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5[[folder:Comic Books]]
6->''"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day."''
7-->-- '''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]''', ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''
8
9->'''[[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]]:''' [[WeCanRuleTogether But I'm offering you the chance to see the fear in their eyes]]! I have spent enough time in Arkham Asylum to know the symptoms, Becky. You have the classic psychological profile to be [[{{Supervillain}} one of us]]!\
10'''Becky Albright:''' You're ''[[YoureInsane crazy]]''. That's not the way to deal with it. That's not the way ''I'm'' going to deal with it!\
11'''Scarecrow:''' I am ''not crazy!'' This is a perfectly sane and rational response to my traumatic experiences. And if you don't believe me... IllKillYou.
12-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Batman}} New Year's Evil: Scarecrow''
13
14->'''Verity:''' What makes hate easy?\
15'''[[ComicBook/FantasticFour Valeria]]:''' Mommy and daddy.\
16'''Loki:''' Harsh! But yes.
17-->-- ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' issue 7
18
19->''"You've got to understand, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]], Cat's been to '''Hell''' and back with Toyman. You didn't know Cat before her son was killed. She was a '''different''' woman back then. Heck, we all were. ''[...]'' Her son Adam was killed rescuing a group of children who were kidnapped by one of Toyman's malfunctioning robots. The robot cut his throat. Cat '''changed''' after that. She didn't '''grieve'''. Instead, she turned '''hard'''. She moved to L.A. and started writing for '''tabloids''', tearing down anyone she could. The more teen stars and starlets she saw parading around town, the angrier and angrier her writing became. ''[...]'' Clark thinks Cat became angry that those teens were still alive to make messes of their lives... and her son '''wasn't'''."''
20-->-- '''Lana Lang''', ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'', ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker''
21
22->''"I have a '''complicated''' relationship with Justice. Slaving under the '''Duke''', knowing awaited after a short life of torment... I didn't fear Justice, I '''longed''' for it. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and her dynasty patrolled the universe, but when salvation came for '''me''', it did not wear an "'''S'''". It was an '''Eye'''. Supergirl '''ignored''' my suffering. But once I was '''free''' of it, pillaging the galaxy in service to my eye, she had no problem standing '''against''' me."''
23-->-- '''[[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Emerald Empress]]''', ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'', ''The Girl of No Tomorrow''
24[[/folder]]
25
26[[folder:Fan Works]]
27->''The [[Manga/DeathNote Beyond Birthday]] case made so much more sense now, BB wasn't a megalomaniac he was [[FoeRomanceSubtext L's spurned and neglected lover]]. Clearly the jam was just the aftershock of being forced into sex with someone that looked vaguely like a crack head. And she had prevented him from burning himself alive, if she had to have sex with L she might have tried to burn herself alive too. Naomi noted to herself that perhaps it was a good time to go to L.A.'s prison and apologize to that poor madman.''
28-->-- ''Fanfic/AllYouNeedIsLove''
29
30->'''Pit:''' Why are you doing this?!\
31'''Pyrrhon:''' Why?! I'll ''tell'' you why! ''Everyone'' knows who Palutena is. ''Everyone'' knows who Viridi is. Everyone even knows who ''Hades'' is! But what about ''me'', huh? Does anyone even ''recognize'' me? Anyone ''worship'' me? Anyone even '''''acknowledge me?!''''' No. Well, that's all about to change. Now it's ''Pyrrhon's'' time to shine! I'll ''make'' everyone remember me! Even if I've gotta carve my name into the very ''fabric'' of this planet!
32-->-- ''Fanfic/KidIcarusUprisingTheNovelization''
33
34->''For years, you thought the supercilious face he put on was a facade that he wore for everyone else, that he was only cruel because society [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy wanted him to be]] and when he was with [[MoralityPet you]], that's what was real.\
35It took six years of knowing him to realize you were wrong. You had it backwards.\
36The first time he [[DomesticAbuse yells at you]], you cry.''
37-->-- '''Feferi''' about '''Eridan''' in the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fic "[[http://sonicsymphony.tumblr.com/post/123489059269/if-its-not-too-spoilery-some-young-eridan-and-fef Insurgency]]"
38
39->''"Why? Because you have everything and we have nothing! Just look around, the dragon kingdom is practically a wasteland while Equestria is a paradise! You ponies also have control over most of the planet, while we dragons don’t even have pillows!"''
40-->-- '''Garble''', when '''Princess Luna''' asks him why he hates ponies so much, "[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/344471/the-fallen The Fallen]]"
41
42->''"Sunny... when I brought you up... I always told myself that I would do what was best for you. And that, in my mind…was to make you as great as I knew you could be. So I worked you, oftentimes harder than others, because I knew you could do it. I knew you could be the best that Crystal Prep, that ''any'' school, could ever hope to have."\
43After a while, she finally opened her eyes again.\
44"When the days started to come when you were no longer the best... I will fully admit that my attitude towards you was... not what it should have been."\
45Sunny looked away, a look of anger now crossing her. But Cinch was not angry in return, and instead let out another sigh.\
46"But my disappointment, and it ''was'' disappointment... was not with ''you''... it was with ''myself''."''
