History Main / ATasteofTheirOwnMedicine

** [[spoiler:Jewelius himself]] ends up on the receiving end of this trope thanks to [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis, whom he'd teamed up with to bring about Canterlot's invasion before double-crossing and imprisoning her and the Changeling army. When he had the Changelings captured earlier, his dismissal of them as insignificant in the grand scheme of things led to him calling Chrysalis a "despicable animal" and planning to enslave and treat her and the Changelings as if they were mindless beasts, which may explain why he didn't worry as much about them as he should've when they later escaped his dungeons. When [[WomanScorned Chrysalis]] and her forces corner Jewelius during his failed attempt to wipe out Ponyville and he begs her to spare him, she [[IronicEcho coldly reminds him of what he'd called her earlier]] [[DeathByWomanScorned before commanding the Changelings to dispose of him]] [[DevouredByTheHorde like a pack of wild animals would]]]].

* In ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', the [[HeroWithBadPublicity disgraced and exiled heroes]][[note]]Celestia, Cadance, Shining Armor, the Mane Five (sans Twilight) and Spike[[/note]] sneak into Canterlot with the intention to redeem themselves by helping Twilight Sparkle. Unfortunately, Cadance is separated from the others and injured by the secret BigBad while the others find Twilight. Twilight, [[CorruptTheCutie having been manipulated]] by [[ManipulativeBastard Prince Jewelius]] to lose all trust in her friends, brother and mentor after they walked out on her at the wedding rehearsal for [[WoundedGazelleGambit "upsetting"]] the false Cadance, mistakenly thinks Cadance ([[UndyingLoyalty the only one of the exiles she hasn't stopped trusting]]) was injured because the others brought her to Canterlot before she could be reinstated. Angry and hurt, she [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews her former loved ones out]] like her brother did with her. She then coldly leaves them at [[TheBrute Commander Hildread's]] mercy to check on Cadance, just like they ditched her to check on the false Cadance, [[IronicEcho throwing the words they used back to them]] for a good measure and also as payback.
--> '''Shining Armor''': Twily-\\

'''Twilight''': ''[[RageAgainstTheMentor You]]'' [[RageAgainstTheMentor have a lot to think about]].

* ''Fanfic/LadyBugOut'': At one point, Chat Noir declares that Ladybug needs to ''prove'' that she really doesn't have any feelings for him by accepting a ForcefulKiss. When she rebuffs him, he smugly claims that the only reason she pushed him away is because if she'd let him kiss her, she wouldn't have been able to 'hide her true feelings'. Later on, after Adrien's SecretIdentity has been exposed, [[ShipSinking snuffing out her old crush for good]], Marinette demonstrates just how childish and selfish his reasoning was by acting the same way ''he'' did. After pretending that she's going to make him kiss her in order to "prove" he doesn't really love her, she directly compares his behavior to how Chloé and Lila clung to him, helping him realize [[HeelRealization he'd made Ladybug]] feel just as trapped.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21417982 to lose someone]]'', Marinette's [[FairWeatherFriend former friends]] [[WrongAssumption mistakenly believe]] that they're doing this to her, since [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] has convinced them that [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass she's been bullying her]]. So they destroy her sketchbook, only to learn that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they've actually inflicted this upon themselves]]: the only sketchbook she brings to school is the one filled with all the projects and designs she's made ''for them''. She refuses to remake those designs for free, and Adrien notes that her work would [[ShockinglyExpensiveBill cost thousands of dollars]] if commissioned. On top of this, it held all her notes as class president, including the contact information required for various school trips they were planning, meaning those will all have to be canceled as well. This leaves them all feeling miserable, much like she's been suffering ever since they started bullying her on Lila's say-so.

* ''Fanfic/{{Apex Predator|MHA}}'': AbhorrentAdmirer Mineta usually stalks the girls at school, peeping at them in the shower and demanding he gropes their chests. As a result all girls in 1-A grow paranoid of him and take turns keeping a lookout whenever they are doing anything like changing their clothes. Izuku, who makes a DeclarationOfProtection towards anyone targeted by bullies in class long before even meeting the girls, decides it's perfectly acceptable to start stalking Mineta in return and make ''him'' paranoid.

* In ''Fanfic/OneForAllAndEightForTheNinth'', Izuku, the Vestiges and Ennead inflict this upon All for One when they successfully damage his stockpile of stolen Quirks. Ultimately, [[spoiler:twenty-three of All of One's Quirks are outright destroyed, while eleven more are stolen away]].

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In season 7's "Vigilante," a serial rapist is found bound, gagged and injured in the same manner as he had done to his victims, complete with the gag being a purple cloth. Only difference? He's dead. The "vigilante" turns out to be someone avenging the survivors.

