History RewardedAsATraitorDeserves / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', King Garland of Cygnis' {{Jerkass}} advisor betrays the country to the enemy after being banished, and is rewarded like this. ("After he spilled his guts he, well, spilled his guts.") Unusually for most examples here, you actually have to go back in time and ''prevent'' his death in order to progress, since him selling you out leads to the king being fatally wounded in the next battle. Stocke talks him out of betraying you by convincing him he'll suffer this fate if he does, and he promptly agrees.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', [[spoiler: TheRival Max's InferioritySuperiorityComplex leads him to join the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Belsoto Clan]] in the hopes of one-upping the PlayerCharacter, betraying them, their hometown, and their Dojo. It isn't until [[GeneralRipper General X]] orders him to kill the player that he sees them for what they really are and tries to leave, [[WouldHurtAChild only to be shoved off the edge]] of the WorldInTheSky by X for his desertion and [[DisneyVillainDeath seemingly fall to his death]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', [[spoiler: TheRival Max's InferioritySuperiorityComplex leads him to join the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Belsoto Clan]] in the hopes of one-upping the PlayerCharacter, betraying them, their hometown, and their Dojo. It isn't until General X orders him to kill the player that he sees them for what they really are and tries to leave, [[WouldHurtAChild only to be shoved off the ledge]] by X for his desertion and [[DisneyVillainDeath seemingly fall to his death]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', [[spoiler: TheRival Max's InferioritySuperiorityComplex leads him to join the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Belsoto Clan]] in the hopes of one-upping the PlayerCharacter, betraying them, their hometown, and their Dojo. It isn't until General X orders him to kill the player that he sees them for what they really are and tries to leave, [[WouldHurtAChild only to be shoved off the ledge]] by X [[YouHaveFailedMe for his failures]] and [[DisneyVillainDeath seemingly fall to his death]].]]

* [[spoiler:Roland]], in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', was one of the major characters who betrayed Handsome Jack in ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', who unfortunately [[spoiler:was also the most reluctant of the three, with Lilith and Moxxi who gets away with turning Jack into Handsome Jack and the result of his rampage on Pandora]].

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the Exile can choose to [[spoiler:spare Atris]] instead of killing her, and [[spoiler:instead of letting her off lightly with such things like imprisoning or exiling her, either of which are literal rewards in her eyes, so it'd be more gifting her instead of punishing her]]. The Exile can instead choose to have [[spoiler:Atris suffer in the very room she is currently inside, in which she has [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge hoarded any artifacts/holocrons of the Sith she has gathered over the years, despite it being incredibly dangerous,]] with this result being the most satisfactory since, not only is she a [[StrawHypocrite hypocritical, ice-hearted bitch]] that has so many holes in her so-called "ideology" that it'd make swiss cheese look whole in comparison, she is also '''directly responsible''' for the start of the fall of the Jedi Order itself since, while the mass of Jedi on Katarr certainly was a beacon to eventually draw [[HumanoidAbomination Darth Nihilus]], she is the one '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssK9kZ5WRXI specifically responsible for it.]]''' As such, the aforementioned "punishment" of hearing her beg otherwise to not remain in the very room she stored her artifacts in is a '''MUCH''' more satisfying and more appropriate way to deal with her, since she even mentions the other "reward-punishments" that she would rather have instead of the one chosen for her.]]

** Also occurs in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', though not with you. [[spoiler:Caesar's Legion was offered a deal by the town of Nipton: in exchange for a sum of caps, the mayor would round up NCR troops and Powder Gangers inside the town and trap them. The Legion captures everyone - including those who were helping - and plays a [[LotteryOfDoom game with them]].]] It helps that [[spoiler:Nipton was a WretchedHive and the mayor was an unscrupulous jerk]], though most people consider this their MoralEventHorizon, given how cruelly the Legion dealt with them - when you enter Nipton, every Powder Ganger in the town has been ''crucified'' (with the exception of one guy who they left alive with his legs busted up) and have to be [[MercyKill put out of their misery]].

* [[spoiler:Roland]], in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', was one of the major characters who betrayed Handsome Jack in ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', who unfortunately [[spoiler:was also the most reluctant of the three, with Lilith and Moxxi who gets away with turning Jack into Handsome Jack and the result of his rampage on Pandora]].