47-->-- ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/290571/of-wondercolts-and-shadowbolts Of Wondercolts and Shadowbolts]]''
48
49->'''Carol:''' Good, now that we're alone. I'm asking you to try to be a little nicer to Bruno, okay? I know it's not an easy task and he's not the most pleasant person you'll ever meet. Bruno's not a bad kid Scott. Yes, I know he's a bully, but he's only acting out what he knows. What his father taught him.\
50'''Scott Summers:''' So? That makes it okay for him to threaten to hurt Bobby? That makes it okay for him to threaten to hurt someone younger than he is?\
51'''Carol:''' No, of course not. But Bruno has only threatened, and he actually hasn't made a move to hurt Bobby. That leaves a lot of room for you to let it slide off your back and compromise until he actually tries something. If Bruno tries to hurt Bobby, you won't be the first one to trounce him. Trust me.\
52'''Scott:''' Compromise, in my experience, has always been another word for lose.\
53'''Carol:''' You are so wrong, Scott. Compromise most times is the only way everyone wins. Bruno is acting out the lessons that his drunken, abusive father taught him. Don't act out the lessons that Jack taught you. Don't let Jack win like that.
54-->-- ''Fanfic/XMenTheEarlyYears''
55
56->''"I spent my whole life letting [[AbusiveParents my bitch of a mother]] run my life, and most of high school being everyone's punching bag, and now that I have the power, I'm going to make damn sure that nobody is going to step on me ever again!"''
57-->-- '''Amy Madison''', ''Fanfic/BringMeToLife''
58[[/folder]]
59
60[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
61->''"You took everything from me when you sent Abigail into that machine. Now, I'm taking everything away from YOU!"''
62-->-- '''Yokai''' to Alistair Krei, ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''
63
64->''"My parents... hated me. Do you understand? They wronged me. I... will make it right."''
65-->-- '''Lord Shen''' to the Soothsayer, ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''
66
67->''"Hey, not so special anymore, huh? Well, guess what? No one ever told me ''I'' was special. I never got a trophy just for showing up! I'm not some special little snowflake, no! But as un-special as I am, you are a thousand-billion times more un-special than me!"''
68-->-- '''Lord Business''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''
69
70->'''Donkey:''' Hey, what's your problem, Shrek? What you got against the whole world anyway?\
71'''Shrek:''' Look, I'm not the one with the problem, okay? It's the ''world'' that seems to have a problem with ''me''! People take one look at me and go "Aagh! Help! Run! A big, stupid, ugly, ogre!" ''[sighs]'' They judge me before they even know me. That's why I'm better off alone.
72-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1''
73
74->''"When I was a young boy, I had a toy train. Then, one day, I lost it."''
75-->-- '''Alternate Doctor Doofenshmirtz''' explaining why he’s more evil than his mainstream counterpart, ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''
76
77->''"It's not my fault that I'm so evil, it's society, society. You see, my parents were sometimes abusive and it made a prick of me."''
78-->-- '''Saddam Hussein''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''
79
80->'''Popppy''': Why not? Why won't you sing?
81->'''Branch''': Because [[MemeticMutation singing killed my grandma]], ok?
82-->--'''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'''
83[[/folder]]
84
85[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
86->''"He's a font of misplaced rage. Name your cliché; Mother held him too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle, whatever. Now he's so angry moments of levity actually cause him pain; gives him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman, hurts."''
87-->-- '''Garland Greene''' on Billy Bedlam, ''Film/ConAir''
88
89->''"[[MultipleChoicePast You wanna know how I got]] [[GlasgowGrin these scars]]? My father was a drinker, and a fiend. One night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. He takes the knife to her, laughing as he does it. Then he turns to me, and says 'Why... so... serious?' He comes at me with the knife. 'Why... so... serious?' He sticks the knife in my mouth. 'Let's put a ''smile'' on that face!' And... why so serious?"''
90-->-- '''The Joker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
91
92->''"Father. I would have butchered the whole world... if you would only love me!"''
93-->-- '''Commodus''' before smothering his father, ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''
94
95->''"The Duke of Oxford. Good day to you, sir! You are the very symbol of everything I'm tryin' to destroy. Aristocrats like you stole my parents' mill in Scotland when I was a lad. Entitlement has 'title' in it for a reason, no? Huh! I'm gonna fucking love killing you!"''
96-->-- '''Shepherd''', ''Film/TheKingsMan''
97
98->''"You'll never know how it felt that night, to be told that the only man that I'd ever loved had to die. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil But I should not have fought it. I should have killed Charles myself.]]"''
99-->-- '''Helene Le Domas''', ''Film/ReadyOrNot''
100
101->''"You know what it's like for a child to be told you'll never be good enough? No you don't. What you said to me all those years ago made me realize who I really was. And you know something? I am not pure of heart."''
102-->-- '''Dr. Sivana''', ''Film/Shazam2019''
103
104->''"I barely had a job before! 'Farva, get the coffee, Farva, hit the radio, Farva, clean the cells!' I'm a cop, goddammit!"''
105-->-- '''Rod Farva''', ''Film/SuperTroopers''
106
107->''"For as long as I can remember, people have hated me. They looked at my face and my body and they ran away in horror. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil In my loneliness I decided that if I could not inspire love, which is my deepest hope, I would instead cause FEAR]]!"''
