History Sandbox / FreudianExcuseWickCheck

35-37. Characters/UltimateXMen

* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Garou]] is the latest addition to the series' array of Parody Sues, but is unique in that he's a Parody VillainSue...PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:Like the "overpowered" kind of Villain Sue, he's a godlike, handsome martial artist known as the HeroKiller who seems to nearly invincible, toying with heroes who barely get near his SuperWeight, which increases every fight, and has a ruthlessly intelligent mind that he does not actually use for [[TheChessmaster scheming]] at all, only [[AwesomenessByAnalysis outwitting his opponents]]. Like the "sympathetic" kind, he has a regular TearJerker of a FreudianExcuse that justifies all the things he does under the ideology of being one side of the BalanceOfGoodAndEvil...[[NobleDemon because he really didn't do that many bad things to begin with]]. As Saitama [[WarriorTherapist forces him to realize]], the very reason he wants to be the Evil side is that he [[ZeroApprovalGambit desperately wants the Good side to rise and stop him]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist uniting humanity and stopping any other children from going what he went through]]. A desire that, as it turns out, makes his reputation as an overpowered villain somewhat fraudulent-he's genuinely powerful, but [[ThouShaltNotKill has racked up a (human) body count of precisely zero]], thus explaining why the heroes he fights somehow manage to always survive (he honestly wants them to live), and while he has killed members of the Monster Association, it wasn't to increase his VillainCred but to stop them from killing innocents. Ultimately, Garou is what would happen if a Villain Sue was actually as sympathetic as the writer wants the reader to think he is -- i.e., a hero in denial that he is a hero.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Phantasmagoria2'', Therese coerces Curtis into coming to a BDSM club with her and then repeatedly has kinky sex with him. While Curtis enjoys it (albeit with a small FreudianExcuse), Therese herself is a totally psycho stalker.

* In ''VideoGame/Phantasmagoria2'', Therese coerces Curtis into coming to a BDSM club with her and then repeatedly has kinky sex with him. While Curtis enjoys it (albeit with a small FreudianExcuse), Therese herself is a totally psycho stalker.

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19. OutDamnedSpot

17. Film/TheCollector

20. Characters/SonicTheHedgehogGUN

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1. Film/BloodRage

* FreudianExcuse: Along with Todd escaping the asylum, Maddy announcing she is going to marry Brad also seemingly causes Terry to snap.

2. Characters/AlvinAndTheChipmunksLiveAction
* FreudianExcuse: His girlfriend dumps him over his fandom for the Chipmunks, which is part of why he hates them.

3. Recap/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesS01E02TheStingOfTheScorpion

* FreudianExcuse:
** Jameson provides one for his hatred of Spider-Man. He hates people who wear masks because a mask protected his wife's killer from being identified, making them feel like they're above the law.

4-5. Characters/MegaManStarForcePegasusLeoAndDragon

* FreudianExcuse: His former boss pretended to befriend him only to steal his invention and pass it off as his own, causing Tom to lose faith in people. Naturally, he's suspicious of his new boss, Aaron, taking an interest in his work.
* FreudianExcuse: The constant attempts on his life, and Gemini's manipulations caused him to become paranoid and mistrusting.

6. VideoGame/SonicExeSpiritsOfHell

* FreudianExcuse: Exeller [[spoiler: seemed to have a crush on a second-class Highest named Laura. However, Laura died shortly after they started dating (while it's unknown why, it's implied All-Father put a curse on Exeller that would kill anyone he'd bond with, and that he did it ForTheEvulz; while third-class Highests are not allowed to have romantic relationships, Exeller is ''not'' a third-class Highest, but rather a Zero-class). This caused Exeller to team up with Exetior in order to make All-Father pay for what he did to Laura.]]