* Averted by Gwyn in ''Videogame/DarkSouls''. After Seath the Scaleless betrayed his fellow Dragons, Gwyn rewarded Seath by making him a Duke. This did not sit well with Gwyn's bishop Havel the Rock, who hated Seath and the sorcery that Seath created.

* In ''Videogame/DoomEternal'', there is one thing [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the demons of Hell itself cannot stand, a traitor]]. So after they got one of the Night Sentinels to betray his people at the promise to revive his son, they brought his son back as the Icon of Sin, and he forever became known as The Betrayer in Slayer's Testament artifacts.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{EliteDangerous}} Elite:Dangerous]]'', after the assassination of Emperor Hengist Duval, the group behind the event, Emperor's Dawn, fled and established a base of operation into Federation space, possibly thinking they would have safe haven. President Hudson sent a fleet to clear them all.

* There's an example in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' that crosses over with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. You're captured and interrogated by the BigBad. He demands the code to the purifier. If you actually give it to him, he shoots you. Game over.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', there's a subtle implication that the abuse [[ButtMonkey Reisen]] endures from the other residents of Eientei is karmic punishment for her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere going AWOL]] and fleeing the moon during the Earth-Lunarian War [[note]]Making matters worse, Word of God has flip-flopped on whether this was a real war or if the Lunarians took the Apollo 11 landing as an invasion attempt and freaked out[[/note]]. The other part of it is karma for her being a SpaceElf, complete with the requisite [[CantArgueWithElves arrogance]].
* In the KillEmAll route of ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'', Flowey enthusiastically supports your massacre of monsterkind throughout the game... all the way up until he realizes [[spoiler:''he's next'']]. He then [[spoiler:rushes off to warn King Asgore of your arrival. Unfortunately, Asgore is still no match for you, and you take him down with ease -- and then Flowey hurriedly finishes Asgore off for you to prove he "can be useful" and tries to claim he was never ''really'' going to turn against you. [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath It doesn't save him.]]]]

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Dark Crusade'', during the Imperial Guard stronghold assault, the Guard's Fifth Company can be turned rogue and allied to the attackers' faction by killing their [[BadBoss Commissar]]. After the battle, if you were playing as the Space Marines, you see the Marines sending the survivors back to Segmentum Command, with a request to their superiors to not punish the Guardsmen because they followed their orders and fought with honor... except Fifth Company, who the Marines summarily execute for treason. Ironic, isn't it?

* In ''Videogame/Doom2016'', there is one thing [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the demons of Hell itself cannot stand, a traitor]]. So after they got one of the Night Sentinels to betray his people at the promise to revive his son, they brought his son back as the Icon of Sin, and he forever became known as The Betrayer in Slayer's Testament artifacts.

-->'''President Zachary Hudson''' : ''Perhaps the terrorists think our distaste for the Empire is so great, we will tolerate their presence in our space. Perhaps they thought we simply wouldn't notice their incursion. In any case, they are wrong, and they have made a costly mistake. We will mete out such punishment that the very fires of hell will seem but guttering candles in comparison. Emperor's Dawn is about to learn what it means to cross the Federation.''

** From the ''Point Lookout DLC'', a question from a BrainInAJar: What is the greatest thing man can acquire? Answer 1: Something that I'll give to you if you backstab your ghoul partner. Answer 2: Death. Said brain betrayed the ghoul back when they were still human, so genre savvy players will recognize that one insane (read: lobotomized) vault dweller versus a brain in a jar and a small army of robots with frickin lazer beams is very less likely to win than one insane vault dweller and one experienced robot scientist versus a brain in a jar and a small army of robots with frickin lazer beams. Hence the backstabbing.

* [[BigBad Maximilian]] does this to [[TheQuisling Prime Minister Borg]] in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''. It comes across as mostly PragmaticVillainy, as Borg is almost comically treasonous and untrustworthy.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/MakaiToshiSaGa''. Byak-Ko decides to kill Mireille because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he has no more use for her]] after she betrays [[LaResistance the resistance]] and her sister Jeanne, but Jeanne [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]].

* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'': [[spoiler:Dr. Whitman]] makes a deal with [[BigBad Father Mathias]] and his cult to deliver [[LivingMacGuffin Sam]] to them, betraying Lara and the remaining Endurance crew, so that they can complete their sacrificial ritual and escape Yamatai. He is also firmly convinced that [[SmugSnake he is the one playing Mathias here]], planning to slip away and escape as the ritual is being performed, only to return later with the authorities as the FakeUltimateHero. [[ManipulativeBastard Mathias]] [[OutGambitted instead]] lures [[spoiler:Whitman]] to his death at the hands of the [[PraetorianGuard Stormguard]] to serve as a distraction for Mathias to slip past with Sam as he's being torn apart.

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the Exile can choose to [[spoiler:spare Atris]] instead of killing her, and [[spoiler:instead of letting her off lightly with such things like imprisoning or exiling her, either of which are literal rewards in her eyes, so it'd be more gifting her instead of punishing her]]. The Exile can instead choose to have [[spoiler:Atris suffer in the very room she is currently inside, in which she has [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge hoarded any artifacts/holocrons of the Sith she has gathered over the years, despite it being incredibly dangerous,]] with this result being the most satisfactory since, not only is she a [[StrawHypocrite hypocritical, ice-hearted bitch]] that has so many holes in her so-called "ideology" that it'd make swiss cheese look whole in comparison, she is also '''directly responsible''' for the start of the fall of the Jedi Order itself since, while the mass of Jedi on Katarr certainly was a beacon to eventually draw [[HumanoidAbomination Darth Nihilus]], she is '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssK9kZ5WRXI specifically responsible for it.]]''' As such, the aforementioned "punishment" of hearing her beg otherwise to not remain in the very room she stored her artifacts in is a '''MUCH''' more satisfying and more appropriate way to deal with her, since she even mentions the other "reward-punishments" that she would rather have instead of the one chosen for her.]]

