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5->''"And rage sparks the mortal urge for retaliation--that ancient rite of the injured."''
6-->-- '''Esther Perel''', ''Literature/TheStateOfAffairs''
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8[[SelfDemonstratingArticle I've been waiting for your arrival, troper, because I have something I've been wanting to give you for a very long time, and it's something called revenge!]]
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10Just to let you in on something before I give you what you deserve: "an eye for an eye" has long been the standing policy for many humans, [[OlderThanDirt going all the way back to]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi#Laws_covered Hammurabi]]. Perhaps it's related to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_altruism reciprocal altruism]] -- just as people are prone to repay kindness with kindness, they are also prone to PayEvilUntoEvil. In any case, the concept of revenge works ''even better'' in fiction, but in other works, an {{Aesop}} on the futility of revenge is frequently featured (naive optimists).
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12For many avengers like me, revenge is an {{obsession|Tropes}}. Compare CrimeAndPunishmentTropes, HatredTropes, & MoralityTropes. Contrast AForgivingIndex (like hell I'll forgive you!).
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15!!These tropes are gonna pay for what they've done!:
16[[index]]
17* '''{{Revenge}}''': An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. What this index is all about, and that's how you're gonna be dealt with at my hands!
18* AccuserOfTheBrethren: I don't care if you're sorry and [[TheAtoner want to make amends!]] I won't forgive you and I will punish you!
19* AccompliceByInaction: You did nothing to save me from injustice even though you could. Therefore, I'm gonna end you!
20* AfterlifeAvenger: I'm gonna get my revenge, even after you die and run off into the afterlife. You will not escape me!
21* AndThisIsFor: Announcing why the recipient deserves the revenge inflicted upon them, usually naming someone being avenged.
22* AngerIsHealthyAesop: It's good to be angry so you've got nothing to feel bad about.
23* AnimalNemesis: I'm gonna get my revenge against that irritating creature!
24* AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll: You harmed one of our members of my group, nation, or race. Now all of us are gonna tear you apart!
25* AuthorsRetaliation: [[NoFourthWall A character]] [[WhoWritesThisCrap insults the work's production values]], so the creators screw with the story/world.
26* AvengingTheVillain: You killed my evil leader, and now I will avenge them by hunting you down!
27* BestServedCold: I'm gonna take my time in paying you back for what you've done to me.
28* BewilderingPunishment: What did I do to you that made you so vengeful?
29* BuyThemOff: Trying to buy off the victim of a crime so they will not seek revenge when they learn that the person has wronged them.
30* CameBackWithAVengeance: You ruined my life and sent me away to rot in exile, but I'm back with new skills, a new identity, and a meticulous plan to destroy everything you love.
31* ColorMeBlack: You treated me like crap because I'm from a different race. Now I'm gonna turn you into the very thing you hate, you racist prick!
32* CrusadingWidow: The death or murder of their significant other motivates the character to seek revenge.
33* CycleOfRevenge: You harmed me, and I harmed you... and your friend harmed me, and my friend harmed them... and so it goes on...
34* DefeatAsBackstory: I can never forget how you defeated me, and I demand a rematch!
35* DemandingTheirHead: You've crossed me, and now I'm calling for your head to be brought to me on a silver platter, whatever the price may be!
36* DesignatedBullet: I'm crafting a specific special bullet just for you. And it's gonna be the worst feeling you will ever have in your life!
37* DisproportionateRetribution: Two eyes for an eye, all teeth for an tooth, all limbs for a limb.
38* DoWithHimAsYouWill: I won't punish you, evildoer. Instead, I'm giving that honor to someone you've terrorized so dearly.
39* TheDogBitesBack: You've [[KickTheDog abused me too many times]]! Now you're gonna feel my wrath!
40* DyingCurse: In the rare cases where the victim not only wishes, but makes good on their spiteful last words.
41* EscalatingWar: When one minor slight leads to a situation where opposing sides have to come up with larger and larger schemes to one-up their opponent.
42* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: I'm gonna beat your head in over and over and over... And even when you're a bloody mess, I'm gonna keep on beating you!
43* FamilialCannibalismSurprise: Serving one's enemy a meal consisting of their offspring.
44* FeudingFamilies: Those families must perish for their crimes against us!
45* ForcedAddiction: Someone is turned into an addict by force or manipulation to get them back for interfering with someone who's usually in the drug trade in one way or another.
46* GaiasVengeance: You tiny humans have abused Mother Nature for far too long! Now you must suffer my wrath!
47* GenocideBackfire: Someone trying to wipe out a people to keep them from destroying oneself [[NiceJobBreakingItHero will only give the survivors]] (and there are ''always'' survivors) all the reason they need to destroy that person.
48* GoodIsNotSoft: I may be a virtuous and idealistic hero everyone desires to be, but I will not hesitate to harshly punish ''anybody'' who has done any kind of wrongdoing, especially towards the innocent.
49* GypsyCurse: A curse that is more about vengeance and spite than actual justice. Expect it to be {{disproportionate| retribution}}.
50* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Because of my goal for revenge, I've become just like the bastard who harassed me. Good.
51* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: I'm sick and tired of running away from you bastards! Now it's time I make you run away from ''me''!
52* InfantilizationRetaliation: How dare you treat me like a baby! Time for some pain!
53* ItsNotAboutTheRequest: Normally I wouldn't be opposed to doing the thing you asked or ordered me to do, but because you've been a jerk to me I'm going to refuse because it'll hurt you.
54* ItsPersonal: It sure is. You hurt someone dear to me. Now I'm gonna [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] kill you!
55* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: It's not the BigBad I'm concerned about. His right-hand man is what I want to go after. It won't be settled until one of them is dead.
