History Main / Revenge

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'' this is the primary motive for Goku in the King Piccolo Saga and near the end of the Frieza Saga. He wanted to kill King Piccolo because he murdered his dear friend, Krillin, and his teacher, Master Roshi. With Frieza, he became a Super Saiyan after he murdered Krillin and threatened his son. Although he didn't kill Frieza. Instead, he chose to subject him to CruelMercy.

* Revenge is partially the driving force of Xadhoom's life in the Disney series ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''. As the [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]] after an alien race destroyed her home planet, she's dedicated her life to wiping out every last one of them. Said aliens are now threatening Earth, so she becomes an ally to the main character - WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's superhero alter ego - but her obsession is implied to be rather unhealthy.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis'', Vulko engineered the entire war to get revenge on Atlantis for exiling him and force Arthur to take the throne.

* ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'':
** Mainly in foreshadowing for ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', revenge is a recurring theme, with Hulk plotting revenge for his exile, Elloe seeking revenge for the murder of her father, and Miek contemplating taking vengeance for the murder of his father and enslavement of his hive. When asked what he would do, the Hulk responds:
--->'''Hulk:''' I'd never stop making them pay.
** Revenge actually summed up the final battle between the Hulk and the Red King, with the former asking Miek to 'chem' all of them together to confront the Red King with his crimes before he smashes him.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}'', this is Arwyn's motivation to bring down Mordath.
* ''ComicBook/{{Aquila}}'': Queen Boudicca's motive for her war against the Romans is to avenge her daughters being raped by Roman soldiers and her own person flogged in the square on the orders of Britain's governor.

* ''ComicBook/{{Ghostopolis}}'': Vaugner wants to kill Garth because that's the best way to hurt Claire.
* In one of the ''{{Franchise/Firefly}}/Serenity'' comics, Zoe Washburne holds a grudge against The Operative, whose attempts to capture the crew in the movie resulted in her husband’s death. It’s strongly implied she killed him for it.

* The ''FanFic/PoniesOfOlympus'' series:
** The only reason Chrysalis agrees to [[BigBad Erebus]]' plan to infiltrate the Atlas Strongest Tournament is a chance at revenge on Twilight Sparkle for her defeat at the wedding.
** And it turns out that [[TheRival Ran Biao's]] grudge against Rarity is payback for [[spoiler: letting Razorwing rape her]], something that Rarity wasn't aware that she had done.
* [[spoiler: Peva]]'s motivation in ''[[http://kleinerkiller.deviantart.com/gallery/41037509 Yognapped]]''. He [[EvilFormerFriend used to be part of the Yogscast]], until they exiled him for unspecified misconducts. For this, he [[spoiler: waits for several years, takes control of the scattered remnants of [[BigBad Sben's]] army, enslaves the Yogscast, forces them to aid in his release of a murderous god, and promptly suffers a VillainousBreakdown when [[EvilIsNotAToy it doesn't go as planned.]]]]
* In the FanVerse ''Fanfic/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost'', the main antagonists of the story ''Mystery of the Vanishing Hatbox'' [[spoiler: are ghosts that in-universe Disney directors forbid to get inside the Haunted Mansion and plot to take revenge on the ghosts who ''did'' make it to inside the ride]].
* While she isn't after it, Rancor from the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' is [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the Draconequus representing]] Revenge.

* Practically a running theme in ''Fanfic/ABrighterDark'':
** To start off, Hoshido wants revenge against Nohr for killing their king.
** Quite a few tribes also want revenge on Nohr for Garon's numerous morally dubious actions.
** Corrin wants revenge on Hans for killing Lilith.
** Mozu also wants revenge on Hans for his part in killing Hana, Subaki, and her DoomedHometown, as well as revenge on Nohr in general.
** Saizo wants revenge on Corrin for killing Kaze.
** Flora wants revenge on Corrin, Garon, and Nohr for holding her and her sister as political hostages.
** The Hoshidan soldier wanted revenge on Nohr for his son's death (which probably reflects the opinions of quite a few soldiers, on both sides).
** Nohrians refugees trapped in Hoshido want revenge against the Hoshidans for discrimination against them. Which leads to bloodshed, which leads to Hoshidans wanting revenge against Nohrian refugees and going on a lynch mob riot.
** Hans attempts to murder a wounded soldier in revenge for cutting off his arm. Fortunately, Sakura talks him down.
** Beruka vows to hunt down Selena's murderer after she finds her dead body.
* In the ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Nemesis is obsessed with revenge against his mother's killer, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. The fact that Kara killed in self-defense after Satan Girl tried to kill her half dozen of times is lost on him.
* Both [=DarkKnightmon=] and Dorbickmon in ''Fanfic/ADragonInShiningArmour'' are motivated by revenge. Dorbickmon makes a Heel–Face Turn when he realizes that revenge isn't what he really wants.
* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': Nearly every arc features someone driven by their hatred towards the main character and her family. The second-to-last arc "Last Waltz with Lex Luthor" delves into ComicBook/LexLuthor, the origins of his grudge against Superman, and how his obsession with killing the Man of Steel, whom he blamed for all of his misfortunes, overwhelmed Lex until he was unable to feel anything other than hatred towards everyone and everything.
* ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'': After Jade TakingTheBullet for her results in her being rendering a formless mass of shadow, and Susano sends what is left to the Shadow Realm, apparently killing her, Jinx becomes depressed (apparently neglecting her hygiene) and destroys the Titan's favorite pizza place for petty revenge against them, without any real plan, and has to be rescued by Gadjo.
* ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'': Franchise/WonderWoman's enemy Badra allies herself with three Franchise/{{Superman}}'s enemies to get revenge on their nemesis and destroy Earth. Unfortunately for the three Kryptonian rogues Superman is already deceased, so they'll settle for killing his cousin ComicBook/PowerGirl.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Intrepid}}'', Riley makes it very clear she's going to kill Jack Slash as painfully as possible to avenge her family. She's just making sure she can do it without screwing up since if he talks, he wins.