** Additionally, if you spare and lock up the captain of the Guard who betrayed you early on, you can find him too, turned to stone. Granted, this may be more because he let you escape
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'': [[spoiler: Dr. Whitman]] makes a deal with [[BigBad Father Mathias]] and his cult to deliver [[LivingMacGuffin Sam]] to them, betraying Lara and the remaining Endurance crew, so that they can complete their sacrificial ritual and escape Yamatai. He is also firmly convinced that [[SmugSnake he is the one playing Mathias here]], planning to slip away and escape as the ritual is being performed, only to return later with the authorities as the FakeUltimateHero. [[ManipulativeBastard Mathias]] [[OutGambitted instead]] lures [[spoiler:Whitman]] to his death at the hands of the [[PraetorianGuard Stormguard]] to serve as a distraction for Mathias to slip past with Sam as he's being torn apart.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Dark Crusade'', during the Imperial Guard stronghold assault, the Guard's Fifth Company can be turned rogue and allied to the attackers' faction by killing their [[BadBoss Commissar]]. After the battle, if you were playing as the Space Marines, you see the Marines sending the survivors back to Segmentum Command, with a request to their superiors to not punish the Guardsmen because they followed their orders and fought with honor... except Fifth Company, who the Marines summarily execute for treason. Ironic, isn't it?
** Also occurs in vanilla ''Dawn of War's'' campaign. Said traitor [[spoiler: (Isiador)]] steals the MacGuffin from right under the other space marines' noses, only to have the BigBad immediately take the item for himself and leave the traitor and his marines to guard the rear. Meaning he has to face the ''very'' angry Force Commander[[spoiler:/former best friend]] he had just betrayed. Needless to say, he doesn't last long.
* The ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint'' expansion, Resistance, has an alternate ending (though it occurs after the 3rd mission) where you betray the Resistance to the Russians. Immediately afterwards, you and the remaining Resistance members who have been captured are taken to the General, who orders the prisoners execution. As they are being lined up, a officer asks about your character -- he orders that you be executed as well, because you are seen as 100% untrustworthy.
* In the ''{{Novalogic}}'' game Delta Force: Land Warrior, your first mission takes place on a training course surrounded entirely by friendly soldiers carrying out exercises. If you kill more than one of these soldiers (because one could simply be an accident), every single soldier on the training field will turn on you and try to kill you.
--> '''Instructor:''' You, my friend, are a maniac! You have just made yourself a target for every man on this installation! Good luck, sweetheart!
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', the half-cowardly, half-ApatheticCitizens of a port town inform the Daein soldiers about which boat Ike and his company took. When they ask for their reward, they are told that it was their country's own princess in that company that they just sold out. Just as the realization and guilt really begin to sink in, the captain of the soldiers has the "dastards" taken away to be worked to the bone, a "fitting reward" for people who would sell out their own princess.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the Hierarch of Ylisse, who Chrom had known for years and who had helped Emmeryn run the kingdom during the early years of her rule, sells them out to the Plegians while they're evacuating Emmeryn to safety. Once the ambush begins, the very first thing the enemy leader does is kill the Hierarch, outright telling him that his orders were to protect a man, not a "pig" who sold out his own sovereign.
** Inverted with General Horace in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon''. He was labeled a traitor who defied his knightly oaths towards his country of Archanea, [[HonorBeforeReason and was hoping to die a knight's death for it]]. However, it's revealed he only did so [[AntiVillain to protect the civilians of his lands]], so Princess Nyna decides he won't have a knight's death, but a traitor's life.
** Katarina in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem]]'' was expecting this, even [[DeathSeeker outright begging Marth to execute her so she could atone for her sins]]. [[DefiedTrope Marth however is having none of it]], and tells Katarina that death would be no atonement, just running away from her crimes, and she needs to live so she can find the way to make up for them.
* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', King Garland of Cygnis' {{Jerkass}} advisor betrays the country to the enemy after being banished, and is rewarded like this. ("After he spilled his guts he, well, spilled his guts.") Unusually for most examples here, you actually have to go back in time and ''prevent'' his death in order to progress, since him selling you out leads to the king being fataly wounded in the next battle. Stocke talks him out of betraying you by convincing him he'll suffer this fate if he does, and he promptly agrees.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', the Prince regrets that his father did not give the Vizier this treatment, as he betrays them almost immediately after betraying his former liege and joining them.
* There's an example in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' that crosses over with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. You're captured and interrogated by the BigBad. He demands the code to the purifier. If you actually give it to him, he shoots you. Game over.
** From the ''Point Lookout DLC'', a question from a BrainInAJar: What is the greatest thing man can acquire? Answer 1: Something that I'll give to you if you backstab your ghoul partner. Answer 2: Death. Said brain betrayed the ghoul back when they were still human, so genre savvy players will recognize that one insane (read: lobotomized) vault dweller versus a brain in a jar and a small army of robots with frickin lazer beams is very less likely to win than one insane vault dweller and one experienced robot scientist versus a brain in a jar and a small army of robots with frickin lazer beams. Hence the backstabbing.
** Also occurs in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', though not with you. [[spoiler:Caesar's Legion was offered a deal by the town of Nipton: in exchange for a sum of caps, the mayor would round up NCR troops and Powder Gangers inside the town and trap them. The Legion captures everyone - including those who were helping - and plays a [[LotteryOfDoom game with them]].]] It helps that [[spoiler:Nipton was a WretchedHive and the mayor was an unscrupulous jerk]], though most people consider this their MoralEventHorizon, given how cruelly the Legion dealt with them - when you enter Nipton, every Powder Ganger in the town has been ''crucified'' (with the exception of one guy who they left alive with his legs busted up) and have to be [[MercyKill put out of their misery]].

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/MakaiToshiSaGa''. Byak-Ko decides to kill Mireille because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he has no more use for her]] after she betrays [[LaResistance the resistance]] and her sister Jeanne, but Jeanne [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]].
* At one point in the PC game ''VideoGame/SpycraftTheGreatGame'', the villains approach you with the offer of joining their organization. If you accept you're tasked with assassinating the President of the United States. Regardless of whether or not you do it you're then [[spoiler:killed by another assassin as payback for arresting his girlfriend earlier]].
* ''VideoGame/BloodStorm'' kicks off with the High Emperor getting assassinated, and all eight fighters are pointing fingers at each other. [[spoiler: If [[RebelliousPrincess Tempest]] wins, she accidentally lets slip that she released the BigBad and ordered her father's execution. She is promptly overrun by an angry mob and beheaded.]]
* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'', [[spoiler:if you make the choice to betray and kill Artix during the finale of the Doomwood saga, Vordred "rewards" you by making you the very first of his new undead minions as he unleashes a ZombieApocalypse upon Lore]].
* Implied in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', Playboy X and Dwayne are longtime friends. When Dwayne returns from prison a sullen man, eventually the two butt heads to the point where Niko needs to kill one to continue the plot. If the player kills Dwayne, Playboy calls him up and wires a large amount of money, but tells him that he has to try to kill Niko if they ever see each other again (They don't).
** A more likely explanation is that Playboy X doesn't want anyone else to know of his involvement in Dwayne's death, as it would be really fishy for him to not try to kill the murderer of his "best friend".
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Stretch sells out Franklin and Lamar to the Ballas. [[spoiler:When the player comes to kill him in the GoldenEnding, the Ballas choose to run away instead of help him.]]
* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', if you choose to [[spoiler:betray the Kindred and side with the [[ChineseVampire Kuei-Jin]], Ming-Xiao will reward you by chaining you to the Ankaran Sarcophagus and [[FateWorseThanDeath throwing it into the ocean]].]]

