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1Kick 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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