108-->-- '''The Monster''', ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''
109
110->''"You were the one who wanted to win, and I just wanted a sister!"''
111-->-- '''Nebula''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
112
113->''"Baxter, I ''have'' been trying to get back at my father, but I think I've a good reason for it. Dad's a prick."''
114-->-- '''[[GranolaGirl Pamela Weintraub]]''', ''Film/Water1985''
115
116->'''Duke:''' [[LastWords The lights are growing dim, Otto]]. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate... and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.\
117'''Otto:''' That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.\
118'''Duke:''' Yeah... but it still hurts.
119-->-- ''Film/RepoMan''
120
121->''"Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse."''
122-->-- '''Hannibal Lecter''', ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''
123
124->''"Your mother never gave birth to you, did she? Just popped you into the sewer and split, letting you blossom into the asshole you are today!"''
125-->-- '''Ice''' to '''Hot Dog''', ''[[Film/Escape2000 1990: The Bronx Warriors]]''
126
127->''"What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?"''
128-->-- '''Gunnery Sergeant Hartman''' to '''Private Pyle''', ''Film/FullMetalJacket''
129
130->''"When you're hurt and scared for so long, the fear and pain turn to hate and the hate starts to change the world."''
131-->-- '''Alessa Gillespie''', ''Film/SilentHill''
132
133->''When you were young, and your heart was an open book\
134You used to say, "Live and let live"\
135(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did...)\
136But if this ever-changing world [[MemeticMutation in which we live in]]\
137Makes you give in and cry...\
138...say live and let die...''
139-->-- ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''
140
141->''"Anakin came from a desert planet, so I understood his contempt for it."''
142-->-- '''Creator/HaydenChristensen''', regarding the infamous "[[MemeticMutation I don't like sand]]" line from ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIAttackOfTheClones''
143
144->'''Nova''': ''They took my grandfather. That's why I really hate sharks.''
145->'''Matt''': ''Now I really hate sharks too.''
146-->--'''Film/{{Sharknado}}'''
147
148->''"All our lives we've lived with death hanging over us! Why? Why shouldn't they know what it feels like for a change, Michael?"''
149-->-- '''Milo''', ''Film/Morbius2022''
150[[/folder]]
151
152[[folder:Literature]]
153->''"Nothing ''made'' him that way. No matter what terrible things happened in his life, no matter what dreadful hungers rose up from his soul, he chose to act on those desires, he chose to do the things he did. ''[[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse He's]]'' [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse responsible for his own actions, and no one else.]]"''
154-->-- '''Bean''', ''Literature/ShadowOfTheHegemon''
155
156->''People cling to their rotten memories, to all their misfortunes, and you can't pry them loose. These things keep them busy. They avenge themselves for the injustice of the present by smearing the future inside them with this shit. They're cowards deep down, and just. That's their nature.''
157-->-- ''Journey to the End of the Night'', by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
158
159->''"My heart bleeds for him, as a child. Someone took a kid and manufactured a monster. At the same time, as an adult, he's irredeemable. As an adult, someone should blow the sick fuck out of his socks."''
160-->-- '''Will Graham''', ''Literature/RedDragon''
161
162->''"Every man has his excuses, and the more vile the man becomes, the more touching the story has to be. What is my story now, I wonder?"''
163-->-- '''Sand dan Glokta''', ''Literature/TheFirstLaw''
164
165->''[[JerkassWoobie Wuher]] had been abandoned on Mos Eisley in early youth, a human amidst people who disliked humans. He'd been kicked about and spat upon all his squalid, hard life. His boss hated droids essentially because they didn't drink and took up unnecessary room that might be occupied by paying customers. [[HatesEveryoneEqually Wuher hated everyone]], but droids were [[TheChainOfHarm the only creatures he could actually kick with impunity]].''
166-->-- ''[[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina Be Still My Heart: The Bartender's Tale]]''
167
168->''Why should I apologize for the monster I've become? No one ever apologized for making me that way.''
169-->-- ''Little Lucknow'' by Nitya Prakash, nearly always attributed to ComicBook/TheJoker or [[Manga/TokyoGhoul Suzuya Juuzou]], [[BeamMeUpScotty but neither character has said this quote.]]
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
173->'''Charles:''' You must understand, he had a very terrible childhood.\
174'''Klaus:''' I understand. [[OrphansOrdeal I'm having a very terrible childhood right now]].
175-->-- ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017''
176
177->''"...but I'm afraid you have me confused with somebody who gives a crap. And it's okay, you don't need to be embarrassed. Turns out it happens all the time. For instance, my father actually made the same mistake on his deathbed."''
178-->-- '''Dr. Cox''', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', "My Brother, Where Art Thou?"
179
180->'''Spike:''' The [[AnArmAndALeg tingling in my forearms]] tells me she's too far gone to help. She's one of us now. She's a monster.\
181'''Angel:''' She's an innocent victim.\
182'''Spike:''' So were we, once upon a time.
183-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "[[Recap/AngelS05E11Damage Damage]]"
184
185->''"Mother? May I call you mother? ''My'' mother was a person with no self-respect of her own, so she tried to take mine. Ten years old, she had the scissors, you wouldn't believe what she did with those... ''[chuckling]'' She's dead to me now. Mostly 'cause [[{{Matricide}} I killed]] [[ImAHumanitarian and ate her]]."''
