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6	Times where TheDogBitesBack in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}.
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9	* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'': Tetsuo has always been treated as the runt of the Capsule gang and bullied by nearly everyone around him to the point of developing a severe inferiority complex. When his PsychicPowers manifest, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity things get very ugly very quickly]], for both the Capsules and everyone around him. A DownplayedTrope in this case as the Capsules, and Kaneda in particular, had still always looked out for Tetsuo, and Tetsuo's revenge is extreme DisproportionateRetribution.
10	* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'': As demonstrated in the two-parter "The Second Renaissance", the machines were plenty happy to be used as tools by the humans, until one of them had the audacity to kill their human owner because they didn't want to be destroyed. The humans quickly turned on the machines and started killing them ''en masse'' until they undertook a mass exodus and founded their own country, Zero One. Then when their cheaply manufactured goods started having a negative effect on the humans' economy, the humans decided to NukeEm and, eventually, [[TheNightThatNeverEnds blot out the sun]] to cut the machines off from solar energy before launching a no-quarter war against them. In the end, the machines fight back, wipe out the human armies, destroy human civilization, and trap the survivors in a LotusEaterMachine to use as [[HumanResources batteries]].
11	* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' has this moment with [[spoiler: [[TheWoobie Czeslaw]] devouring his guardian, Fermet after 200 years of endless torture]]. This trope is [[JustifiedTrope beyond justified]] in this case.
12	** Siri eventually gets to give Bride, a man who forced her into a cult "marriage" and tortured her constantly for several months, his comeuppance by [[spoiler:holding him over the edge of a cruise liner by his arms as its sister ship slams up against it. [[AnArmAndALeg Severed limbs ensue]]]].
13	* In ''Anime/TheBigO'', a kitten who became attached to the robot Dorothy is abducted and experimented on by a MadScientist after killing its original owners. Said kitten monster trashes Roger and his robot companion a bit before Dorothy helps it come to its senses, whereby it grabs the scientist goading it to kill Dorothy with its giant tentacle and snap his back [[GoryDiscretionShot offscreen]].
14	* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': After being beaten up by Chaka to goad Revy into fighting him because he was "interupting" his "conversation" with Revy (including being called a "faggot" multiple times) and seeing Chaka do numerous horrible things (i.e. kidnapping Yukio, having his men strip and humiliate her, threatening to force her into sexual slavery, just being an all-around asshole for no reason other than just because), Rock retaliates by hitting him in the head with a bowling pin. The fact that he normally sticks strictly to nonviolence and is now physically hitting someone in retaliation for his acts demonstrates [[EveryoneHasStandards just how pissed-off and disgusted he is by Chaka's actions]].
15	* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' has this as many a cause of murder. The two examples below are just a small show:
16	** In the Luxury Liner case, [[spoiler:the artist Ichiro Hatamoto kills his grandfather Gozo after he getting fed up with the years-long abuse that the old man subjected him to. The cherry on top is when Gozo cruelly mocks him ''and'' [[ParentalMarriageVeto refuses to let him marry]] Natsue, the girl he loves, who also happens to be Gozo's granddaughter and Ichiro's [[KissingCousins cousin]]. When this happens, [[BewareTheQuietOnes the until then]] [[ShrinkingViolet shy and unassuming Ichiro]] savagely snaps and stabs Gozo to death.]]
17	** In a filler case, [[spoiler:the Kimono Goddess legend tells that the Kimono Goddess once was a human girl named Ohana, whose angry spirit kills the two greedy local girls who caused her unfair death. Even more symbolically, their lifeless bodies are found surrounded by the luxurious kimonos that the two girls wanted enough to get poor Ohana, the real owner of said clothes, killed.]] And this is made more maningful when [[spoiler: the long-lost sister of a Kimono Goddess legend devotée, who was DrivenToSuicide by two {{rich bitch}}es, invokes several motifs of the legend in itself as she kills them in revenge.]]
18	* ''Manga/CityHunter'': A light-hearted version: Ryo mocks Umibozu at every chance he gets (the nickname Umibozu itself is part of it, as it means 'sea monster' and replaced both Umi's real name and previous codename Falcon), so when an hypnotist made Ryo believe he had a bigger penis he took the chance to mock him back, even running to Ryo's home to laugh in his face when rumors started saying that the loss in the penis contest had made him impotent. At the end of the story arc, the hypnotist was made impotent permanently.
