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* Ladd Russo in ''{{Baccano}}'' shoots a kid in the face with a shotgun for shits and giggles. Vino also tortures said child, though since he ''had'' just watched Ladd shoot him in the face, he knew [[{{Immortality}} it wouldn't stick]]. [[spoiler:And Czes had tried to get Ladd to kill everyone, so in Vino's mind he deserved it.]]

* The {{flanderized}} Peter Griffin from the later seasons of {{Family Guy}} is a terrible person he frequently attacks and occasionally murders people, and children are no exception. He punches out a child because he felt he had to hit someone, blew up a children's hospital killing many of them, his out of control and mentally disabled horse caused the deaths of many children, he caused a baby at the hospital to die and laughed about it, when he went back to third grade he abused the students, he killed his own infant son Peter Jr. when he couldn't get him to stop crying, and he threw his toddler son Stewie (who was in a coma with heavily infected wounds) under his wife's car so it would look like an accident.

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* Queen Bavmorda from ''{{Willow}}'', a case of trying to stop a prophecy about her downfall.
* The Penguin crosses the MoralEventHorizon in ''{{Batman Returns}}'' when he tries to have every firstborn son of Gotham City kidnapped and drowned in the sewer as revenge for his parents having tried to do the same to him long ago.

* Rare female example: In ''TheCrow: The City Of Angels'', Kali kills Ash's very young son without batting a lash.

* Off-screen in ''TheSpecialist'', Mathilda's young brother is killed.

* One of the earliest evil deeds Frank does in ''OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' is kill a child. He also [[spoiler: subjected Harmonica to a horrible torment at a young age, too]]. Henry Fonda, the actor who played Frank, was initially reluctant to take another a role in a western, having been in so many already and [[{{Typecasting}} always playing one of the good guys]]. That is, until director Sergio Leone told him, "Picture this: the camera shows a gunman from the waist down pulling his gun and shooting a running child. The camera pans up to the gunman's face and... it's Henry Fonda." Fonda signed on in a heartbeat.
* Judge Turpin in ''SweeneyTodd'' sentences a child to death by hanging.

* In ''StarWars: RevengeOfTheSith'', a group of Jedi younglings turns to Anakin for advice during the raid on the Jedi Temple, unware that Anakin's the one leading the raid.

* {{Aquaman}}'s arch-enemy Black Manta won notoreity by killing the hero's infant son.

* The child abductor in ''{{Watchmen}}''

* The {{flanderized}} Peter Griffin from the later seasons of {{FamilyGuy}} is a terrible person he frequently attacks and occasionally murders people children are no exception, he punches out a child because he felt he had to hit someone, he blew up a children's hospital killing many of them, his out of control mentally disabled horse caused the deaths of many children, he caused a baby at the hospital to die and laughed about it, when he went back to third grade he abused the students, he killed his own infant son Peter Jr. when he couldn't get him to stop crying, and he threw his toddler son Stewie (who was in a coma with heavily infected wounds) under his wife's car so it would look like an accident.

* In TheBible, Pharaoh and King Herod, although indirectly for the latter.

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* Ladd Russo in ''{{Baccano}}'' shoots a kid in the face with a shotgun for shits and giggles. Claire Stanfield also tortures said child, only he actually knows the child is really an immortal and very much evil himself.

There is also an interesting DoubleStandard when it comes to characters applying for this trope, since they are almost AlwaysMale. Rarely will women being described as being ''physically'' violent to children. Even rarer are the instances when they actually ''kill'' them. Indeed, killing children is among the few things that permanently prevent a woman from a convenient HighHeelFaceTurn.

* [[CompleteMonster Johan]] from ''{{Monster}}''. And all the people at 511 Kinderheim were more than willing to psychologically hurt children ForScience.

** Then V [[spoiler:kills the dragons whole family, which includes ''eggs'']], to ensure there won't be anyone to claim blood revenge for killing the dragon.

* Female example: In the manhwa ''Jackals'', Roxy bifurcates in one blow 7 years-old Giulio Montero.

* Rare female example: In TheCrow: The City Of Angels, Kali kills Ash's very young son without batting a lash.
* ''Evilenko'': The whole film revolves around this.
* Off-screen in TheSpecialist, Mathilda's young brother is killed.
* Frank D'Amico in the final showdown of Film/Kick-Ass.

* The Scarlet Witch from TheAvengers stood in awe as Pandemonium deformed and grafted her children on his own arms.

* Both Darken Rahl and Emperor Jangang in TheSwordOfTruth.
* Voldemort's first known act in HarryPotter is to attempt to kill a baby, and his Death Eaters attack muggle children just as much as they would muggle adults (including one scene in the 7th book where Voldemort kills an entire family.) If teenagers count, his Death Eater followers aren't above torturing Hogwarts students in the 7th book (and ordering students to torture each other), and Umbridge makes rule breakers write lines using their own blood with a magic scarring quill and seriously considers using the torture curse on the students.

* Played straight and Lampshaded in TheIncredibles. Helen has to explain to Dash and Violet that yes, the villains would hurt a child. And they do. Then again, the kids can fight back...

A subtrope of KickTheDog.See also ChildHater, who hates kids but isn't necessarily physically abusive. Constrast InfantImmortality and WouldntHurtAChild. Compare KidsAreCruel, ChildrenAreInnocent. See also EatsBabies.

There is also an interesting DoubleStandard when it comes to characters applying for this trope, since they are almost AlwaysMale. Rarely will women being described as being ''physically'' violent to children. Even rarer are the instances when they actually ''kill'' them. Indeed, killing children is among the very rare things that permanently prevent a woman from a convenient HighHeelFaceTurn.

There is also an interesting DoubleStandard when it comes to characters applying for this trope, since they are almost AlwaysMale. Rarely will women being described as being ''physically'' violent to children. Even rarer are the instances when they actually ''kill' them. Indeed, killing children is among the scarce things that permanently prevent a woman from a convenient HighHeelFaceTurn.

'''Important Note''': This trope isn't about psychological abuse or verbal abuse of children which are in themselves pretty common. It's about ''adults physically hurting children'', fatally or not, be they related or not. Child on child violence doesn't apply for this trope, nor does violence to teenagers since teenagers are physically [[TruthInTelevisions stronger]] than children and lack "completely defenceless" element.

A subtrope of KickTheDog.See also ChildHater, who hates kids but isn't necessarily physically abusive. Constrast InfantImmortality and WouldntHurtAChild. Compare KidsAreCruel, ChildrenAreInnocent.

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* In TheBible, Pharoah and King Herod.

* In ''ElfenLied'', Bandou has no qualms about hitting and maiming little girls.

In TheBible, Pharoah and King Herod.

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In the Bible, Pharoah and King Herod.

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