* Alpha from ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'' wants to kill Cackletta because she had a hand in slaying his father and mentor Commander Zeta.
* In ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'', the Supreme Intelligence and Ronan the Accuser's primary purpose for capturing and killing ComicBook/CarolDanvers is to harvest her special DNA, but eliminating a hated enemy who has constantly thwarted their plans is a nice bonus.

* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfSpyroANewDawn'':
** Deadlock and the Naga's motivation. The Naga for being banished by the Dragons for their crimes centuries ago and Deadlock for laying the blame on Spyro and Cynder for surviving while her children and mate died, as well as Spyro being the cause of the raid in her mind.
** It's revealed later that [[spoiler:Cynder]] killed her first clutch as [[spoiler:Dark Cynder]] during the war.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', Gothel draws the Stabbington brothers into her plans by a promise of revenge on Flynn.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', this is what motivates [[spoiler:Super Colossal Big Fat Boss Baby]] - he was [[spoiler:fired from Baby Corp when he could no longer drink the formula keeping him as a baby due to being lactose intolerant and founded Puppy Co. as revenge, with his plan of eventually transferring the world's love to puppies with his Forever Puppy invention.]]

* ''Film/{{Pumpkinhead}}'''s eponymous creature embodies this, as put succinctly by the old witch.
-->'''Haggis''': It's what you wanted, Ed Harley. For each of man's evils, a special Demon exists. You're looking at Vengeance - cruel, devious, pure-as-poison vengeance.

** Similarly, ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'' is also a [[RapeAndRevenge rape-revenge film]]. But, in this case, it's the victims' parents who take revenge on the rapists. [[spoiler: In the original, both of the girls are already dead before the parents realize it]].
* ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Part of the reason why Loki wanted to [[spoiler:kill Laufey is to get back at his biological father for leaving him to die as an infant]].
* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'':
** [[spoiler:After their mother Frigga is murdered]], Loki becomes motivated to team up with his brother Thor to avenge her.
** [[spoiler:Loki later usurps Odin's throne as payback for being disowned and for almost receiving the death sentence.]]
* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'':
-->'''Shredder:''' Choose the best man from those that remain to follow the reporter. She's the key to finding the creatures that did this to me.
-->'''Tatsu:''' Yes, master! Next, master, we rebuild the Foot?
-->'''Shredder:''' No. There is only one thing next...''revenge!''
* The thousand-year plan of the Sith in ''Franchise/StarWars'', which Sidious finally brings to fruition.
-->'''Darth Maul:''' At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.
** Although it's been obscured by time and the numerous other tropes it's spawned, the revelation that Darth Vader was Luke's father in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' had originally played as a subversion of Revenge. Critics of ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]'' were so convinced that the sequels would conform to a simple [[YouKilledMyFather Luke-avenges-his-dad story]], they dissed Lucas for being trite, never suspecting how TheReveal would [[LukeIAmYourFather overturn those expectations]].
** The EU materials taking place around the time of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' imply that Viceroy Gunray's main motivation for having the Trade Federation blockade Naboo was out of revenge against Senator Palpatine because it was thanks to him and his bill that several members of the Trade Federation's leading races were assassinated (the only reason why the Nemoidians survived is because Sidious sabotaged the ship to prevent them from taking off for the summit). In the film itself, it was believed to be out of {{Greed}}.
* Essentially the entire plot of ''Film/FallingDown''. One man's revenge ([[DisproportionateRetribution albeit a bit excessive]]) against all the little annoyances in the world, be it [[spoiler:arriving five minutes too late to get breakfast at a fast food restaurant, which is met with drawing a machine gun and accidentally firing it in to the ceiling]], [[spoiler:needless construction, which is met with a rocket launcher]], or [[spoiler:price gouging, which is met with vandalism and price slashing via bat]].
* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' is about a barber who seeks revenge against the corrupt judge who sent him away for fifteen years on a false charge and then raped his wife Lucy. Though his primary target is Judge Turpin and the Beadle because of their role in what happened to her, he ends up killing a lot more people along the way.
* A popular plot in action movies in general, though most tend toward the RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* Also popular with Spaghetti Westerns, such as ''For A Few Dollars More'', the second of the Dollars trilogy, which has Lee Van Cleef in the avenger role as Colonel Mortimer, who is out to kill El Indio for raping his sister after gunning down her lover.
* Park Chan-wook's ''Vengeance Trilogy'' is three unconnected stories about vengeance. It includes ''Film/SympathyForMrVengeance'', ''Film/{{Oldboy 2003}}'' and ''Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance''.
* This is Mélanie's goal throughout the film ''The Page Turner'', after a piano audition is disrupted by one of the judges (a famous pianist), she stops playing the piano and seeks her revenge which adds up to [[spoiler:making said pianist fall in love with her, destroying her marriage and causing a serious hand problem in her young son (who also aspires to be a pianist)]].
* ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'':
-->'''The Fallen:''' Revenge... is MINE!!