* ''VideoGame/Wizard101'' has a weird version of this trope when the player accidentally unleashes [[SealedEvilInACan Axenos]]. Axenos is genuinely thankful to the player and [[MercyKill his attempt to kill the player is meant as a true reward]] since it will spare the player [[FateWorseThanDeath from witnessing the horrors he plans to bring upon the spiral]].
* [[BigBad Maximilian]] does this to [[TheQuisling Prime Minister Borg]] in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''. It comes across as mostly PragmaticVillainy, as Borg is almost comically treasonous and untrustworthy.

* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' has a meta-example in the Fourth Circle of Zerthimon: According to the passage, in the middle of a Githzerai uprising, a Githzerai named Vilquar voluntarily warns the illithids and feeds them as much intelligence as he can. They kill him the instant they feel their victory is assured.
* Averted by Gwyn in ''Videogame/DarkSouls''. After Seath the Scaleless betrayed his fellow Dragons, Gwyn rewarded Seath by making him a Duke. This did not sit well with Gwyn's bishop Havel the Rock, who hated Seath and the sorcery that Seath created.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'': Neil Fisher sells several members of Terra Save, including Claire Redfield, out to [[BigBad Alex Wesker]] as part of a plan to obtain a sample of the Uroboros virus and revive the [=FBC=]. When all is said and done, Alex gives Neil the Uroboros sample he wanted... by [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor deliberately infecting him with it]], turning him into a monster that Claire has to put down.

