History RevengeByProxy / LiveActionTV

** A child's father obviously ''wanted'' to do this. Greene had noticed some heavy implications of child abuse on the man's son and the child was taken into protective custody and away from the father. After the father has been spotted around the area where Greene lived with his wife Elizabeth and their daughter, he got worried that he would try to harm them for taking his son away. Ultimately leads to nothing, as the father is brought to the ER as a patient, [[spoiler:suffers cardiac issues when he's alone in an elevator with Greene, and [[KickTheSonOfABitch Greene denies him proper treatment]], the father dying]].

** A double feature of this trope appears in the Dorne arc. First, as revenge for the death of Oberyn Martell during a trial by combat arranged by the Lannisters, Oberyn’s lover Ellaria Sand murders Myrcella Baratheon (the daughter of Cersei Lannister) with a [[KissOfDeath poisoned farewell kiss]]. Then, when Ellaria and ''her'' daughter Tyene are later captured and brought to Cersei as a gift, Cersei proceeds to [[DeathByIrony inflict the exact same poisoned kiss on Tyene that Ellaria had used to kill Myrcella]], even making sure to use precisely the same type of poison. Ellaria is left alive in the same prison cell as Tyene, ForcedToWatch as Tyene inevitably dies from the poison and then decomposes after death.

** A double feature of this trope appears in the Dorne arc. First, as revenge for the death of Oberyn Martell during a trial by combat arranged by the Lannisters, Oberyn’s lover Ellaria Sand murders Myrcella Baratheon (the daughter of Cersei Lannister) with a [[KissOfDeath poisoned farewell kiss]]. Cersei eventually finds out who killed her daughter and how, and when Ellaria and ''her'' daughter Tyene are later captured and brought to Cersei as a gift, Cersei proceeds to [[DeathByIrony inflict the exact same poisoned kiss on Tyene that Ellaria had used to kill Myrcella]], even making sure to use precisely the same type of poison. Ellaria is left alive so that she will be ForcedToWatch as Tyene inevitably dies from the poison and decomposes. For good measure, Cersei arranges for Ellaria to be force-fed if she tries to starve herself to death, and orders the guards to change the torches every few hours to make sure that Ellaria doesn’t miss a single detail of Tyene’s death and decomposition.

** A double feature of this trope appears in the Dorne arc. First, as revenge for the death of Oberyn Martell during a trial by combat against Ser Gregor Clegane (arranged by the Lannisters, with Oberyn defending Tyrion after the latter was accused of King Joffrey’s murder), Oberyn’s lover Ellaria Sand eventually murders Myrcella Baratheon (the daughter of Cersei Lannister) with a [[KissOfDeath poisoned farewell kiss]]. It doesn’t take long for Cersei to figure out who killed her daughter and how, and when Ellaria and ''her'' daughter Tyene are later captured by Euron Greyjoy and brought to Cersei as a gift, Cersei has them both imprisoned in the same cell facing each other, then proceeds to [[DeathByIrony inflict the exact same poisoned kiss on Tyene that Ellaria had used to kill Myrcella]], even making sure to use precisely the same type of poison. Ellaria is left alive so that she will be ForcedToWatch Tyene die from the poison and then watch as her body decomposes; for good measure, Cersei arranges for Ellaria to be force-fed if she tries to starve herself to death, and orders the guards to change the torches every few hours to make sure that Ellaria doesn’t miss a single detail of Tyene’s death and decomposition.

* ''Series/GangRelated'': Rather than attempting to kill Chapel after he leads raids that take down their drug lab and safe, the Metas slaughter his daughter Jessica instead. This is apparently their standard practice-hitting someone whom their enemy cares about rather than them (at first anyway). At least, [[AmbiguousSituation it seems to be this way at first]], but both the Metas' leader El Mozo and his lieutenant Matias deny guilt, no matter what they're threatened with.

* ''Series/GangRelated'': Rather than attempting to kill Chapel after he leads raids that take down their drug lab and safe, the Metas slaughter his daughter Jessica instead. This is apparently their standard practice-hitting someone whom their enemy cares about rather than them (at first anyway).

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Bloodlines", [=DaiMon=] Bok declares that he will kill Picard's son because Picard killed his. This sounds difficult because Picard doesn't actually have a son, but Bok manages to find a way around that.

* Three [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] in ''Series/TheXFiles'' episodes "The Walk", "Theef", and "Redrum" carry this out.

* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Sabotage", one man went after the people who indirectly caused his [[IllGirl sick daughter's death.]] His boss who had fired him, making him lose his benefits to help his daughter. The doctor's assistant who did nothing when his daughter was in pain. But the man crosses into MoralEventHorizon when he goes after his brother, who had refused to help him save their parents' old house, his attempts costing an innocent man his arm and leading to him try to kill his brother's innocent wife and daughter. Worse of all was after a bad day, he killed a store manager who wouldn't give him refund on a product without a moment's hesitation.

* In one episode of ''Series/{{ER}}'', a man that Kovac had treated ended up with his right arm paralyzed. After that, his life went from bad to worse, eventually getting divorced by his wife, losing his children, and getting fired from his job. So to get back at Kovac, he had Kovac break his own hand and wanted to take Kovac's life for ruining his.
** A child's father obviously ''wanted'' to do this. Greene had noticed some heavy implications of child abuse on the man's son and the child was taken into protective custody and away from the father. After the father has been spotted around the area where Greene lived with his wife Elizabeth and their daughter, he got worried that he would try to harm them for taking his son away. Ultimately leads to nothing, as the father is brought to the ER as a patient, [[spoiler:suffers cardiac issues when he's alone in an elevator with Greene, and [[KickTheSonOfABitch Greene denies him proper treatment]], the father dying]].
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
** The villain, [[spoiler:Henry Grace]], of "Masterpiece" blamed Rossi for ruining his life and for the loss of his family (as Rossi [[spoiler:caught his brother William, a notorious serial killer who was later executed, which disgraced Henry and caused his fiancé to break off their engagement]]), so he attempted this by trying to kill Rossi's own "family" (the other members of the BAU) in return. However, due to both PlotArmor and Rossi being a badass, [[ForegoneConclusion it didn't work]].
** The Reaper does this to Hotch's [[spoiler:ex-wife Haley]] in Season 5 since he knows that doing that would get to Hotch more than if he did anything to [[TheStoic Hotch himself]].
** One unsub targets the people he considers responsible for his best friend's suicide. He directly targets the school principal and substitute teacher he feels weren't strict enough on the bullying (debatable MisplacedRetribution, but at least direct), but since the main bully himself had joined the military and is out of the country, he instead targets the bully's girlfriend's parents.
** The unsub in "The Anti-Terror Squad" got revenge against his and his friends' bullies by killing every member of their immediate families except the bullies themselves (until he starts devolving) under the logic that he wants them to suffer, and they won't be suffering if they're dead.
** In general, the concept of surrogates is this. The killer can't or won't directly attack the true object of their rage, so they target people who remind them of that person in hopes that it will be enough to satisfy their anger. Of course, it never works.

* ''Series/{{Oz}}'':
** William Cudney was so enraged by his wife's decision to abort his child that he got revenge on the doctor who performed the abortion -- by killing his son.
** Tobias Beecher and Vern Schillinger arrange the deaths of the others' family members as part of their series-long vendetta.
* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Sabotage", one man went after the people who indirectly caused his [[IllGirl sick daughter's death.]] His boss who had fired him, making him lose his benefits to help his daughter. The doctor's assistant who did nothing when his daughter was in pain. But the man crosses into MoralEventHorizon when he goes after his brother, who had refused to help him save their parents' old house, his attempts costing an innocent man his arm and leading to him try to kill his brother's innocent wife and daughter. Worse of all was after a bad day, he killed a store manager who wouldn't give him refund on a product without a moment's hesitation.