* Will Plunkett in ''Film/PlunkettAndMacleane'' swears revenge on General Chance for the death of his partner.
* In ''Film/TheBoneCollector'', [[spoiler:the villain's murders turn out to be an elaborate scheme to get revenge on one of the two cop protagonists, whose mistakes caused the villain to be wrongly imprisoned.]]
** [[spoiler: "Mistake" is debatable, since he was jailed for planting false evidence on criminals he was insistent were guilty. How correct he was never explained into, though in his point of view and his theories were "flawless" and he had been jailed for working for a greater good, his duration in there being traumatic (which ironically mirrored the people he framed, one even committing suicide).]]

* ''Film/TaxiDriver'' has a long shot in which the camera pans back over all the corpses Travis Bickle left in the wake of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. The reason for this: how satisfying would a story about revenge be if we didn't get to linger over the results a bit?
* ''The Amateur'' (1981). The fiancee of a cryptographer is murdered by terrorists, so he blackmails the CIA into letting him go into Czechoslovakia to kill those responsible. Just as he crosses the border, the CIA discover where he's hidden the files, so he's hunted by both sides.

* In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Mystique is motivated by her desire for vengeance after seeing what became of the mutants who Trask got a hold of.
* ''Film/{{Highwaymen}}'': A main theme of the film. Fargo's murder of Cray's wife started a long cycle of revenge between the two. Cray crippled Fargo in retaliation, but Fargo escaped the hospital to continue his murder spree elsewhere and constantly sends Cray photos of the victims to taunt him. He finally [[spoiler:kidnaps Molly and returns to the motel where he originally killed Cray's wife to reenact the murder with Cray as a witness.]]
* ''Film/WildTales'' consists of six short stories all revolving around the theme of revenge.
* ''{{Film/Sweetwater}}'': Sarah goes on a killing spree against everyone who wronged her in the second act, from her husband's murderer (plus his men), an unfeeling banker, and a peeping tom store owner.

* ''Film/TheAssignment2016'': Dr. Rachel Jane wants revenge on Frank, the hitman who murdered her brother. So she gets a crime lord to kidnap him, then performs a sex reassignment (partly to "help" him in her view). He's horrified, then seeks revenge on her in turn, along with employees of the gangster who helped kidnap him for Jane, then them and also her {{mooks}}.
* Kim Ji-woon's ''Film/ISawTheDevil'' features a government agent launching a prolonged campaign of vengeance against the serial killer who murdered his fiancee, continuously capturing and torturing him, before letting him go, only to catch up to him again and repeat the process.
* ''Film/TheBraveOne'': After being brutally beaten in an attack that leaves her fiancee dead, Erica Bain begins hunting down and killing the street punks responsible.
* ''Film/JohnWick'': A notable example, as the titular character isn't so much seeking revenge for the death of a loved one, but rather, revenge for the death of any sense of ''closure'' he may have found after his wife's death, as personified by the puppy she had gifted him with, who the villains trying to steal his car cold-bloodedly killed. It's entirely possible that he may not have embarked on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge campaign if they had just taken the car, and left his dog alone. Naturally, animal lovers watching the film are 100% in John's corner.
* The entire central conceit of ''Film/KillBill'', with assassin Beatrix Kiddo going after her former lover, the titular Bill, and her old assassin team for the massacre that saw her fiancee and numerous others killed in cold blood, and left her in a five-year-long coma.
* ''Film/InTheFade'': Katja sets out to get this after her family's murderers are acquitted.

* ''Series/PrincessSilver'': This is the main motivation of both Fu Yuan and Fu Chou. Fu Yuan wants revenge for being raped and almost burnt alive, and Fu Chou wants revenge for how his mother was treated and how he was almost killed.

* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': Revenge is James Gillies' primary motivation for wanting to destroy Detective William Murdoch; Gillies ''hates'' it when someone manages to outsmart him. James gets back at Robert Perry (who betrayed Gillies to avoid the noose and receive a much lighter jail sentence) by [[spoiler:cutting his former accomplice's head off with a fine-tooth saw while Robert ''was still alive'']].
* ''{{Series/Revenge}}''...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]]. Emily Thorne is a highly-trained revenge artist who quite literally devotes her life to avenging her framed and murdered father.
* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' is a revenge addict. When she starts to run short on targets for personal revenge she looks for other people to get revenge for.