186-->-- '''Zachary Kralik''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E12Helpless Helpless]]"
187
188->'''Monica:''' This is so bizarre. I guess it kinda makes sense though, you know, she had [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood such a terrible childhood]].\
189'''Chandler:''' I had a terrible childhood and I don't do porn.\
190'''Monica:''' Yes, but you're dead inside.
191-->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "[[Recap/FriendsS6E14TheOneWhereChandlerCantCry The One Where Chandler Can't Cry]]"
192
193->''"My relationship with my daughter is going to affect her relationships with men for the rest of her life. Every man in here has dated a woman with some daddy issues. That shit ain't fun. She givin' you a hard time over something that her daddy did in 1969."''
194-->-- '''Creator/ChrisRock''', ''Never Scared''
195
196->''"[[AvertedTrope You'd think it was because my parents didn't love me, but actually, they loved me a great deal]]."''
197-->-- '''Raj''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
198
199->''"It doesn't justify it... but it might explain it."''
200-->-- '''Detective Olivia Benson''', ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
201
202
203->''"What else could I have been? My father was a half-crazed military failure, my mother was a bitch-queen from hell. Yes, I admit I'm nothing. But from what I started with, nothing is up."''
204-->-- '''Arnold Rimmer''', ''Series/RedDwarf''
205
206->''"What'd I do wrong? I did everything you asked me to. I hurt people. Killed people. For you."''
207-->-- '''Jason Neville''', ''Series/{{Revolution}}''
208
209->'''Prince Ludwig:''' With your information, gentlemen, I intend to kill your queen and take over your country. The MasterOfDisguise shall become the Master... of ze world! ''[EvilLaugh]''\
210'''Edmund Blackadder:''' Oh, just one thing Ludwig, before you go.\
211'''Prince Ludwig:''' What?\
212'''Edmund Blackadder:''' Were you ever bullied at school?\
213'''Prince Ludwig:''' ''[suddenly tense]'' What do you mean?\
214'''Edmund Blackadder:''' Well, all this ranting and raving about power. There must be ''some'' reason for it.\
215'''Prince Ludwig:''' Nonsense, no. At my school, [[BlatantLies having dirty hair and spots was a sign of maturity]].\
216'''Edmund Blackadder:''' I ''thought'' so, and I bet your mother made you wear shorts right up to your final year!\
217'''Prince Ludwig:''' Shut up! ''Shut up!'' When I am King of England, ''no one'' will call me "Shorty Greasy Spot-Spot" again!
218-->-- ''Series/{{Blackadder}}''
219
220->''"I didn't do it for her. I did it for me. That's why I still wear these. To remind myself that I'm not cruel for the sake of cruelty! That I'm not my father! That I'm not a monster! ''[{{Beat}}]'' Am I?"''
221-->-- '''Wilson Fisk''', ''Series/Daredevil2015''
222
223->''Nothing is ever anyone's fault\
224John Wayne Gacy was hit by his dad\
225Exactly! It wasn't technically Hitler's fault!\
226Hitler's brother died and that made him super sad\
227It's hard to paint people with evil or glory\
228When you know that everyone's got a tragic backstory!''
229-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_hxc1aJ0Io "Nothing Is Ever Anyone's Fault"]] from ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''
230
231->''"Boy, I love meeting people's moms. It's like reading an instruction manual as to why they're nuts."''
232-->-- '''Ted Lasso''', ''Series/TedLasso''
233
234->''"You see, that's why your father has so many... ''issues''. He allowed his father to die for a crime ''he'' committed!"''
235-->-- '''Sheriff of Nottingham''', ''Series/RobinHood'', "Sins of the Father"
236
237->'''Marty's Conscience:''' You're throwing your life away.\
238'''Marty Slash:''' ''Life''? ''What'' life? You mean being a Goddamn gofer for a bunch of drooling morons just because they can play three chords on a guitar? "Marty! Marty, these-these groupies are too ugly, Marty!" "Oh, Marty! This chicken isn't extra crispy enough, Marty!" "Marty, we told you we don't like red ones in the M&M bowl, '''MARTY'''"! For ''TWELVE YEARS'', it's been "Marty" this and "Marty" that! And I got ''nothing'' to show for it. That is, until ''NOW''!