* [[spoiler:Roland]], in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', was one of the major characters who betrayed Handsome Jack in ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', who unfortunately [[spoiler:was also the most reluctant of the three, with Lilith and Moxxi who gets away with turning Jack into Handsome Jack and the result of his rampage on Pandora]].
** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', again, gets a very justifiable one. [[spoiler:The Meriff]] betrays Jack in person after a few seconds the latter outright lets him go, [[spoiler:by shooting him in the back with a revolver and misses[[note]][[LongList Forgets]] that he had only OneBulletLeft, surrounded by Vault Hunters, being a poor shot and failed to realize the standards of carrying a bulletproof shield in space.[[/note]]]]. Thus concluded in getting shot in the face several times while giving Jack [[spoiler:a lesson to never trust anyone]].
* [[spoiler: Boles]], ComicBook/TheJoker's inside man in VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum, who murdered several of his fellow guards and helped Harley take the Commissioner hostage, [[spoiler: is found strapped to a stretcher and apparently gassed to death]], either because of this, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had no more need for him]], or (considering this is The Joker we are talking about), just ForTheEvulz.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the Exile can choose to [[spoiler: spare Atris]] instead of killing her, and [[spoiler: instead of letting her off lightly with such things like imprisoning or exiling her, either of which are literal rewards in her eyes, so it'd be more gifting her instead of punishing her.]] The Exile can instead choose to have [[spoiler: Atris suffer in the very room she is currently inside, in which she has [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge hoarded any artifacts/holocrons of the Sith she has gathered over the years, despite it being incredibly dangerous,]] with this result being the most satisfactory since, not only is she a [[StrawHypocrite hypocritical, ice-hearted bitch]] that has so many holes in her so-called "ideology" that it'd make swiss cheese look whole in comparison, she is also '''directly responsible''' for the start of the fall of the Jedi Order itself since, while the mass of Jedi on Katarr certainly was a beacon to eventually draw [[HumanoidAbomination Darth Nihilus]], she is '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssK9kZ5WRXI specifically responsible for it.]]''' As such, the aforementioned "punishment" of hearing her beg otherwise to not remain in the very room she stored her artifacts in is a '''MUCH''' more satisfying and more appropriate way to deal with her, since she even mentions the other "reward-punishments" that she would rather have instead of the one chosen for her.]]
* In the KillEmAll route of ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'', Flowey enthusiastically supports your massacre of monsterkind throughout the game... all the way up until he realizes [[spoiler:''he's next'']]. He then [[spoiler:rushes off to warn King Asgore of your arrival. Unfortunately, Asgore is still no match for you, and you take him down with ease -- and then Flowey hurriedly finishes Asgore off for you to prove he "can be useful" and tries to claim he was never ''really'' going to turn against you. [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath It doesn't save him.]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', there's a subtle implication that the abuse [[ButtMonkey Reisen]] endures from the other residents of Eientei is karmic punishment for her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere going AWOL]] and fleeing the moon during the Earth-Lunarian War [[note]]Making matters worse, Word of God has flip-flopped on whether this was a real war or if the Lunarians took the Apollo 11 landing as an invasion attempt and freaked out[[/note]]. The other part of it is karma for her being a SpaceElf, complete with the requisite [[CantArgueWithElves arrogance]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{EliteDangerous}} Elite:Dangerous]]'', after the assassination of Emperor Hengist Duval, the group behind the event, Emperor's Dawn, fled and established a base of operation into Federation space, possibly thinking they would have safe haven. President Hudson sent a fleet to clear them all.
--> '''President Zachary Hudson''' : ''Perhaps the terrorists think our distaste for the Empire is so great, we will tolerate their presence in our space. Perhaps they thought we simply wouldn't notice their incursion. In any case, they are wrong, and they have made a costly mistake. We will mete out such punishment that the very fires of hell will seem but guttering candles in comparison. Emperor's Dawn is about to learn what it means to cross the Federation.''
* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'': The Chinese doctor who works for Wen Hai Lee agrees to help Sagawa's thugs find where Lee and Majima are hiding [[LivingMacGuffin Makoto Makimura]] in exchange for money. As soon as they've found her, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the thugs stab the doctor in the chest with a tire iron]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' has a version of this. When [[spoiler:Zulf betrays the player to the Ura]], he returns to the Tazal Terminals with them. Once the Kid arrives to collect their shard, they assume that [[spoiler:Zulf betrayed them by leading the Kid there]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown They]] [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown respond]] [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge poorly.]]
* In ''Videogame/Doom2016'', there is one thing [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the demons of Hell itself cannot stand, a traitor]]. So after they got one of the Night Sentinels to betray his people at the promise to revive his son, they brought his son back as the Icon of Sin, and he forever became known as The Betrayer in Slayer's Testament artifacts.

* In ''Videogame/Doom2016'', there is one thing [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the demons of Hell itself cannot stand, a traitor]]. So after they got one of the Night Sentinels to betray his people at the promise to revive his son, they brought his son back as the Icon of Sin, and they forever referred to him as The Wretch in Slayer's Testament artifacts.

* [[spoiler: Boles]], ComicBook/TheJoker's inside man in VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum, meets his end this way after he killed several of his fellow guards to help Harley take the Commissioner hostage, [[spoiler: he is found strapped to a stretcher and apparently gassed to death]], because of this and he had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had no more need for him]]. Though considering this is The Joker we are talking about, it was probably just as much ForTheEvulz.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Stretch sells out Franklin and Lamar to the Ballas. [[spoiler:When the player comes to kill him in the GoldenEnding, the Ballas choose to run away instead of help him.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', the half-cowardly, half-ApatheticCitizens of a port town inform the Daein soldiers about which boat Ike and his company took. When they ask for their reward, they are told that it was their country's own princess in that company that they just sold out. Just as the realization and guilt really begin to sink in, the captain of the soldiers has the "dastards" taken away to be worked to the bone, a "fitting reward" for people who would sell out their own princess.

