History WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / Film

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', Stinky Pete, the prospector, spent his whole life on a dime store shelf, watching every other toy be bought by kids. This agonizing experience caused him to become bitter and willing to manipulate or outright force his "friends" Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye into going along with what he wants, whether they like it or not. Ironically, when he winds up being taken home at last by a little girl who defaces all her toys by drawing on them with crayons, he considers this the worst fate imaginable.

-->'''Loki:''' You sound like the [[FallenAngel morning star!]]

-->'''Loki:''' You sound like [[{{Satan}} LUCIFER]], man! You've fucking lost it! You're not talking about going home, Bartleby, You're talking about fucking war on god! Well ''fuck that!'' I have seen what happens to the proud when they decide to [[CurbStompBattle take on the throne!]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'm goin' back to Wisconsin. ]]
-->'''Bartleby:''' We're going home, Loki! And no one, not you, not even the almighty himself is going to make that otherwise!

* Waternoose from MonstersInc.

* J.D. (ChristianSlater) in ''{{Heathers}}''. For starters, his father is [[AbusiveParents a sociopathic bastard who doesn't care for him]] (when asked if he even likes his father, he responds that he "[hasn't] given the matter much thought"), and his mother killed herself in front of his eyes to get away from her husband. His entire life was spent moving around from town to town and school to school wherever his father's demolition job took him, where, it is implied, he saw the same scenario of clique groups bullying other students at every high school he's attended. He starts out by murdering {{Jerk Jock}}s and {{Alpha Bitch}}es and making their deaths appear as suicides (also implied as something he's done before), but he ultimately resorts [[spoiler:to trying to blow up the entire school. He explains his intentions are such because he believes that nobody loves him, and that "the only place different social types can genuinely get along with each other is in heaven", somehow seeing the school as a representation of society itself.]]

* In ''ToyStory2'', Stinky Pete, the prospector, spent his whole life on a dime store shelf, watching every other toy be bought by kids. This agonizing experience caused him to become bitter and willing to manipulate or outright force his "friends" Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye into going along with what he wants, whether they like it or not. Ironically, when he winds up being taken home at last by a little girl who defaces all her toys by drawing on them with crayons, he considers this the worst fate imaginable.
** Big Baby in ''ToyStory3'' is also this. He's the scariest villian ever- until this:

* Milton (StephenRoot) in ''Film/OfficeSpace''. After enduring bureaucratic neglect, managerial indifference, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stapler deprivation]], he [[spoiler:walks into the Initech office complex, finds and steals an envelope full of embezzled cash, and burns the place down]].

* In Creator/StephenKing's ''TheShining'' (1997), Jack Torrance is portrayed sympathetically. His turn to {{Ax Craz|y}}iness is tragic AND terrifying.

* Sadako in ''[[TheRing Ring]]'' and her counterpart, Samara, in the US remake, ''The Ring'', considering that both were mistreated and murdered.
* Asami in ''{{Audition}}''. She endured a horrific childhood.

* Caesar in ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. He decides to lead a primate uprising partly because [[spoiler:he believes that the man who raised him doesn't love him anymore]].

* {{Godzilla}}. The original film shows him as a TragicVillain, just as much a victim of nuclear weaponry as anyone else. This is especially evident in the Heisei films, where he's portrayed as more of a "force of nature" rather than an outright villain.
** In ''Godzilla VS Destroyah'' this is taken to its most literal extreme when [[spoiler:Junior's death]] causes him to go into a grief-stricken meltdown [[HeroicRROD (As it causes him to go into a nuclear meltdown)]].

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Toy Story 2]]'', Stinky Pete, the prospector, spent his whole life on a dime store shelf, watching every other toy be bought by kids. This agonizing experience caused him to become bitter and willing to manipulate or outright force his "friends" Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye into going along with what he wants, whether they like it or not. Ironically, when he winds up being taken home at last by a little girl who defaces all her toys by drawing on them with crayons, he considers this the worst fate imaginable.
** Big Baby in ''Toy Story 3'' is also this. He's the scariest villian ever- until this:

* In RiseOfTheGuardians, Pitch Black, AKA the Boogeyman [[spoiler:(as especially revealed in the prequel comic), believes that the fear he embodies is necessary, and that the approach the Guardian takes is foolish. But, since he hasn't been believed in for centuries, thanks to them, he tried to destroy everything they represent, just showing that his bitterness has destroyed any decency he once had. Averted with Jack Frost, who remains happy and joyous, making kids happy despite having no one believe in him]].

* Milton (StephenRoot) in ''OfficeSpace''. After enduring bureaucratic neglect, managerial indifference, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stapler deprivation]], he [[spoiler:walks into the Initech office complex, finds and steals an envelope full of embezzled cash, and burns the place down]].

* Milton (StephenRoot) in ''OfficeSpace''. After enduring bureaucratic neglect, managerial indifference, and stapler deprivation, he [[spoiler:walks into the Initech office complex, finds and steals an envelope full of embezzled cash, and burns the place down]].

* The Toad from ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway''. He was once Prince Charles' favorite pet. Then someone brought in a rat and flushed the Toad down the toilet so Charlie could focus all his attention on the replacement pet. This became his motivation for attempting to wipe out the Sewer-London. Seriously, we can't blame him for what he is now.

** In ''Godzilla VS Destroyah'' this is taken to its most literal extreme when [[spoiler:Junior's death]] causes him to go into a grief-stricken meltdown [[RedRingOfDeath (As it causes him to go into a nuclear meltdown)]].