56* MisplacedRetribution: It doesn't matter if you're not responsible for what the offender did to me. Nevertheless, you're going down. After all, you're in the wrong place at the wrong time.
57* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: How dare you seek vengeance against your tormentors! You're just as bad as they are!
58* OppositesAttractRevenge: When a LoveTriangle leads to a vendetta between the two rival love interests.
59* ParanoiaGambit: A BatmanGambit involving the victim sabotaging oneself out of paranoia.
60* ParkingPayback: That was my spot you were parking at, asshole! Now I'm gonna kick your ass!
61* PayEvilUntoEvil: It's what revenge is all about. The evil you've done to me, I will do to you!
62* PervertRevengeMode: Caught doing something perverted? This person will see immediate revenge on the perpetrator.
63* PettyChildhoodGrudge: It may have happened when we were kids, but I still hate you for it!
64* RageAgainstTheLegalSystem: The legal system had put me through hell. Now I'm gonna make them suffer dearly!
65* RapeAndRevenge: You've raped me/someone I love, and I will kill you!
66* RationalizingTheOverkill: My revenge ended up going too far/causing collateral damage, but it was well worth it!
67* RelativeButton: A person finally confronts another over the family members they murdered.
68* RememberTheAlamo: A battle cry named for an enemy atrocity; a call for revenge in war.
69* ResurrectionRevenge: I've come BackFromTheDead to avenge my own death!
70* RestrainedRevenge: I'll settle for a lesser form of revenge for your crimes. But, don't worry; I "forgive" you.
71* ReunionRevenge: It's time I go to my ClassReunion and torment all of those assholes who bullied me in the past!
72* RevengeAgainstMen: Men have caused me so much pain! Therefore, all of the men deserve death or at least a cruel punishment!
73* RevengeBallad: I'm on my way to get revenge! Time to sing a song about it!
74* RevengeBeforeReason: This isn't about common sense! This is about revenge, so get out of my way!
75* RevengeByProxy: You killed someone I loved, so now I'm gonna kill someone you loved!
76* RevengeFic: I hate this character and I'm gonna write a FanFic where I will make his life a living Hell!
77* RevengeIsADishBestServed: What better way to get back at you than to make you eat something so disgusting!
78* RevengeIsSweet: I finally obtained my revenge and it was worth it!
79* RevengeIsNotJustice: I know they hurt you but this isn't justice!
80* RevengeMyopia: I don't care if you were trying to get even with me or acting out of self-defense! I'm still getting revenge on you for that! I never get even with anybody!
81* RevengeOfTheNerd: So you think I'm hot, huh? Remember me? I'm the one you made fun of for being too geeky for you and having bad teeth! So since you mocked me when I looked like a geek, I'm rejecting you to show you how it feels!
82* RevengeOfTheSequel: You haven't seen the last of me, hero! WeWillMeetAgain in the next part of the story, when I shall get my vengeance upon you!
83* RevengeRevealStory: You want to know why I want revenge against you? Let me explain.
84* RevengeRomance: Romancing someone to get revenge on an ex.
85* RevengeSVP: You didn't invite me to your party. Now I'm gonna pay you a very ''special'' visit...
86* RevengeThroughCorruption: You hurt me, so I'll go find your friend or lover... [[FaceMonsterTurn corrupt them]] and [[FaceHeelTurn turn them against you!]] [[AndYourLittleDogToo Maybe just your little dog will also suffice!]]
87* RevengeViaStorytelling: I don't like you, and I'm going to make you look ridiculous in my story!
88* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Forget plotting my vengeance! I want to get them through raging violence!
89* ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: You think money is going to buy your way out of this?! Think again...
90* SinsOfOurFathers: Children must be punished for what their parents have done!
91* SparedButNotForgiven: You caused me a lot of pain and for that I'll never forgive you, but I won't lash out at you for it in the name of revenge.
92* SuccessAsRevenge: The best way to repay you for what you've done to me is by living a good life while you end up being miserable.
93* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Someone receives the same bad treatment that they've shown/they were going to show others.
94* ThenLetMeBeEvil: They've treated me like a monster. Guess what? [[Music/TheEminemShow They've created a monster]] and I will destroy every last one of them until there's no one left!
95* ThisIsUnforgivable: What you did is unforgivable, so I'm gonna give you some well-deserved payback!
96* ThisMeansWar: That's it! You've done it now! Time to take you to war!
97* UpsettingTheBalance: As someone in the heavens who support balance, we must punish the sinner for ruining the balance maintaining the world.
98* VengeanceDenied: I've come to get revenge, but circumstances have prevented this from happening.
99* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: I've successfully gotten my revenge... now I have no idea what to do.
100* VengefulAbandonedToy: I'm coming after the child who got bored of me and threw me away when I stopped being fun!
101* VengefulGhost: I am a ghost of your past and now I will make you suffer for your sins!
102* VillainByProxyFallacy: When someone goes after not only a crime's perpetrator, but those who supplied the perpetrator or were otherwise marginally connected to it, whether or not the people involved had anything to do with the actual crime.
103* TheVillainMustBePunished: The villain must pay for their crimes; merely foiling their plans isn't enough.
104* VoodooDoll: The best way to get back at my enemy is to torture them with a doll that looks just like them. I'm gonna enjoy this.
105* WhosLaughingNow: They've treated me like a joke. Now I will be their worst nightmare!
106* WomanScorned: You were the love of my life, but now that you've done me wrong, you're gonna pay!
107* YouKilledMyFather: ...and now I will kill you in return!
108[[/index]]
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110How does it feel being a victim like I was when you wronged me, huh?!

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