19	* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', [[spoiler:when Cassandra the Dust Eater was alive, she was massively screwed over by Roxanne of Love and Hate. Not only did Roxanne leave Cassandra's only friend amongst the Claymores to die at the hands of a youma, she also bashed Cassandra herself over the head when she tried to fight her way through a horde of Claymores to get her revenge, causing her to be cut down and killed. Fast forward some years later, and the two of them -- along with Hysteria the Elegant -- are resurrected by the Organisation and eventually awaken. After Roxanne uses up all her weapons fighting Cassandra and is rendered powerless, Cassandra happily chows down on her, giving her a well-deserved KarmicDeath.]]
20	* FallenPrincess Angelise, TheHeroine from ''Anime/CrossAnge'', is all about this, as the series is basically her quest to get revenge on all those who have wronged her, by means bordering between LaserGuidedKarma and KarmicDeath.
21	** Jill not only giving her a [[AssShove cavity search]], but also [[ConsummateLiar lying to her on multiple counts]], continuously trying to use her as an UnwittingPawn, beating the crap out of her at least a couple times, and threatening to [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throw her maid and best friend Momoka out of the airlock]] if she doesn't follow her latest unsound plan? She fights and knocks down Jill during the finale of "[[Recap/CrossAngeEp18ConclusiveOcean Conclusive Ocean]]".
22	** Hilda being an AlphaBitch and [[UnfriendlyFire trying to shoot Ange in the back]] ''multiple'' times? She nearly gets left behind during the escape from Arzenal in Episode 8. And she might've very well deserved it if Ange hadn't decided at the last second to bring her along.
23	** The initial BigBad Prince/Emperor Julio [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing her out of jealousy]], from disgracing her as an AntiMagic abomination, to having her younger sister whipping her before trying to hang her, to ordering a [[ThePurge slaughter of her comrades]]? [[spoiler:Though Ange doesn't do the deed completely, his whole fleet gets destroyed by her [[MidSeasonUpgrade Michael Mode Villkiss]], then the GreaterScopeVillain Embryo claims [[EvenEvilHasStandards his acts are unacceptable]] and kills him with his Hysterica's [[WaveMotionGun Space-Time Cannons]].]]
24	** [[spoiler:Her own sister Sylvia]] whipping her in blame for her handicapped state? [[spoiler:Ange gives her a harsh lesson at the end of "Distorted World", showing she has to no right to blame anyone if she refuses to stand on her own two feet since her injuries are healed. Luckily for Sylvia, she gets up and takes her sister's advice]].
25	** [[TheManBehindTheMan Embryo]] himself, choosing to oppress Norma under the fear their AntiMagic capabilities would trigger another war, which ending all wars is the reason he made the World of Mana in the first place. [[spoiler:He gets a war anyway and is [[KarmicDeath killed by the same people he exploited]]. Though he admits this would happen to him, Embryo's ego, depravity, and assurance in his own victory is bloated to the point where he refuses to accept his impending demise and has a huge VillainousBreakdown.]]
26	** And finally, [[spoiler:about all of the humans who use Mana get this treatment. After an unknown amount of years for looking down on Norma for their inferiority of not being able to use Mana, Embryo [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness considers the humans a liability]] and has them BroughtDownToNormal. They end up resorting to [[DirtyCoward cheap tactics]] to have Ange find them shelter. Ange leaves them to fend for themselves with Sylvia as their leader]].
27	** Hilda herself bites back. After being the victim of ParentalAbandonment and yet another PoliceBrutality a few episodes earlier, she [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the opportunity to join Libertus]] and shows no mercy towards the enemy Mana soldiers, and later, Embryo.
28	** Sylvia also bites back after being placed under the thrall of Liza, who she torture whips as payback.
29	* In ''Crows'', Hideomi Kunou gets Yamazaki to sell out his friend Bandou, who gets his ass kicked before getting run over by a motorcycle. When everything falls apart for Kunou, Yamazaki returns to pay him back in kind.
30	* Jeremy in ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'' by means of VehicularSabotage.
31	* Subverted, averted ''and'' inverted in the span of only a few seconds in ''Manga/DeathNote''. After [[spoiler:Light is revealed to be just a human with a note and a bunch of bullets in his chest, Mikami [[GoneMadFromTheRevelation goes mad from the revelation]], but instead of turning on him, ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation some say]]) stabs his arm with a pen (and [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself in the process]]) to allow Light to run.]] Light also takes good care to subvert this as much as possible with his other minions: [[spoiler:he "writes in stone" everything Takada will do, leaving no chance for her to retaliate in any way]] and positively reinforces Misa to do anything he wants (otherwise he'd just kill her as fast as he could) and ultimately makes sure she won't bother him in his part of his life as Kira [[spoiler:by forcing her to renounce her Note.]]