7. GoingPostal

* Parodied in the ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' sketch "Postal Workers Gone Postal". Two postal workers decide to have their murderous rampage on the same day, but of course they don't want to share. They argue about who gets to go on a killing spree, which has the more [[FreudianExcuse traumatic past]], and which person each of them gets to kill. Then a third guy who was planning the same thing walks in. When a fourth guy walks in, they ask him why he hates being a postman, but he turns out to be a robber. They use their guns to arrest him and are hailed as heroes, and the government makes firearms mandatory for all postal workers.
* ''[[http://n-somniack.tumblr.com/post/28757030978/taras-jacobs-the-cause-of-the-great-2008-london#notes The Chronicles of Taras]]'' gives a kind of this (the trigger being a [[DisproportionateRetribution malfunctioning Slurpee Machine]]) as the reason why Taras Jacobs [[FreudianExcuse went on a rampage]] and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge killed an entire SWAT Team]] before ''permanently disabling the negotiations officer and carving the word 'LIAR' into his chest'' after he tried to set her up for capture.

8-9. Characters/NoTimeToDie

* FreudianExcuse: His grudge against Blofeld stems from [[spoiler:the latter being responsible for his family's death by Mr. White. In retaliation, Safin kills off Madeleine's mother. He has all members of Spectre killed and gets his revenge against Blofeld by proxy by tricking 007 into infecting the man with nanobots]].
* GenderInvertedTrope: He represents the RareMaleExample of the SilkHidingSteel and MoreDeadlyThanTheMale. [[spoiler: Like most vengeful female villains, he also has FreudianExcuse of being nearly murdered and abused by a psychopath (Blofeld) who irreparably damaged his life and goes after him and people like him (SPECTRE). Like the first trope mentioned, he is also shown to be very elegant and graceful but is shown to be capable of putting up a fight and as for the second trope mentioned here, he is even shown to be very deadlier, vicious and cunning than the previous main villains of the Craig era (Le Chiffre, Dominic Greene, Raoul Silva and Blofeld) and even manages to cause the death of James Bond.]]

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1. AIIsACrapshoot

Regardless of the specifics, the reason for the A.I. being evil will almost always be connected to the fact that it is in fact an A.I. An A.I. will almost never be given the sort of FreudianExcuse that would work just as easily with a human villain, for example, such as having a DarkAndTroubledPast.

2. Recap/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeriesS01E02TheStingOfTheScorpion

[[folder:Childhood Excuse]]

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[[folder:Adulthood Excuse]]

9-111

[[folder:Zero Context]]

22-111

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7-111

10%

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27-28. Film/ShallowHal

29. Film/{{Terrifier}}

30. Film/SixtyOne

31-32. Characters/HotInCleveland

33. Characters/IronManRoguesGallery

34-36. Characters/UltimateXMen

37. Characters/TheSuperMarioAdventuresCrossoverClashCutieverseVillains

38-39. BondageIsBad

40. PhineasAndFerb/TropesAToC

41-42. Series/MikeAndMolly

43. Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor

44. Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling

44. VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault

45. Recap/SouthParkS20E5DoucheAndADanish

46. YMMV/ArrestedDevelopment

47. Recap/GravityFallsS2E3TheGolfWar

48. Characters/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphansTekkadan

49. Music/GuardiansInferno

50. Fanfic/EveryonesBrandNewAndImprovedKillingGameSemester

51. TomatoInTheMirror

52. Characters/ThreeTheHardWay

53. PlayingWith/GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex

54. Recap/Icarly2021S1E2IHateCarly

55. Recap/TedLassoS2E05Rainbow

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57. Characters/DieBuster

58. RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue

59. Literature/TheClique

60. Characters/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaRecurringCharacters

61. Characters/Maniac2018

62. DrivenToSuicide/LiveActionTV

63. Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionR

64. Characters/ArrowverseLegendsCurrentMembers

65. Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek

66. Awesome/ThePopArena

67. Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily

68-69. GoodIsNotNice

70. Series/OutOfJimmysHead

71. YMMV/TheWayToYourHeart

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