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the Exile can choose to [[spoiler: spare Atris]] instead of killing her, and [[spoiler: instead of letting her off lightly with such things like imprisoning or exiling her, either of which are literal rewards in her eyes, so it'd be more gifting her instead of punishing her.]] The Exile can instead choose to have [[spoiler: Atris suffer in the very room she is currently inside, in which she has [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge hoarded any artifacts/holocrons of the Sith she has gathered over the years, despite it being incredibly dangerous,]] with this result being the most satisfactory since, not only is she a [[StrawHypocrite hypocritical, ice-hearted bitch]] that has so many holes in her so-called "ideology" that it'd make swiss cheese look whole in comparison, she is '''also directly responsible''' for the start of the fall of the Jedi Order itself since, while the mass of Jedi on Katarr certainly was a beacon to eventually draw [[HumanoidAbomination Darth Nihilus]], she is '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssK9kZ5WRXI specifically responsible for it.]]''' As such, the aforementioned "punishment" of hearing her beg otherwise to not remain in the very room she stored her artifacts in is a '''MUCH''' more satisfying and more appropriate way to deal with her, since she even mentions the other "reward-punishments" that she would rather have instead of the one chosen for her.]]

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the Exile can choose to [[spoiler: spare Atris]] instead of killing her, and [[spoiler: instead of letting her off lightly with such things like imprisoning or exiling her, either of which are literal rewards in her eyes, so it'd be more gifting her instead of punishing her.]] The Exile can instead choose to have [[spoiler: Atris suffer in the very room she is currently inside, in which she has [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge hoarded any artifacts/holocrons of the Sith she has gathered over the years, despite it being incredibly dangerous,]] with this result being the most satisfactory since, not only is she a [[StrawHypocrite hypocritical, ice-hearted bitch]] that has so many holes in her so-called "ideology" that it'd make swiss cheese look whole in comparison, she is '''also directly responsible''' for the start of the fall of the Jedi Order itself since, while the mass of Jedi on Katarr certainly was a beacon to eventually draw [[HumanoidAbomination Darth Nihilus]], she is '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssK9kZ5WRXI specifically responsible for it.]]''' As such, the aforementioned "punishment" of hearing her beg otherwise to not remain in the very room she stored her artifacts in is '''MUCH''' more satisfying and more appropriate way to deal with her, since she even mentions the other "reward-punishments" that she would rather have instead of the one chosen for her.]]

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the Exile can choose to [[spoiler: spare Atris]] instead of killing her, and [[spoiler: instead of letting her off lightly with such things like imprisoning or exiling her, either of which are literal rewards in her eyes, so it'd be more gifting her instead of punishing her.]] The Exile can instead choose to have [[spoiler: Atris suffer in the very room she is currently inside, in which she has [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge hoarded any artifacts/holocrons of the Sith she has gathered over the years, despite it being incredibly dangerous,]] with this result being the most satisfactory since, not only is she a [[StrawHypocrite hypocritical bitch]] that has

* At one point in the PC game ''VideoGame/SpycraftTheGreatGame'', the villains approach you with the offer of joining their organization. If you accept you're tasked with assassinating the President of the United States. Regardless of whether or not you do it you're then [[spoiler: killed by another assassin as payback for arresting his girlfriend earlier]].

** Also occurs in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', though not with you. [[spoiler:Caesar's Legion was offered a deal by the town of Nipton: in exchange for a sum of caps, the mayor would round up NCR troops and Powder Gangers inside the town and trap them. The Legion captures everyone - including those who were helping - and plays a [[LotteryOfDoom game with them]].]] It helps that [[spoiler:Nipton was a WretchedHive and the mayor was an unscrupulous jerk]], though most people consider this their MoralEventHorizon, given how cruelly the Legion dealt with them - when you enter Nipton, every Powder Ganger in the town has been ''crucified'', and have to be [[MercyKill put out of their misery]].

** Also occurs in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', though not with you. [[spoiler:Caesar's Legion was offered a deal by the town of Nipton: in exchange for a sum of caps, the mayor would round up NCR troops and Powder Gangers inside the town and trap them. The Legion captures everyone - including those who were helping - and plays a [[LotteryOfDoom game with them]].]] It helps that [[spoiler:Nipton was a WretchedHive and the mayor was an unscrupulous jerk]], though most people consider this their MoralEventHorizon, given the brutality of the Legion.

* In ''Videogame/Doom2016'', there is one thing [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the demons of Hell itself cannot stand, a traitor]]. So after they got one of the Night Sentinels to betray his people at the promise to revive his son, they brought his son back as the Icon of Sin, and he is forever referred to him as The Wretch in Slayer's Testament artifacts.