1 | Kick the Son of a Bitch may refer to one of the following pages: |
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3 | * AssholeVictim: Something bad happens to a {{Jerkass}} or villain, and the result provokes catharsis instead of sympathy. |
4 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: A villain does a morally ambiguous action that the hero will not do but benefits from. |
5 | * BreakTheHaughty: A character who's a {{Jerkass}}, a MilesGloriosus, or simply a character who's nothing but a prideful selfish jerk endures a HumiliationConga that can (sometimes) knock them down a few pegs and lead to character development. If not, hey, the audience gets a little catharsis by seeing this person's dignity get put through the ringer. |
6 | * CatharsisFactor: An AudienceReaction where satisfaction is felt when a character who was either a jerk or did terrible things gets punished. |
7 | * KarmicButtMonkey: A villain or {{jerkass}} who happens to also be the ButtMonkey. |
8 | * KarmicDeath: A villain dies in a manner that serves as a fitting punishment for their misdeeds and is completely their own fault. |
9 | * KarmicOverkill: A character ends up suffering so horribly that even viewers who agree they deserved punishment think they got more than what was really deserved. |
10 | * KickTheDog: When a character does something evil, cruel or very mean for no apparent gain because the author wants to demonstrate that they are not a nice person and shift audience sympathy away from them. |
11 | * LaserGuidedKarma: When bad things happen to bad people at opportune times and vice versa for good people. |
12 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Doing evil things to evil people is portrayed sympathetically. |
13 | * SympatheticMurderer: A character commits murder, but the narrative treats them sympathetically, often because the person they killed was thoroughly unpleasant. |
14 | * UnintentionallySympathetic: A character gets more sympathy from the audience than writers were expecting. |
15 | * UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A character the audience is supposed to sympathize with comes across as unsympathetic. |
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