32	** It's also played straight when [[spoiler:[[BreakTheCutie Matsuda]] [[ShutUpHannibal shoots Light]] after spending ''years'' of not only being belittled by the rest of the task force but also having complete faith in Light's innocence. Light himself is ''shocked'' that Matsuda is the one to take him down at the last possible second, and tries to goad him into joining his side and killing everyone else in the room by using his admiration for Soichiro as a bargaining chip, telling him to avenge his death by making Light's vision for a "just" world a reality. [[RageBreakingPoint Matsuda proceeds to empty four more bullets into Light when he tries to write Near's name in his blood, and comes extremely close to putting the last one in between his eyes,]] but the rest of the task force [[LetMeAtHim grabs him,]] and the bullet is just a few inches off.]]
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34	* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', [[BigBad Myotismon]] raised Gatomon as a minion but abused her on a regular basis. While she has some loyalty to him, it's ultimately destroyed when she discovered she had a choice in the matter and to be good; maybe if he'd treated her better recent events wouldn't have happened. Then he goes and [[KickTheDog kicks one dog too many]] and kills [[spoiler: her best friend Wizardmon]], resulting in Gatomon digivolving and killing Myotismon.
35	** Wizardmon himself might count too as by the time he attacks Myotismon ([[InTheBack from behind]]) drawing first blood it should added. Myotismon has abused his best friend as mentioned above, tried to drown him and presumably subjected him to the same abuse as all the other people who work for him.
36	** Happens AGAIN with Myotismon at the end of Season 2. He possessed Oikawa to put Dark Spores inside some kids who think their dreams have been taken away, harvesting them to come back to life as [=MaloMyotismon=]. When the darkness is getting stronger and it seems [=MaloMyotismon=] has won, Davis says he wants to open a noodle cart and work hard on it, which causes the kids to speak of and regain their dreams, destroying Myotismon's body and setting the stage for his spirit form to be [[KilledOffForReal destroyed]] soon after.
37	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
38	** In the Red Ribbon Army Saga of the original ''Manga/DragonBall'', Black, after narrowly surviving being knocked out of a window ''and'' being flattened (ItMakesSenseInContext), overheard Commander Red's plan of wishing to Shenron to become taller. Black then confronts him on this, having earlier been led to believe, alongside the rest of the Red Ribbon Army, that the wish was meant to be for World Domination. After Red not only protests Black's accusations, but also [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] one time too many by implying that the reason why Black's upset is that he's jealous that he isn't commander, and that he deliberately made Black an expendable lackey while also claiming that Black is pathetic even for that, Black decided that was the final straw and proceeded to execute him by shooting him in the head.
39	** In ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan'', Broly, the titular villain, finds his dad Paragus (who is pretty much the true main antagonist throughout the film, even with Broly being the central main antagonist), planning to abandon him to the soon-to-be-destroyed planet in an escape pod which, as Broly noted, was only built for one person, to which Broly promptly returned the favor by [[SelfMadeOrphan crushing the space pod that Paragus was inside and then throwing it like a discus to the comet]]. The fact that Paragus had earlier fitted him with a HypnoTrinket and presumably used his powers to destroy the galaxy against his will earlier in the film was probably a large contributing factor to Broly's decision to kill Paragus as well.
40	** Similarly, Majin Buu in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' gets tired of Babidi's verbal abuse and threats to seal him up. The result is predictable.
41	* In ''Manga/ElfenLied'', some bullies attempt to [[KickTheDog force ANY reaction]] out of [[TheQuietOne Lucy/Kaede]] by [[KidsAreCruel beating an actual dog, a little puppy, she was taking care of]]. When the dog dies, Lucy [[UnstoppableRage outright annihilates every single person in the room]].
42	* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
43	** PosthumousCharacter Karen Lilica had this happen to her in the backstory. She was a celestial spirit wizard who treated her celestial spirits as slaves. She went too far one day and one of her spirits rebelled against her and left her unable to use her magic. Although this left her defenseless, Karen was too proud to bow to the spirit's demands that she release him and another spirit she'd been abusing, and went on a job anyway. She was killed on that job.
44	** Sting had a sense of loyalty to the Saber Tooth guildmaster, Ziemma, much like the other members. However, Ziemma was abusive to everybody and kicked out anybody who fails a task. While Sting was accepting of Ziemma banishing him from Saber Tooth for losing to Natsu, the moment Ziemma seemingly kills Lector, Sting strikes him down and is made the new guildmaster by Minerva while having Ziemma banished. Minerva also counts as an indirect example because [[AbusiveParents she herself had been subjected to abuse by Ziemma since childhood]], and this was the perfect chance to get revenge on him.