239-->-- ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt, [[Recap/TalesFromTheCryptS2E8ForCryinOutLoud "For Cryin' Out Loud"]]''
240[[/folder]]
241
242[[folder:Music]]
243->''If they'd called him a brother\
244Or a neighbor or a cousin\
245Then the world would be less\
246One angry young man\
247But they called him little nigger boy\
248When he was but a tike\
249So he grew up to be\
250An angry young man''
251-->-- '''Les Claypool''', "Ding Dang"
252
253->''I grew up in a wild hood, as a hazardous youth\
254with a fucked-up childhood, that I used as an excuse''
255-->-- '''Music/{{Eminem}}''', "Bad Influence"
256
257->''I was born in the rotten part of the town\
258The biggest trap I've seen\
259herever you'll go and wherever you'll get to\
260Evil is all around\
261My mother's a bitch, my father's a killer\
262Gettin' paid for a murder\
263Fightin' and strugglin' the whole day\
264The only way to survive\
265Wanted from law but they'll never catch me\
266I'd much rather die in this bloody war''
267-->-- '''Music/{{Helloween}}''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWpMiN5a3Y Victim of Fate]]"
268
269->''And I've looked at it from your side\
270And I've looked at it from mine\
271And I know you had a hard time, when you were only nine\
272But that was long ago, and now there's just no denyin'\
273You're an asshole''
274-->-- '''Jim's Big Ego''', "Asshole"
275
276->''Why do you treat me this way?\
277And why do you try so hard to break my spirit?\
278I think someone was mean to you,\
279When you were little,\
280That's what I think\
281I think someone was mean to you''
282-->-- '''Music/TheMountainGoats''', "Pseudothyrum Song"
283
284->''It's not his fault that he can't behave\
285Society's made him go astray\
286Perhaps if we're nice he'll go away...''
287-->-- '''Music/OingoBoingo''', "Only A Lad"
288
289->''I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me!\
290(He's just a poor boy from a poor family!\
291Spare him his life from this monstrosity)''
292-->-- '''{{Music/Queen}}''', "Bohemian Rhapsody"
293
294->''This world may have failed you\
295It doesn't give you a reason why\
296You could have chosen a different path in life''
297-->-- '''Music/WithinTemptation''', "Angels"
298
299->''I'm only human, after all\
300I'm only human, after all\
301Don't put the blame on me...''
302-->-- '''Rag'n'Bone Man''', "Human"
303[[/folder]]
304
305[[folder:Poetry]]
306->''They fuck you up, your mum and dad;\
307They might not mean to, but they do.\
308They fill you with the faults they had,\
309And add some extra, just for you.\
310But they were fucked up in their turn\
311By fools in old-style hats and coats,\
312Who half the time were soppy-stern\
313And half at one another's throats.\
314Man hands on misery to man.\
315It deepens like a coastal shelf.\
316Get out as early as you can,\
317And don't have any kids yourself.''
318-->-- '''Creator/PhilipLarkin''', "This Be the Verse"
319[[/folder]]
320
321[[folder:Theatre]]
322->''My daddy is a bastard\
323My ma's an SOB\
324My grandad's always plastered\
325My granny pushes tea\
326My sister wears a moustache\
327My brother wears a dress\
328Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess!''
329-->-- ''Theatre/WestSideStory''
330
331->''"Feeling for humanity, gentlemen, is cut for the purse of an ordinary millionaire; with financial resources like mine you can afford a new world order. The world turned me into a whore. I shall turn the world into a brothel."''
332-->-- '''Claire Zachanassian''', ''Theatre/TheVisit''
333[[/folder]]
334
335[[folder:Video Games]]
336->''"Listen. You have NO idea how awful [[AbusiveParents he]] was to me. HE'S the reason I have CONSTANT back pain. I LITERALLY ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF ALL THE CRAP HE FORCED ME TO DO TO BECOME 'A MAN'. If it wasn't for his awful parenting I wouldn't have left and I'd be living a happy life in a happy home but I can't have that. I have to go out of my way to get what I want. You don't know what it's like! I just want him to SUFFER. Just ONCE. Just so HE can see what it's like. To be ME. Is that bad?"''
337-->-- '''Gale Ravena''', ''VideoGame/TheBrainsAndTheBrawn''
338
339->''"I'm sorry, I had a difficult childhood!"''
340-->-- '''Carl "CJ" Johnson''' when [[BlackComedy performing a carjacking]], ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''
341
342->''"Look, this is all I've got, alright? I had a tough upbringing. My daddy was not nice to me!"''
343-->-- '''[[AxCrazy Trevor Phillips]]''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
344
345->''"My country lay within a vast desert. When the sun rose into the sky a burning wind punished my lands, searing the world. And when the moon climbed into the dark of night, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when it came the wind carried the same thing... Death. But the winds that blew across the green fields of Hyrule brought something other than suffering and ruin. I... coveted that wind, I suppose."''
346-->-- '''Ganondorf''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''
347
348->''"I assume you think it's sinister to hold an ancient grudge,\
349But understand, [[AnArmAndALeg it cost my hand]], so don't be quick to judge!\
350A Musky Husky mangled it and chewed it like a shoe,\
351He thought it was some sausages, so now [[RedRightHand this glove]] must do!"''
352-->-- '''Dr. Strangeglove''', [[https://youtu.be/Mhtwirqe6Lc "The Doctor Will See You Now"]], ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters''
353
354->''"All assassins are fucked up somehow, or we wouldn't be in this profession."''
355-->-- '''Travis Touchdown,''' ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle''
356
357->''"It's always been like this... all those goddamn hyenas forcing their expectations on me...! I'm doing this all for them! What's wrong about demanding a reward for that!?"''
358-->-- '''Shadow Kamoshida''', ''VideoGame/Persona5''
359
360->''"You're right... I'm a poor, ugly... idiot... How am I supposed to live a normal life like this...? It's all because of our society! Weak people can't live a happy life, no matter what they do! I'm a victim too, you know!? Yeah, [[NeverMyFault none of this is my fault]]!"''
