* Khan in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. {{Lampshaded}} even. After Khan explains his beef with Kirk, Chekov says, "Captain Kirk was your host. You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him!" Khan ignores the point.
** Also, Khan ignores the fact that Kirk, in simply exiling Khan to his own planet, was more charitable than he had to be given Khan's actions both on the Enterprise and as a fugitive from international justice 300 years ago. Kirk could have easily taken Khan and his people back to Earth and put them in the hands of Federation justice which might end in a number of ways unfavorable to Khan.
* In ''Film/PatriotGames'', Irish terrorist Sean Miller wants to kill Jack Ryan because he killed his brother Patrick, but he killed him during their assassination attempt against the British royal family.

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* In ''Literature/ForSpecialServices'', one of the ''Literature/JamesBond'' books by John Gardner, the BigBad was [[spoiler:the daughter]] of Blofeld, who wants revenge against Bond for killing Blofeld back in ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' (the book).

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* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', Karst seeks to kill Isaac in revenge for the death of her beloved older sister Menardi in the first game. Everybody who played the first game knows that a) Menardi murdered bystanders, b) she was going to kill Isaac, and c) Menardi ''committed suicide'' after Isaac and his friends defeated her and Saturos non-lethally. [[PoorCommunicationKills Nobody ever tells Karst this]].
** Um... the "murdered bystanders" part is debatable - the only people Menardi and Saturos are stated to have outright ''killed'' are soldiers, which is par the course for said victims anyway. Though admittedly, they ''did'' KickTheDog in ways such as attacking scholars (without necessarily killing them outright), and push a BalefulPolymorph-ed girl into a river (which when you think about it was done to slow down the ChronicHeroSyndrome protagonists, not ForTheEvulz). On top of that the Proxians ''are'' confirmed to have AntiVillain leanings... Karst still takes it [[KnightTemplar further than necessary]], however.

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It's relatively common that the reason that Alice wants to kill Bob is because Bob killed Charlie. Revenge seems pretty straightforward. But it gets a lot more murky [[CrimeOfSelfDefense when Charlie was trying to kill Bob and Bob was just defending himself.]] They were in a war, it was a fight, Charlie surprised Bob at the worst time, it was an accident, the list goes on. He didn't really want to kill Charlie, and would have avoided doing so if possible. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone It's likely he regrets it greatly.]] That doesn't matter to Alice, though. Even if unknown to her Charlie was an assassin that had killed hundreds of people and Bob is just some bodyguard that happened to take him down, Bob has to ''pay''.

Related to AvengingTheVillain, but in that case Charlie was a genuinely bad person. This applies to; a) Gray And Grey Morality situations, such as (but not limited to) wars and family feuds where both sides are flawed/justified to an extent, and b) situations where Charlie is clearly a good guy.

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It's relatively common that the reason that Alice wants to kill Bob is because Bob killed Charlie. Revenge seems pretty straightforward. But it gets a lot more murky [[CrimeOfSelfDefense when Charlie was trying to kill Bob and Bob was just defending himself.]] They were in a war, it was a fight, Charlie surprised Bob at the worst time, it was an accident, the list goes on. He didn't really want to kill Charlie, and would have avoided doing so if possible. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone It's likely he regrets it greatly.]] That doesn't matter to Alice, though. Even if Charlie was a zombie actively trying to bite someone and Bob just defended them, Bob has to ''pay''.

Related to AvengingTheVillain, but in that case Charlie was specifically killed for committing and/or trying to commit evil. This applies when;
# GrayAndGreyMorality is in effect such as (but not limited to) wars and family feuds where both sides are flawed/justified to an extent at some point.  
# Charlie is a good guy.
# Charlie was not himself, being possessed or such.
# Charlie was going about his business when a fatal accident happened, even if he was an EvilEmpire mook.

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