of them.]] And has even shot a couple, though she got shot back for at least one of those dogs.

* [[{{Homestuck}} Vriska Serket]] has [[{{Catchphrase kicked all the dogs. All of them.}}]] And has even shot a couple, though she got shot back for at least one of those dogs.

* ButImACatPerson takes this from the dog's point of view. The kicker's identity is still a mystery, but the aftermath inspires the heroes (at least, one of them) to commit to being on the dog's side.

* [[CyanideandHappiness Cyanide and Happiness]] uses this, taken as literally as possible, as the entire punchline, and stinger, for their latest short.

** Belkar constantly complains about not getting to kick any dogs. Although, he does eventually cross the line with his teammates when he kills the oracle. Of course, the oracle, being... [[BuffySpeak an oracle,]] expected this and used it to pull off a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent example]] of a XanatosGambit.