361-->-- '''Shadow Kaneshiro''', ''VideoGame/Persona5''
362
363->''"The one little catch was that the head coach of the camp was stealing campers' brains and putting them inside armored death tanks that I guess he was gonna use to take over the world or something. I went into his mind and found out he just had issues with his father. I mean, who doesn't, right?"''
364-->-- '''Razputin Aquato''', ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2''
365
366->''"I never really knew [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 my cousin, Maria]]. Everyone spoke of her like she was very special. All that love for someone who was gone when [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Was! Right! There!]]"''
367-->-- '''[[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogDrIvoEggmanRobotnik Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik]]''', ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''
368
369->'''Tippi:''' Why does it have to end like this...\
370'''Count Bleck:''' Timpani... When you vanished, I searched long for you. I never gave up looking... I searched and searched... But I never found you. Without you, the world held no meaning or joy... So I used the forbidden prophecy of the Tribe of Ancients to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt end all worlds]]. I wanted to destroy everything that had taken you away from me...
371-->-- ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
372
373->'''Marina:''' The hero of any story is always the least interesting character! Heroes wouldn't even exist if there were no villains to shake things up!\
374'''Pearl:''' Villains wouldn't exist if their parents hugged them when they were kids!
375-->-- ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
376
377->''"Blair is certainly an interesting case. She's definitely a {{delinquent|s}} type, constantly disrupting class and struggling to keep her average above a D. I'm assuming it's due to her growing up without a second parent, and from the few phone calls home I had to make to her father, I can say with complete certainly [[AbusiveParents he's a piece of work]].''"
378-->--'''Blair Gardener's student profile''', ''VideoGame/TurtleHead: Unmasked''
379
380->'''Supergirl:''' Nobody trusts you, do they?\
381'''Green Lantern (Hal Jordan):''' We've all made mistakes.\
382'''Supergirl:''' Sounds like you also make excuses.
383-->--''Videogame/Injustice2''
384[[/folder]]
385
386[[folder:Webcomics]]
387->''"When I was young, I was the smallest and the weakest. They never let me play in all their halfling games, like Throw the Rock, or Throw the Stick, or Throw the Rock and Then the Stick Shortly Thereafter. All I wanted was to grow up to be a big strong adventurer and go out into the world where I would be accepted. And then, someday, I could return to my home village... and brutally murder them in their dreamless sleep."''
388-->-- '''Belkar Bitterleaf''' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0125.html fakes a tragic backstory for roleplaying xp]], ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
389
390->''"[-This one's for [[DoomedHometown you, Mom]].-] '''Fire the catapults!'''"''
391-->-- '''[[TheDragon Redcloak]]''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0422.html p.422]]
392
393->''"In order to realistically portray such a comfort zone, then, try creating a reason why the character has whatever emotional response you are giving him. The single best way to do this is through childhood experience."''
394-->-- '''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Rich Burlew]]''', [[http://www.giantitp.com/articles/XbsQgS9YYu9g3HZBAGE.html "Emotional Response"]]
395
396->''Such a tortured past, such a tortured past,\
397So much disappointment, happiness never lasts\
398Day after day with nothing going my way\
399This tortured past is how a monster is made.\
400An ice cream cone dropped at my feet\
401A game of TabletopGame/TicTacToe that ended in defeat\
402A beloved goldfish that ended up dying\
403An under-heated hot-pocket, so unsatisfying\
404A girl I loved in college didn't love me back\
405Walking in my socks and I stepped on a tack\
406That's how a monster is made.''
407-->-- ''Webcomic/AxeCop'', [[http://axecop.com/comic/tortured-past-songster-page-17/ "Tortured Past"]]
408
409->''"Look, I didn't have a dad either, and I turned out... ''[BeatPanel]'' Yeah, I don't know where I was going with that..."''
410-->-- '''[[VillainProtagonist Herville Schtein]]''', ''Webcomic/StringTheory2009''
411[[/folder]]
412
413[[folder:Web Original]]
414->'''Chris:''' Lionel lies to his son about where Clark was while the holding facility was being blown up and then literally tells his son that there are [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica dozens of people in the world]] that are out to get him. PARENTING!\
415'''David:''' ''AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY LEX IS AN ASSHOLE. SERIOUSLY.''\
416'''Chris:''' Isn't there something we read about how [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Ollie]] used to bully him at school, too?\
417'''David:''' Yeah, and he was really bullying and dismissive towards Lex in this episode as well for basically no reason. He's had an [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds absolutely terrible life]], and superheroes have constantly been picking on him basically for no reason.
418-->-- '''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-6-11-justice/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', "[[Recap/SmallvilleS06E11Justice Justice]]"
419
420->'''Cop:''' So, I pulled you over, because there’s five bloody limbs hanging out of your trunk, you were driving 150 mph in a stolen car, you mowed down a litter of kittens, your backseat is filled with weed you stole from [[KickTheDog a medical marijuana dispensary]], you reek of a [[Creator/LindsayLohan Lohan]] and worst of all, you're blasting a Music/CarlyRaeJepsen song.\
421'''[=OctoKid=]:''' My mom is [=OctoMom=] and I watched her porn when I was 11.\
422'''Cop':'' Have a good night, sir. Drive safe. Do you need a police escort to the strip club?