* Happens occasionally on ''Series/TwentyFour'', especially when a terrorist is about to get immunity while a victim wants revenge. In Season 3, Kim notes that the death of [[spoiler:Nina Myers, who killed her mother]], does not bring her closure in any way, even though she wanted her dead for a long time. In Season 7, Olivia Taylor becomes angry that [[spoiler:Jonas Hodges]], the man responsible for her brother's death, is going to be placed in witness protection, so she [[spoiler:orders a hit on him, calling it off too late]]. During that season, [[spoiler:Tony Almeida]]'s desire for revenge for his wife and unborn son drives him to plan on tracking down and killing the head of the conspiracy.
* The final episode of ''Series/TheShadowLine'' sees [[spoiler:Gatehouse]] tracking down and killing [[spoiler:his superiors in Counterpoint]] because they sent an assassin to [[SickbedSlaying kill him in his hospital bed]].
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E4TheMutants The Mutants]], Varan decides to turn on the Overlords as soon as he realizes he's been played for a fool -- forget his people!
** And in the Series 4 episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang The Big Bang]]", River Song has ways of dealing with The Doctor's (apparent) killer.
--->'''Amy Pond:''' Where's the Dalek?\\
'''River Song:''' [[ExactWords It died.]]
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': 250-ish years before series 3, Angelus and Darla had not only killed [[HunterOfMonsters Holtz's]] wife and three children but turned his [[KickTheDog youngest daughter]] into a vampire just to leave him a message, [[OffingtheOffspring forcing him to kill her himself]]. [[CrusadingWidower Holtz]] initially went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, taking out 378 vampires in 9 years as he [[ItsPersonal relentlessly]] [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted hunted the pair]] across the whole of Europe. At times, he'd actually catch Angelus but never Darla and [[ColdBloodedTorture engage in torture]] just to see what would be left if he beat the demon out of the man. Angelus always escaped and the hunt would continue. Eventually, a demon told Holtz that if he didn't agree to travel 200+ years into the future he'd lose his chance to destroy Angelus and Darla forever. Holtz [[RevengeBeforeReason agreed]] in return for the promise that he'd show no mercy. When Holtz realised Angel [[TheAtoner now had a soul]] and Darla had [[ThePowerOfLove killed herself]] to save her son, his [[TheChessmaster plans]] [[BestServedCold changed]] to do to Angel what Angelus had done to him - [[RevengeByProxy take away the family he loved]]. He [[TheChainOfHarm stole Connor]], [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror raised him in a Hell dimension]] before sending him back to Angel [[RelativeButton full of hate]] and [[RevengeThroughCorruption groomed to kill his own father]], having [[ThePowerOfHate set up his own death]] to [[MoralMyopia make it look like]] Angel had killed him [[MoralEventHorizon just to make sure]] Connor would kill Angel in a [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Adopted Father]] fury. [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Holtz]] was [[YouAreWhatYouHate supposed to be]] a ''good guy''.
** Holtz was never a "good" guy (at least not as we saw him on screen, maybe before his family was killed). He's an AntiVillain with heroic traits like courage and determination, who has descended past the point where he cared whether his goal was still noble, becoming consumed by revenge. He considers himself a monster (made by monsters) and lives only for revenge and hate. After raising Connor, he tells Angel that he has let that hatred go and learned to live on paternal love instead. But even this is a lie, he sacrifices his life and his adopted son's happiness (and mental stability) for a final chance at revenge on what's left of the demon that took his family (namely, Angel).
%%ZCE * ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' features this.

* Detective Charlie Crews from Series/{{Life}} is something of a CloudCuckoolander thanks to his 12-years of wrongful imprisonment after being framed for several murders and discovering Zen Buddhism as a way to stay sane in prison. He's a great example of BewareTheNiceOnes, with a dark and dangerous streak running below his outwardly calm and friendly demeanor, but he's a firm believer in letting go of his anger instead of acting on it. But as he draws closer to finding the real killer, the man who murdered Charlie's best friend and his family, and the culprits of the frame-job that sent him to jail, Charlie is torn between the beliefs and ideals which saved his life and kept him sane in prison and the overwhelming desire for revenge. In the first season finale, he settles for justice instead ([[PerpSweating though he lets the killer ''think'' he's decided on revenge to coax a confession out of him]]).
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': When [[spoiler:Kate Beckett]] finally got to [[spoiler:personally arrest her untouchable nemesis [[CorruptPolitician senator Bracken]]]].
* On ''Series/CSICyber'', "URL, Interrupted" is about a girl who's been cyberbullied searching for revenge.