* Lee Woo-Jin in ''Film/{{Oldboy}}''. Sure, he is the king of DisproportionateRetribution and a manipulative, sadistic, ruthless, evil man, but still, many viewers will say that his flashback to [[spoiler:his sister's suicide]] is the most heartwrenching scene in the movie.

* In ''StarWars: Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Anakin Skywalker's final transformation into Darth Vader is shown to be caused by losing everything and everyone he cares for, albeit due to his own actions.

* While Shen of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' isn't this in the actual film, information revealed in [[AllThereInTheManual the supplementary material]] shows that he was originally intended to be one.

** Lotso in the same movie also has a Woobie-ish backstory, but it's made pretty clear by his actions both prior to and during the movie that he abandoned the 'Woobie' part long ago.

* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''.

* Asami in ''{{Audition}}''. CompleteMonster though she may have been, she endured a horrific childhood.
* Eli in ''LetTheRightOneIn'', a vampire who is trapped not just physically in a twelve year old body but apparently emotionally as well, forced to kill to survive, whose only friend is an equally screwed up boy.

* Oddly enough, Michael Myers is one of these in the ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}'' remake. Rather than Michael being the CompleteMonster he was in the original films, director Rob Zombie attempted to portray him in a much more sympathetic light.

* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': The titular character. Also see the theatre page.

* Bill Foster in ''FallingDown'' goes on a rampage of terror after his wife left him and would not allow him to see their daughter. He is fired from his job in the defense industry due to post-Cold War budget cuts and is generally just pissed off with the state of the world and takes his anger out on every issue, whether minor (foreign shopkeepers, high prices, poor fast-food service) or major (racism, social class, unemployment). While he is overly violent, he is representative of the everyday man pushed too far by the world.

* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': The titular character. Also see the theatre folder.

* Aggie in ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''. She was [[spoiler:executed as a child after being accused of being a witch. Her spirit becomes angrier with each passing year, ultimately releasing her rage in the film's climax.]]
* Milton (Stephen Root) in ''OfficeSpace''. After enduring bureaucratic neglect, managerial indifference, and stapler deprivation, he [[spoiler:walks into the Initech office complex, finds and steals an envelope full of embezzled cash, and burns the place down.]]
** In all fairness, if anyone listened to his mumbling, he ''did'' warn them.
** A deleted scene also shows [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Bill Lumberg]] dying in the fire, making Milton a murderer.
*** Although, considering the kind of attitude Lumberg had shown to his employees throughout the movie, [[AssholeVictim it'd be kind of hard to feel sad about that]].

** Both Bane and Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul from ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
* ''{{Carrie}}'' is certainly a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, even if she doesn't quite want to destroy ''worlds''...just most of her high school. Her rampage luckily ends before she gets the chance to do anything more.

* J.D. (Christian Slater) in ''{{Heathers}}''. For starters, his father is [[AbusiveParents a sociopathic bastard who doesn't care for him]] (when asked if he even likes his father, he responds that he "[hasn't] given the matter much thought"), and his mother killed herself in front of his eyes to get away from her husband. His entire life was spent moving around from town to town and school to school wherever his father's demolition job took him, where, it is implied, he saw the same scenario of clique groups bullying other students at every high school he's attended. He starts out by murdering {{Jerk Jock}}s and {{Alpha Bitch}}es and making their deaths appear as suicides (also implied as something he's done before), but he ultimately resorts [[spoiler:to trying to blow up the entire school. He explains his intentions are such because he believes that nobody loves him, and that "the only place different social types can genuinely get along with each other is in heaven", somehow seeing the school as a representation of society itself.]]

* Oswald Cobblepot in ''Film/BatmanReturns'': disfigured since birth, his aristocratic parents attempted to drown him in the sewers. He was found by a traveling circus, and was raised in the freak show as "The Penguin". While the public views him with sympathy, he has become a warped sociopath, plotting to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge murder all the first born sons of Gotham City]]. When the [[MemeticMutation goddamn Batman]] foils him, he straps rockets to his hundreds (thousands?) of pet penguins, intending to use them in a suicide bombing to kill all of Gotham, which, as the only setting we see, is extremely {{omnicidal|Maniac}} in context. And yet, you still can't help but [[AlasPoorVillain pity him at his death]].

* Loki in ''Film/{{Thor}}''. He wanted to [[TheUnfavourite prove that he was just as good as Thor]], and then found out that he [[spoiler:was a Frost Giant, after being raised around Asgardians who hate Frost Giants. He's also Laufey's son. He believes that he never really had a chance because Odin would never want a Frost Giant on the throne. [[ParentalFavoritism He was passed over in favour of Thor]] [[TheResenter a lot]] during their childhood.]] He takes a more literal turn in the film's climax when he [[spoiler:tries to use the power of the Bifrost to destroy Jotunheim.]]

* Oddly enough, Michael Myers is one of these in the ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' remakes. Rather than Michael being the CompleteMonster he was in the original films, director Rob Zombie attempted to portray him in a much more sympathetic light in the remakes.

* Aggie in ''{{Paranorman}}''. She was [[spoiler:executed as a child after being accused of being a witch. Her spirit becomes angrier with each passing year, ultimately releasing her rage in the film's climax.]]

* Aggie in ''Paranorman''. She was [[spoiler:executed as a child after being accused of being a witch. Her spirit becomes angrier with each passing year, ultimately releasing her rage in the film's climax.]]