*** [[GalacticConqueror Frieza's]] entire fighting style revolves around ColdBloodedTorture, physically overwhelming his enemies with his power and making sure that they die in pain and despair, knowing that [[HopeCrusher they never stood a chance against him]]. After Goku becomes a [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]], he spends most of the fight toying with and brutalizing Frieza just as Frieza had done to his victims, wanting to ensure that Frieza realized that even at full power, he never stood a chance against him. In the end, the ''only'' reason Goku tries to spare Freeza is because [[CruelMercy he felt that letting Frieza live with his pride ripped to shreds was a far worse punishment]].

--->'''Vegito:''' It's not much fun being hunted down, is it, Majin Buu? Being hunted down just the way you hunted down our friends! Does it hurt?!

* ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'': Happens literally' in “Pedro’s Cough.” When Pedro Pony comes to playgroup with a mild cough, Dr. Brown Bear is called in to administer his special cough syrup to the children. Ironically, the syrup actually works, but tastes dreadful (described by character as “an old shoe full of jam”). Dr. Brown Bear boasts that he never gets ill because he eats an apple a day, but Pedro’s cough turns out to be more contagious than anyone accounted for, and eventually infects all of the grown-ups as well, including Dr. Brown Bear himself. Once he is given his own medicine, he also proclaims it to be absolutely disgusting.

'''Twilight''': ''[[RageAgainstTheMentor You]]'' [[RageAgainstTheMentor have a lot to think about.]]

!!!''Franchise/Pokemon''

Contrast HoistByTheirOwnPetard, which is where a character's bad actions lead ''directly'' to their downfall, with no second-party intervention. Often a form of PayEvilUntoEvil. An IronicHell is the extreme version of this, where the sinners are punished with being the victim of (or making them horrified with) whatever crime they've done before. Can overlap with LaserGuidedKarma (or even go as far as KarmicDeath) if the character's fate is similar to that of his victims. See also WhosLaughingNow, which sometimes results from applying this trope, and OriginalPositionFallacy, the mindset of the likely victim (inequal treatment is reasonable and defensible as long as ''I'' don't come off worse). Please note that SelectiveEnforcement and {{Hypocrite}} can pop up if the sinner makes a big show out of it.

if you can take it!\\

** Kowase regularly tries to drown people for shits and giggles. After Maria kidnaps him, she stuffs him in a DrowningPit.

** Kumiru also once forced Kiri to collect her keys from a box filled with thumbtacks using his mouth. Maria similarly forces her to retrieve her phone's SIM card using nothing but her mouth... from a box of razors. Kumiru succeeds, but is left with several cuts around her mouth.
** In the very first chapter, Okaya sadistically forcefed cockroaches to Kiri while Kumiru recorded him. [[spoiler:Her [[CruelAndUnusualDeath ultimate fate]] is [[ThrownDownAWell being dropped down an empty well]] full of [[CreepyCrawlyTorture cockroaches and centipedes]], which then proceed to crawl all over her and [[OrificeInvasion enter her orifices]] as she screams in terror.]]

** Kumiru also once forced Kiri to collect her keys from a box filled with thumbtacks usign his mouth. Maria similarly forces her to retrieve her phone's SIM card using nothing but her mouth... from a box of razors. Kumiru succeeds, but is left with several cuts around her mouth.

* In [[https://nobodyfamousposts.tumblr.com/post/734443964533489664/what-if-adrien-rejection-in-felix-culpa this collaborative work]], Adrien attempts to convince his classmates that Marinette gave him an IndignantSlap [[BlatantLies for no reason]], [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass painting her as a bully]] in order to passive-aggressively punish her for not doing what he wanted. As more details come out, Marinette [[InternalReveals reveals]] how he'd previously told her that he ''knew'' Lila was lying, and Lila promptly uses his ExactWords against him, convincing Alya and most of the class that Adrien lied to ''Marinette'' about her being a liar in order to manipulate the other girl. Thus, Adrien finds himself as the one MadeOutToBeAJerkass instead.

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** Tsubasa Kowase regularly uses {{blackmail}} to force [[ShrinkingViolet docile girls]] to do his bidding. Maria lets him know what that feels like when, after confiscating and [[HollywoodHacking hacking into his smartphone]], she anonymously sends him a video of himself masturbating and demands 3 million yen in exchange for not posting it on the internet.