423-->-- '''[[http://dlisted.com/2012/10/30/octomoms-son-watched-her-self-love-porn/ Michael K.]]''', "That 11-year-old kid just won a free pass to do whatever the hell he wants"
424
425->''Here's a nice amuse-bouche:\
426Take a poor abused youth,\
427Set a thirty-year timer,\
428Voila! [[Creator/GordonRamsay Huge douche]]!''
429-->-- '''Creator/JuliaChild''', ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''
430
431->''"The Worms have plenty of twyrine available -- for a price. All they ask for in return are healthy human organs. The trade screen comes up, and my heart sinks. I don’t have nearly enough to trade for the ten herbs required by the man at the tavern. I barely have enough for ''one''.\
432I hurry back to town, my mind racing. I have to get enough twyrine to keep prices low for myself in the future. I have to. Where am I going to come up with enough organs to satisfy the Worms? The knife-wielding maniacs only come out at night. Everyone else is just a regular townsperson. They’re unarmed, innocent people.\
433But I need those organs. I need them now."''
434-->-- '''kevin''''s Main/LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}''
435
436->'''Lea:''' Why did you join the organization that wants to destroy the world?\
437'''Saïx:''' I was jealous.\
438'''Lea:''' [[EasilyForgiven Understandable]].
439-->-- ''[[WebVideo/KingdomHeartsInANutshell Kingdom Hearts 3 in a nutshell]]''
440
441->''Baking the Wondertart\
442Is such a simple task\
443It's not enough to make the stuff\
444I'll eat it, at long last!\
445The flavor of the suffering\
446The anguish, and the tears\
447Will be my pay for the awful way\
448I was treated all these years!\
449\
450"Make me cake, say, baker man!"\
451"Make a donut if you can!"\
452"Make me French bread, I don't care\
453If it's nighttime-- just get out there!"\
454"No rest, no peace, you can't slow down!"\
455"Share your labor with the town!"\
456Won't be pushed around!\
457\
458I have toiled!\
459But this island's spoiled!\
460My fury BOILS!\
461\
462They will know the way it feels\
463To be treated like a meal\
464When they drown!''
465-->-- Music/RecD as '''[[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} Chef Saltbaker]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFKe3_YhENI "Baking the Wondertart WITH LYRICS"]]
466
467
468[[/folder]]
469
470[[folder:Western Animation]]
471->''"Not even in this order, you shot me, shattered both my femurs, cornholed ''both'' my fiancees, got me turned into a robot, left to me to die in outer freakin' space, and also, blew me up in a grain elevator!"''
472-->-- '''Barry Dylan''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''
473
474->''"I'm just saying, considering [[[AntiVillain Zuko's]]] messed-up family and the way he was raised, he could have turned out a lot worse."''
475-->-- '''Toph''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheWesternAirTemple The Western Air Temple]]"
476
477->''Is Azula really as evil as she seems? Or is there more to her?''\
478'''Michael Dante [=DiMartino=]:''' As all the ''Avatar'' characters, even Azula has a softer side, though it's buried very deep. As "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBeach The Beach]]" and "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSozinsCometPart3IntoTheInferno Sozin's Comet]]" showed, she has a lot of unresolved issues with [[MissingMom her mother]]. She really feels that her mother [[TheUnfavorite didn't love her as much as Zuko]], and this drives her crazy, literally.\
479'''Bryan Konietzko:''' There are obviously some truly evil people in the world, but in the case of Azula, her repressed emotions and [[GreenEyedMonster jealousies]] corroded her spirit and made her become that way. It is possible that she could have turned out better in a healthier environment, but growing up in a royal family of a [[TheEmpire nation]] seeking [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] proved to exacerbate her problems. But Zuko and Katara spared her life, and who knows she might have a chance to heal after the war.
480-->-- ''Sozin's Comet: The Final Battle'', Page 63, describing Azula from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
481
482->''"Don't pretend you know what it felt like. [[MessianicArchetype The Avatar]] is adored by millions. I was [[ParentalAbandonment cast aside by my own parents]] like I was nothing to them. How could I just stand by and watch the same thing happen to my nation when it needed someone to guide it?"''
483-->-- '''Kuvira''' to Korra, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''
484
485->''"Backstory! Backstory! Backstory! The backstory is what drives an [[MadScientist evil scientist]]. It is the 'Why does he do what he does?' of the 'What does he do?'"''
486-->-- '''Dr. Doofenshmirtz''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
487
488->'''Announcer:''' Lord Darkar. The malevolent ruler of the [=UnderRealm=]. What makes him so evil?\
489'''Bloom:''' I think he's [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood just misunderstood]].\
490'''Lord Darkar:''' There's no misunderstanding. It's just... [[CardCarryingVillain I'm pure evil]]!\
491'''Stella:''' I think what Darkar needs is a girlfriend!\
492'''Lord Darkar:''' OK, first of all, I have a girlfriend, [[GirlfriendInCanada but she lives far away]]. And second, I'm EVIL!
493-->-- ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', Lord Darkar advertisement
494
495->''Saw his own dimension burn.\
496Misses home, but can't return.\
497Says he's happy. [[StepfordSmiler He's a liar]].\
498Blame the arson for the fire.''