* Played for laughs, of all things, on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' - When Ralph learns that Earl accidentally had sex with his mom, his second solution is to in turn have sex with Earl's mom. (His first solution is just to kill Earl.)
* In one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', a cop's daughter goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the loved ones of the people she blames for the hardship that's befallen her father and family. Rollins, the first target, escapes with only a shoulder wound, but others aren't so lucky.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Bloodlines", [=DaiMon=] Bok declares that he will kill Picard's son because Picard killed his. This sounds difficult because Picard doesn't actually have a son, but Bok manages to find a way around that.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series'', an Immortal is revived after thousands of years in a sarcophagus; when an Immortal who was first her lover and then her enemy at the time tries to make peace with her, she takes revenge by killing his totally innocent mortal wife. She blames him for her Queen's suicide. After killing his wife, she says "an eye for an eye".
** The recurring villain Kalas repeatedly attempted to kill or disgrace protagonist Duncan's friends as revenge for Duncan having upended his life centuries ago.
* In the season five finale of ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', Dave attempts this against [[spoiler:Susan as revenge for accidentally killing his wife and daughter in a car crash by setting up a trap that'll kill both her husband and son, Mike and MJ]]. He ends up [[spoiler:letting her MJ out of the car when he realizes what he's become...and then tries to kill Mike anyway, and fails]].
* ''Series/BreakingBad'':
** Besides for his own gain, this is why Gustavo had [[spoiler:[[EvilCripple Hector]]'s grandchildren]] killed. The man wouldn't care much if he himself died, [[spoiler:so Gus went for his family, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes which is all he really cared about]]]].
** Also why [[spoiler:Todd killed Andrea to punish Jesse for trying to escape]].
* In ''Series/{{Sinbad}}'', Lord Akbari kills Sinbad’s brother, ''right in front of him'', because Sinbad accidentally killed Lord Akbari’s son in a fighting competition.
* An interesting variant in ''Series/SingleFather''. Sarah cheats on her boyfriend Matt with Dave, so Matt sleeps with Dave's daughter (she's 18, it's okay) to punish Dave.
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': This is the strategy of Season 2 BigBad [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Slade Wilson]]]]; through his minion [[DarkMessiah Brother Blood]], he intends to destroy everything Oliver cares about, without harming him directly, in what he sees as retribution for [[spoiler:Oliver being unable to save Shado (whom they both loved) back on the island]].
* In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'', "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfSupermanS6E12ThePerilsOfSuperman The Perils of Superman]]", the VillainOfTheWeek lampshades this, saying that while he can't hurt Superman physically, he can "strike at him through his friends." To this end, he [[LumberMillMayhem ties Perry to a log in a sawmill]] (and Lois [[ChainedToARailway to the train tracks]]), uses acid on Jimmy's brakes so that he'll crash when he has to take a twisting road, [[BruceWayneHeldHostage and lowers Clark into an acid bath.]]
* In the backstory of ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'', [[spoiler:[[EvilutionaryBiologist Prof. Banno]] went to a young businessman to get a research grant, but the businessman turned him down due to the morally questionable nature of the work. Enraged, Banno had one of his [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Roidmudes]] imitate the businessman's appearance and used it for this trope by beating it to a bloody pulp. This kicked off the plot of the series in two ways: Banno's partner Krim Steinbelt found out about this and ended their partnership (which also lead to his creating the Drive System), and the victimized Roidmude (who would later adopt the name Heart) [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal turned on Banno]] before plotting to wipe out all humanity]].
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'': In the season 4 finale, Tig [[MurderByMistake unwittingly killed]] the girlfriend of another gangster during a [[GanglandDriveBy Drive-By Shooting]] when he was aiming for the gangster in retribution for another crime (his culpability for which had been fabricated by Jax). It turns out that the girlfriend was the daughter of Damon Pope, the undisputed kingpin of black crime in Oakland. ''His'' retribution for Tig's stupidity is to burn Tig's daughter alive.
* One episode of ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' centered on [[RichBitch Doña Florinda]] ordering Don Ramón to take his pants down from the communal clothesline, when he refused, [[BlatantLies she told El Chavo that Don Ramón gave him the pants on the Clothesline.]] When Chavo tells Don Ramón of that fact, Don Ramón retaliates by stealing Quiko's sailor suit from the clothesline and putting it on.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': Negan kills [[spoiler:Glenn]] as revenge for Daryl punching him in the face.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': Negan kills [[spoiler:Glenn]] as revenge for Daryl punching him in the face.

* Daniel Holtz of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' gets back at Angelus - who is now the ''souled'' Angel - by kidnapping his baby son and raising him in a hell dimension to hate and kill his father. Centuries before Angelus also killed Holtz's wife and daughter -- the latter in the most horrible fashion, by vamping her so that Holtz himself would be [[AdultFear forced to finish the job]] (by [[StakingTheLovedOne throwing the girl into sunlight]]). [[spoiler:In a final desperate attempt at revenge, Holtz kills himself, framing Angel so that Connor would kill his own father. Connor instead does the next-worst thing, locking Angel in a steel box and [[FateWorseThanDeath sinking it in the Pacific for four months]] -- Angel cannot die this way because he is a vampire, but [[AndIMustScream the hunger drives him half-mad]].]]