* On ''Series/TheTerrorInfamy'', Amy Yoshida was consumed with revenge against Major Bowen and got it, but admits to Yamato-san that it only left her empty. He tells her that it was him or her, and that she did the only thing she could.
* ''Series/TheOutpost'': Talon wants to avenge her family and people by killing those who wiped them out. After learning that Toru Magmoor was a mercenary involved, she kills him, and escapes the punishment due to Gwynn's intervention. Then later she also kills another mercenary who helped, Tiberion Shek. On defeating Dred, who is with the Prime Order which started the genocide, she tries to kill him too before Gwynn stops it.
* Beatrix from ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'' wants revenge against [[spoiler:the Alfea teachers for destroying her hometown, killing everyone but her and Bloom, and against Queen Luna for covering it up]].
* ''Series/OddSquad'': Vengeance against Odd Squad is the primary motive of most [[EnfantTerrible Enfant Terribles]] seen on the show. They feel that the organization, and/or its employees, wronged them at some point in their lives, and as a result, they go to any lengths necessary to bring them down.
** Odd Todd is one such villain. An EvilGenius that is GoodWithNumbers, far moreso than any agent of Precinct 13579, who also was an absolute {{Jerkass}} to his partner [[spoiler: Olive,]] belittling her and making her his inferior. [[spoiler: While he began to do a FaceHeelTurn after becoming bored solving so many cases so quickly, it was only cemented when he pulled a RedHerring on Oprah and Olive and led them away from Tiny Dancer so she could make more oddness, which caused him to get fired. From then on, he is shown being obsessed with getting revenge on Odd Squad, as well as on Olive due to believing she got him fired (when she didn't -- she had no involvement with his getting fired and instead actively protested against it before he assured her he was fine). In turn, Otto decides to get revenge on Odd Todd for his mistreatment of Olive in the Season 1 finale, "O is Not For Over", and pretends to join the odd side in order to overwhelm Odd Todd with enough oddness to drive him away for good. It ends up working, and come Season 2, he performs a HeelFaceReturn and no longer seeks revenge.]]
** Ohlm is a more serious example of what happens when one lets revenge overtake them. [[spoiler: While initially introduced as TheDitz of Precinct 13579, the second part of the Season 2 finale, "Odds and Ends", reveals that he was ObfuscatingStupidity in order to bide his time and advance in the ranks to enact his two [[EvilPlan Evil Plans]]. He enabled the villains to take down Odd Squad by giving them codes, gadgets and the like, and when that plan failed, he resorted to taking action himself and sucking every single Odd Squad agent into a black hole made up of all 10,000 gadgets the precinct has in their possession. And why does he want to do this? Because he was denied a promotion to the position of "The Big O" directly after graduating from the Odd Squad Academy, since he believed that he could put his smarts to good use as the head of every single Odd Squad precinct on Earth. Even when he nearly dies by way of being caught in the pull of his own black hole, and even when Oprah and Oona save his life, his thirst for revenge reveals the UngratefulBastard side of him as he vows to never rest until Odd Squad is destroyed. Unlike Odd Todd, he never performs a HeelFaceTurn of any kind and remains unredeemed.]]
** The Shadow, the BigBad of Season 3, is another example, but unlike the other aforementioned villains, her reasoning for revenge is more personal in nature. [[spoiler: In the third part of the finale, "End of the Road", it's revealed that she became a villain because her older sister, revealed to be Opal in "Follow the Leader", was [[SafetyWorst too overprotective of her]] and never gave her a chance to prove herself as TheAce. As a result, she swore vengeance on her sister as well as on Omar, Orla and Oswald, became a villain, and began setting her plans in motion -- first by sending the Sticky Sisters to retrieve the 44-leaf clover, then by hacking into the Mobile Unit's van and attempting to drown it along with the Mobile Unit themselves into the Lake of Goo, then by creating a [[LegionOfDoom Villain Network]] comprised of every single known villain of Odd Squad in order to [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard take down the organization using their own modus operandi of teamwork against them]]. The third plan ends up being the most successful, and it results in a NearVillainVictory before Opal attempts to help her sister snap out of it by apologizing for her actions and replaying an entry from her CaptainsLog. It works, and The Shadow -- now being referred to by her real name, Olizabeth -- performs a HeelFaceTurn and reconciles with Opal, helping her and her teammates beat back the purple tornado made from all the villains' powers that was previously stored inside a cube of her own creation. By the end of the finale, Olizabeth becomes TheAtoner and decides to travel the world with her sister in order to repair the damage that she caused, abandoning all semblance of revenge against her, the Mobile Unit, and Odd Squad as a whole.]]
* ''Series/SWAT2017'': In "[[Recap/SWATS02E06NeverAgain Never Again]]" the robbers turn out to be the daughters of people coerced into smuggling diamonds for a criminal syndicate, who then murdered them after they did it as "loose ends". Because of that, they robbed the syndicate in retaliation.