* A horrible version of this trope happens in [[spoiler:Hiroko]]'s revenge on [[spoiler:Aki Honda and her GirlPosse]] from ''Manga/ShadowStar'' upon obtaining her Shadow Dragon. Said tormentors had previously abused her ''horribly'', up to and including [[spoiler:''raping her with a test tube'']]. So how does [[spoiler:Hiro-chan]] pay them back for this? [[spoiler:Upon getting her Shadow Dragon, she commences in completely tearing each of the posse apart, the only one she spares being the one who objected to Aki raping her. And when she finally catches up to Aki herself? She has her raped with the Shadow Dragon's clawed finger, just before tearing her apart as well]]. By the time her vengeance is complete, [[spoiler:Hiro-chan]] has gone into full StartOfDarkness mode.
* ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'': During his fight with [[KickChick Chun Li]], [[SissyVillain Vega]] makes the mistake of cutting her cheek then taunting her by [[LickingTheBlade licking the blood off his claw.]] Bad decision. She pays him back... ''with interest''. First, by hitting him square in the face by throwing the couch at him, followed by repeatedly kicking his face with her [[HurricaneKick Spinning Bird Kick]], then pushes him back down on the floor by stepping on his chest, so she could plant her barefoot on his cheek and perform a full pirouette on his face! And, yes, it's as awesome as it sounds (seen at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggPU8L_4E1o 5:07-6:03).]]

** Throughout Act 1, Chloe refuses to reply to any of Goh's attempts to contact her, as in the past, he only ever offered her hollow excuses for not responding sooner. And when she ''does'' finally answer, it's to let him know that she wants nothing to do with him anymore. This serves as a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]], illustrating how it's difficult to maintain one's sense of ''scale'' when they feel victimized. While Goh had [[InnocentlyInsensitive unintentionally made her feel]] neglected and unappreciated [[TheFriendsWhoNeverHang since they rarely spent time together]], her two-week silence came after she boarded the Train, leaving him and everyone else to fear she had ''died''. Once everyone involved gets a clearer look at the full picture, it's generally agreed that this was DisproportionateRetribution, with Chloe herself [[IHatePastMe agreeing she went too far]].

** In the "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E01Chameleon Chameleon]]" episode, the class all flocked to Lila, and when Marinette tried to out her as a ConsummateLiar, Lila [[WoundedGazelleGambit turned the tables on her and got the whole class to assume Marinette was bullying her out of spite]]. When Henri transfers and starts dating Marinette, he manipulates things to push Alya to the back of the room. Whenever anyone in the class tries to stand up to him or show Marinette his true colors, he pulls the same game as Lila and twists things around to turn Marinette on her friends. And [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard because Marinette has seen how nasty the class can be, and because Henri has treated her more like a friend than the others have lately]], she believes him over them and accuses them of picking on her boyfriend.

** Theseus encountered a bandit called Sinis who killed travellers by bending two pine trees and tying his victims between them. Theseus killed Sinis by binding him between his own pine trees. When he met another robber called Sciron who forced travellers to wash his feet and then kicked them over a cliff to be eaten by a monstrous turtle, Theseus fed him to his own turtle. Finally, he met a robber named Procrustes. Procrustes would invite weary travelers to spend the night but would always claim the bed was either too long or too short for his guest. If the bed was too short he would cut the traveller's limbs until they fit. If the bed was too long he would stretch his victim's limbs till they fit. And if the bed was just the right size he would secretly swap it for his ''other'' bed in order to cut or stretch the victim anyway. Theseus cut off his feet and head with his own saw.

'''Announcer 2:''' Wait, what did...did what I just say make sense?\\
'''Announcer 1:''' Well...no, not really.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': Upon becoming Venom, Eddie Brock launches a campaign of psychological warfare against Spider-Man in-between [[CurbStompBattle beating him up]], stalking [[LoveInterest Mary Jane]], trying to publicly unmask him, and going so far as to show up at Peter's house to charm his Aunt May. Spidey ultimately defeats Venom by using his own tactics against him, exploiting Brock's anger and bitterness at being fired from the Daily Bugle to lure him to a shuttle launch, with the roar of the rocket forcing the symbiote off Eddie and leaving him powerless.

** Used for a StartOfDarkness with the show's main villain. Wilson Fisk tried to [[WellDoneSonGuy win his father's approval]] by assisting him with illegal activities, only for the older man to abandon him to the cops with the comment "Sacrifices must be made." Fisk used his time in prison to [[PrisonsAreGymnasiums get in shape]] and built a massive criminal empire of his own when he got out, becoming [[LargeAndInCharge the Kingpin]]. As his final revenge, he had his minions track down his father, who begged forgiveness--only for Kingpin to kill him with the same ruthlessness and lack of compassion that he had learned from him.

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': When Jobin was a child, a bully tried to set him on fire, but he awakened Speed King and proceeds to heats up said bully's face to the point where he knocks him unconscious.