499-->-- '''The Axolotl''', talking about [[BigBad Bill Cipher]], ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!''
500
501->'''Stripperella:''' Why do you hate models so much?\
502'''Dr. Cesarian:''' Why? Because my whole life beautiful girls have spurned my advances. I vowed that one day I would make them all pay.\
503'''Stripperella:''' So just because--\
504'''Dr. Cesarian:''' Also, my mother was a model, she ran off when I was five; I declared then and there that I would make all models pay.\
505'''Stripperella:''' But what are--\
506'''Dr. Cesarian:''' ''Also,'' I once had a promising career as a model. I had a scholarship to go to modeling college and everything, but then I became horribly disfigured in a modeling accident and they said I would never model again, and I vowed to make them all pay! Oh -- also, my grandparents were killed by models.\
507'''Stripperella:''' I'll admit, you definitely have some valid reasons for not liking models.
508-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}'', "Beauty and the Obese Part II"
509
510->''"I always wanted a fire truck when I was little. I never got one. That's why I'm evil, heheheheheh!"''
511-->-- '''Zorak''', ''WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet''
512
513->''"When I was a little boy, my mother brought me to the county fair -- there was a Ferris Wheel, a big, beautiful thing, and [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide you had to be a certain height to ride it]], and of course, I was too short. But my mother would always say 'Patience, Eddie! I'm sure next year you're gonna be big enough!' Lemme tell ya right now, the next year rolled around, [[HeightAngst and I hadn't gotten any taller]]! Years went by. I hung upside-down by my ankles for hours! I took growth hormones -- anything to ride that big wheel in the sky! [[DepravedDwarf I never did get there]]. But then, one day, something very unexpected happened. All those people fell to their deaths! '''[[EvilFeelsGood And it was a RUSH]]!''' I thought it was so satisfying to watch all those people '''die!''' [[ShaggyFrogStory And that's when I decided]] [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain to hate women]]."''
514-->-- '''Dr. Psycho''', ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'', "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S2E11AFightWorthFightingFor A Fight Worth Fighting For]]"
515
516->''"Wow. I'm starting to see why you're [[HatesBeingTouched so]] [[NervousWreck fucked]] [[NoSocialSkills up]], Reagan. There are'' layers."
517-->-- '''Magic Myc''', after watching Reagan's [[AbusiveParents parents]] argue, ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021''
518[[/folder]]
519
520[[folder:Real Life]]
521->''"For the last eight years of my life, ever since I hit puberty, I've been forced to endure an existence of loneliness, rejection and unfulfilled desires all because girls have never been attracted to me. Girls gave their affection, and sex and love to other men, but never to me."''
522-->-- '''Elliot Rodger''', before committing the Isla Vista massacre
523
524->''"The more the drive toward life is thwarted, the stronger is the drive toward destruction; the more life is realized, the less is the strength of destructiveness. Destructiveness is the outcome of unlived life."''
525-->-- '''Erich Fromm''', ''Escape from Freedom''
526
527->''"Wherever an inferiority complex exists, there is a good reason for it."''
528-->-- '''Carl Jung'''
529
530->''"I hate you people for leaving me out of so many fun things. And no, don't... say, "Well that's your fault," because it isn't, you people had my phone #, and I asked and all, but no. No no no don't let the weird-looking Eric KID come along."''
531-->-- '''Eric Harris''', before committing the UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} High School massacre with Dylan Klebold
532
533->''"Life has wronged me, sir."''
534-->-- '''Luke Woodham''', after being asked why he committed a school shooting
535
536->''"Why did you beat me so hard?"''
537-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JosefStalin''' to his mother in her later years (her response was "[[MiseryBuildsCharacter That's why you turned out so well]]")
538
539->''"A tiny child with a high voice, he can be seen silently mouthing the other player's lines like Sheep #4 in the school nativity while he waits his turn. During this first season, Dustin Diamond was 12 to Elizabeth Berkley's 17. At that age, with the yawning bridge of puberty between them, that's effectively a million years. I think to how otherworldly and grown-up the sixth-form girls seemed when I was a curly headed little fuck in my first year of senior school. This dark undercurrent of Dustin Diamond as [[UsedToBeASweetKid the gurning outsider of an older, heart-throb cast]] will return, time and again, as we move on through the years."''
540-->-- '''Stuart Millard''', ''So Excited, So Scared: The ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' Retrospective''
541
542->''The child who is not embraced by the village will [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed burn it down]] to feel its warmth.''
543-->-- '''African proverb'''
544
545->I don’t think that every villain in the world actually thinks they’re being a good guy, but I do think that everybody creates a value system that justifies the actions they’re taking, and and I think there’s a difference between those two things. Not everybody believes that they’re on the side of righteousness, but everybody has a way of justifying the actions they’re taking. Not every villain has to be a misunderstood hero, and in fact I think there are a lot of instances throughout history of people who were obviously doing the wrong thing and probably had an understanding of that on some level, but had some rationale or justification for it.
546-->-- '''Brennan Lee Mulligan''' (quoted [[https://binarybirdblog.tumblr.com/post/660406789351833600/i-dont-think-that-every-villain-in-the-world here]])
547[[/folder]]
548

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