* A series of unfortunate events leads Saeroyi of ''Series/ItaewonClass'' to not only be expelled but also lose his father and end up in jail. He then builds a several-year-spanning plan to get revenge on the people responsible: the president of Jangga Jang Daehee, and his son, Jang Geunwon. This revenge plan involves Saeroyi beating the president at his own game by creating his own bar restaurant, DanBam.
* ''Series/ThePractice'': In "Avenging Angels" a man kills the men responsible for his daughter being murdered, using his conviction in the first case to get in the prison where the second is and killing him too.
* ''Series/MidnightSun2016'': This turns out to be the killer's motive-murdering everyone involved with [[spoiler:his sister's]] murder.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' the Dwarfs have a serious problem with this. They're incapable of ever letting something go, and everything anyone does that displeases them is a deliberate, malicious strike against them. One instance involves a human fortress being razed because they hired dwarven engineers to help build it and shortchanged their payment by a handful of coins out of thousands. Instead of accepting that this was probably just a clerk miscounting or a ripped bag losing a few coins in transit and either brushing it off or sending someone to ''explain what the problem is'' and asking for the complete payment, they instead stewed on this vile theft for a century, assembled an army, and laid siege to the baffled fortress.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': This is the whole purpose of the White/Black/Red color-wedge, combining White's love for justice, Black's selfishness, and Red's hunger for destruction. Seen most clearly in [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=338444 Kaalia's flavor text]].

* Thomas Middleton's ''Theatre/TheRevengersTragedy'' (1606) is this, to a T. The anti-hero's name, Vindice, means 'Revenge'. In fact, it can be seen as a parody of the entire genre (and ''Hamlet'' in particular), which was in its heyday when this was first performed.

* The "The Contract" storyline of ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' is based around this - first Nintendo gets her revenge against Sony planning to get most of the profits from their collaboration console, which ends in Sony later getting revenge back by making his own console which ends up being way more successful.
** Tecmo swears to get his revenge against Namco, who he carries a huge grudge towards... [[DisproportionateRetribution for a comment about his game series.]]

* ''WebAnimation/GEOWeasel'''s third episode chronicles the attempts of Weas and Mitri to kill Mitri's NotSoImaginaryFriend Bob, who they want because he killed two of their team. A different imaginary friend gets killed in the process.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'': One short, "Pink Campaign", has the Little Man chopping down the tree that the Pink Panther's house is located in, destroying it. Enraged, the Panther gets revenge by following the Little Man home and stealing his house, piece by piece. Long story short, the Little Man winds up going insane.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}''. Spoofed in "Beauty and the Obese", where MadDoctor Cesarean's motive for making supermodels fat is because beautiful women have spurned him all his life. And because his mother was a model who ran off when he was five. And because his promising career as a model was ruined when he became horribly disfigured in a modeling accident. Oh, and his grandparents were killed by models. He hates heights too, but you can't harm heights.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' after his defeat Phantom Limb renames himself Revenge, collects a gang of [[VillainousBreakdown inanimate objects]], and goes on a campaign against The Guild ([[WebVideo/TheGuild Not that one]]).
-->'''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Revenge:]]''' [[CatchPhrase Revenge!]]

* Roger of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' often parodies this of the DisproportionateRetribution order. In "The One That Got Away" for example he discovers a stranger has been using his credit account and in retaliation ''proceeds to destroy his life in every manner possible'' [[spoiler: this causes complications when the culprit in fact turns out to be a split personality of Roger obliviously created]]. In turn his victim sets an assassin on him. Naturally HilarityEnsues.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' wanted to do a ChristmasSpecial, but for various reasons swapped Christianity for the made-up religion of Alvisism, based around a violent, Wild West messiah. Whereas Christmas is about family and giving, Alvistide is about drinking and revenge.
-->'''Capt. Murphy:''' "Vengeance is mine!" quoth Alvis. And then he shot him, right in the face!

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' the Cutie Mark Crusaders concoct a plan to get some ''extremely'' well-deserved payback on Babs Seed, but find out that she became a bully in response to being bullied where she came from, and that they'd be no different if they did the same thing. (They end up going to a lot of trouble to save her from their plan, made harder by her ''continuing to be a {{Jerkass}},'' but Babs also learns her lesson in the end.) That when you PayEvilUntoEvil you become subject to HeWhoFightsMonsters was the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of the week.
** In the Season 5 finale, "The Cutie Re-Mark", [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer uses a TimeTravel spell to undo Twilight's friendship with the other members of the Mane 6 in order to exact revenge for Twilight stopping her from stealing other ponies' cutie marks in the name of equality. She snaps out of it after accidentally causing the apocalypse in one timeline.]]
** In the Season 6 finale, "To Where and Back Again", [[spoiler:after having not been seen in the show since the Royal Wedding, Queen Chrysalis and her Changeling Swarm return for revenge for that defeat by taking their previous plan UpToEleven with kidnapping all five Alicorn Princesses, Prince Shining Armor, Spike, and the Elements of Harmony, essentially decapitating Equestria's government and primary defenses in one fell swoop to clear the way for a full-scale invasion. However, thanks to Starlight Glimmer and Thorax, a traitor to the Swarm, the Swarm pulls a HeelRaceTurn and destroy Chrysalis' throne, free the ponies they kidnapped and cocooned, and effectively go from enemies to Equestria to one of their most powerful allies, except Chrysalis, who swears revenge again over losing everything and escapes to return in the future to take her vengeance on Starlight, then possibly the Royal Family and Mane Six again.]]
** In the ''Equestria Girls'' special "Mirror Magic", [[spoiler:Juniper Montage]] stumbles on an enchanted hand mirror and uses it to get revenge on the Humane 7 for exposing her sabotage of the Daring Do movie in "Movie Magic".
* Katara in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is not a forgiving girl and holds a grudge against Zuko longer than anyone in the group, but asks for his help in ''The Southern Raiders'' to help track down the man that murdered her mother so she can kill him. Aang tells them not to go because revenge isn't worth it and she should just forgive him, but Zuko agrees with her and they set off. They track the man down, but seeing how disgusting and pitiful he is she decides he isn't worth dirtying her hands. She and Zuko return and Aang assumes she's forgiven the man, but the only one she's willing to forgive is Zuko; The murderer was simply too pathetic to kill, but Zuko is genuinely remorseful and trying to repent.

* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' is about a man who wants revenge for his false imprisonment at the hands of a corrupt judge and his Beadle so that they could have his wife for themselves. He does eventually get his revenge, but not before killing a lot of other people.
* In the second act of ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'', [[spoiler: The Giantess]] wants revenge for the death of her husband.
* In ''Theatre/IlTrovatore'', the gypsy Azucena seeks revenge against the di Luna family for burning her mother as a witch.

* As you might expect, revenge plays a big part in the musical adaptation of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', with one song, "Hell to Your Doorstep", dedicated to it.

* In ''Webcomic/AmericanBarbarian'', [[http://www.ambarb.com/?p=124 Rick's motive.]]
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge''
** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000523c Megaman seeks for his imposter, to shoot him in the head.]]
** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/001119c The motive!!!]]
** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000630c How Megaman gets his]] HeroicSecondWind.
* ''Webcomic/CinemaBums''. Serves as the catalyst for a multi-strip series beginning [[http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=79 here]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-06-25 recommended as a substitute for unrequited love.]]

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'', following the Mechon attack on Colony 9 and the death of [[spoiler:Shulk's friend Fiora]], Shulk declares his intent to destroy ''every last Mechon'' in revenge for what has happened. A shocking goal for someone as kind as Shulk. [[spoiler:This becomes important later on]].

* Revenge is more or less the driving force of Xadhoom's life in the Disney series ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''. As the [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]] after an alien race destroyed her home planet, she's dedicated her life to wiping out every last one of them. Said aliens are now threatening Earth, so she becomes an ally to the main character - WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's superhero alter ego - but her obsession is implied to be rather unhealthy.

* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] is out for some against [[spoiler:Twilight]], as she was the one who proved instrumental in derailing the Changelings' plan to conquer Canterlot.]]

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''

** Indeed, the player themselves, acting as an agent of Mr. Eaten, can carry out revenge for him rather directly, albeit not in a way explicitly stated. Right before the end of his questline, one can [[spoiler:turn back and end Seeking at the Avid Horizon, and receive the most dreaded weapon in the game, the Seven-Fold Knock.]] In Ambition: Bag a Legend!, one can [[spoiler:use the Seven-Fold Knock to create a weapon to kill the Vake, aka Mr. Veils, the Master who orchestrated Mr. Eaten's betrayal and death. The player can even go a step further and get really poetic justice by sparing the aspect of Mr. Veils that specifically was responsible for those events, Veils of the Third City, only to "pickle and eat them to consume their power," the same process that led to the murder of Mr. Candles, turning him into Mr. Eaten. This connection is indirectly confirmed in that the icon for this choice is a candle.]]

** The Jackal's motivation in ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''. He blames Spidey for not saving Gwen Stacy, nevermind that it was the Green Goblin's fault…

* Examples from ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' stories:

** A major theme in ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' and associated storylines like ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman''. Both Sam Lane and Lex Luthor seek revenge against Superman for different reasons. General Lane never trusted Superman and he particularly disliked the way his daughter Lois fancied the Man of Steel. Lex hates Superman for a myriad of reasons including but not limited to xenophobia and narcissism.

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[-[[caption-width-right:300:A dish best served with a side of potato salad.]]-]

* Essentially the entire plot of ''Film/FallingDown''. One man's revenge (albeit a bit excessive) against all the little annoyances in the world, be it [[spoiler:arriving five minutes too late to get breakfast at a fast food restaurant, which is met with drawing a machine gun and accidentally firing it in to the ceiling]], [[spoiler:needless construction, which is met with a rocket launcher]], or [[spoiler:price gouging, which is met with vandalism and price slashing via bat]].

** The Jackal's motivation in ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''. He blames Spidey for not saving Gwen Stacy. Nevermind that it was the Green Goblin's fault…

The character often finds that completing the revenge will [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty leave his life feeling flat and empty]]. Revenge wasn't satisfying, or now that it's over, [[WhatNowEnding he doesn't know what to do with himself]]. Sometimes, during the course of the pursuit of revenge, the avenger [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becomes just as bad as, if not worse than, the one who committed the initial awful deed to begin with]]. And sometimes, revenge doesn't end with the person who committed the crime -- [[AvengingTheVillain other people connected to the original villain may well decide to pursue vengeance against the original avenger]], which may very well lead to a CycleOfRevenge.

** Although it's been obscured by time and the numerous other tropes it's spawned, the revelation that Darth Vader was Luke's father in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' had originally played as a subversion of {{Revenge}}. Critics of ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]'' were so convinced that the sequels would conform to a simple [[YouKilledMyFather Luke-avenges-his-dad story]], they dissed Lucas for being trite, never suspecting how TheReveal would [[LukeIAmYourFather overturn those expectations]].

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Revenge is one of the main driving forces of the Pirate Alliance Saga. [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law's love and devotion for Donquixote Rocinante, the man who ultimately saved his life and the dearest person in his heart, is the only reason he survived to this very day -- to get revenge on Rocinante's murderer, his older brother Donquixote Doflamingo. In turn, Doflamingo is driven by his hatred of the World Nobles, who rejected his plea to return to Mariejois as one of them after their father gave up their family's status as Celestial Dragons. So angered by this decision that he wishes to destroy the very world they lord over in retaliation and so driven that he is even willing to sacrifice those he deems close to him, and will only forgive betrayal with the embrace of death. This adds another layer dichotomy to their relationship as each other's ArchEnemy. Whereas Law is driven by revenge for the sake of another, Doflamingo is driven by revenge for the sake of himself, highlighting that while they are NotSoDifferent, they are NotSoSimilar either]].

* Many of the murders in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' are inspired by a thirst for revenge. One very notable (non-murderous) example is in ''Justice for All'' with Franziska von Karma, the daughter of prosecutor Manfred von Karma. She goes after Phoenix Wright in court and brags at how she will defeat him with her logic and power as a prosecutor, which leads Phoenix to believe that she's seeking revenge due to [[spoiler: him uncovering the crimes of Manfred von Karma, her prosecutor father; Phoenix not found him responsible for the crime that Edgeworth, Franziska's adoptive brother, was on trial for, but also uncovered that he was the one who killed Edgeworth's father so many years ago. It's subverted when Franziska reveals that her actual reason for revenge is because Phoenix after the final case of the last game, after Edgeworth realized that he had become the very thing his father hated and had been following in his killer's footsteps for years, he disappeared and a note behind saying that he "chose death"; this led Phoenix and Franziska to believe that he had been DrivenToSuicide. She blames Phoenix and is determined to bring him down to avenge Edgeworth and his pain, not to mention winning against the person Edgeworth couldn't beat, since she has a ruthless competitive streak and has always been trying to "beat" Edgeworth, even when they were kids.]]

* Many of the murders in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' are inspired by a thirst for revenge. One very notable (non-murderous) example is in ''Justice for All'' with Franziska von Karma, the daughter of prosecutor Manfred von Karma. She goes after Phoenix Wright in court and brags at how she will defeat him with her logic and power as a prosecutor, which leads Phoenix to believe that she's seeking revenge due to [[spoiler: him uncovering the crimes of Manfred von Karma, her prosector father; Phoenix not found him responsible for the crime that Edgeworth, Franziska's adoptive brother, was on trial for, but also uncovered that he was the one who killed Edgeworth's father so many years ago. It's subverted when Franziska reveals that her actual reason for revenge is because Phoenix after the final case of the last game, after Edgeworth realized that he had become the very thing his father hated and had been following in his killer's footsteps for years, he disappeared and a note behind saying that he "chose death"; this led Phoenix and Franziska to believe that he had been DrivenToSuicide. She blames Phoenix and is determined to bring him down to avenge Edgeworth and his pain, not to mention winning against the person Edgeworth couldn't beat, since she has a ruthless competitive streak and has always been trying to "beat" Edgeworth, even when they were kids.]]

* Many of the murders in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' are inspired by a thirst for revenge. One very notable (non-murderous) example is in ''Justice for All'' with Franziska von Karma, the daughter of prosecutor Manfred von Karma. She goes after Phoenix Wright in court and brags at how she will defeat him with her logic and power as a prosecutor, which leads Phoenix to believe that she's seeking revenge due to [[spoiler: Manfred being found guilty of murder and possibly forging evidence. It's subverted when Franziska reveals that her actual reason for revenge is because Phoenix bested Edgeworth in court, which led to him leaving a note behind saying that he "chose death"; this leads everyone to believe that he was DrivenToSuicide by the revelation that von Karma, who took him in as a child after his father was murdered taught him law alongside Franziska, was actually his father's killer. She blames Phoenix for her brother's death and is determined to bring him down to avenge Edgeworth and his pain at being forced to realize that for so many years, he was following in the ruthless, bloodthirsty footsteps of his father's killer.]]

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' is all about revenge, which is why so many of the murders happen. One very notable example is in ''Justice for All'' with Franziska von Karma, the daughter of prosecutor Manfred von Karma. She goes after Phoenix Wright in court and brags at how she will defeat him with her logic and power as a prosecutor, which leads Phoenix to believe that she's seeking revenge due to [[spoiler: Manfred being found guilty of murder and possibly forging evidence. It's subverted when Franziska reveals that she doesn't care about what happened to her father and her actual reason for revenge is because Phoenix bested Edgeworth in court and she wanted to be the one to do the deed. Ergo, Phoenix ruined her chance at getting revenge at Edgeworth for always besting her and being the favorite child of Manfred.]]