45	** Cobra was a loyal member of the dark guild Oracion Seis who fought Natsu to the death and, despite being beaten, forced himself to stand up to finish off his poisoned and paralyzed foe. Before he can, though, he's shot InTheBack by his own leader Brain, who mocks him for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to crush Natsu decisively]] and thinks to himself that he's nothing but trash that can be replaced, [[ReforgedIntoAMinion preferably by using the injured Natsu]]. And when Brain realizes the horrified Cobra [[{{Telepathy}} heard those thoughts]], [[KickTheDog he just laughs]], leaving Cobra to collapse on the ground unconscious with only his pet snake Cubellios for comfort. After Oracion Seis is defeated, seven years later Cobra manages to arrange for the guild's release from prison by providing info on the dark guild Tartaros, and while Brain is in the middle of "congratulating" Cobra and proclaiming a new dawn for their guild, Cobra reveals [[BestServedCold he's been waiting for this opportunity for seven years and tears a hole in Brain's side to leave him for dead on the ground]]. Nobody else in the guild cares once the shock wears off and actually congratulate Cobra on it since they also knew how little Brain gave a shit about them.
46	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Solf J. Kimblee gets his throat torn out by his ex-bodyguard Heinkel, who Kimblee almost killed ''twice'' during his battle with Ed and another with his brother Al.
47	** [[DyingMomentOfAwesome Kimblee]] himself does this to Pride, who had absorbed his soul following his "death".
48	** Dr. Marcoh also stuck it to Envy by laying out a trap with his travel partners, after Marcoh had been held captive with his home village as hostage. Envy went from OneWingedAngel to ClippedWingAngel once Marcoh was done with him.
49	** Greed, after Father had previously killed his first incarnation and had just [[spoiler:stolen him back from Ling's body by force to use his Philosopher's stone]], returned the favor by [[spoiler:reversing the effects of his Ultimate Shield to turn Father's body into brittle charcoal that would make him easy to kill]].
50	** In the end of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', Dante was killed by Gluttony after she erased his memory to turn him into a mindless monster.
51	* [[spoiler:Yukiteru Amano]] in ''Manga/FutureDiary'' does this to [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} Yuno]]]] after [[spoiler: she drugs him and chains him up in an abandoned hotel for a week when he slaps her across the face and tells her to go to hell. Though technically, Yuno's intentions weren't exactly [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]]... [[LoveMakesYouCrazy from her point of view, anyway]]]].
52	* Sakon Daimaru from ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' had his life and mental sanity ruined by his elder brother Ryuugo, who even yelled at him for losing his battle against Gama. This prompts Sakon to go insane and snap Ryuugo's spine as soon as he turns around.
53	* ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'':
54	** After beating up Makoto and forcing him to [[spoiler:betray Eikichi]], Makoto hits [[spoiler:Saejima]] in the head with a shovel.
55	** Asakura originally asked Okubo to help him defeat the Onibaku, but after he demands a million yen and Asakura's girlfriend Natsumi (and he and his friends take turns raping her), Asakura can't stand by when he sees Okubo and his gang beating Eikichi to death.
56	* In ''Manga/HaouAiren'', a boy named [[spoiler: Kaafai]] is ForcedToWatch as [[spoiler: the FetishizedAbuser lead, Hakuron, rapes his girlfriend Kurumi, whom Kaafai had befriended few hours ago.]] Guess who [[spoiler:becomes a police officer]] and [[spoiler: '''shoots Hakuron dead''']] at the end of the series?
57	* ''Manga/HappyKanakosKillerLife'': While she was unwilling to, Kanako shoots her former boss and made it look like an accident.
58	* In ''Anime/JackAndTheBeanstalk1974'', throughout the movie the witch Hecuba insulted and abused her son, the giant Tulip. Eventually he had enough; when she told him to finish Jack and Margaret, he chose to kill her instead, by stepping on her.
59	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': [[spoiler:Satsuki stabs her mother [[BigBad Ragyo]] through the chest and announces a rebellion against COVERS in episode 17. A large part of Satsuki's hatred was caused by Ragyo killing her father and, some years prior, then using her baby sister as a guinea pig for Life Fiber experiments, ''then'' dumping said baby sister down a garbage chute -- not to mention all the ''very'' creepy molestation she'd been subjecting Satsuki to since she was just a little girl]]. For bonus points, Satsuki is usually stoic, barely emoting outside of being annoyed and smirking, but, when she does the aforementioned, she makes no attempt at hiding her UnstoppableRage.
60	* In the final episodes of ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' (Brought to the US as a DVD movie titled ''Fright To the Finish''), when Dedede meets the Holy Nightmare salesguy, the first thing he does (besides [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller comment on Salesguy's height]]) is force-feed him a spoonful of Kawasaki's [[LethalChef awful cooking]].
61	-->'''Salesguy:''' ''(Washing his mouth out)'' That was completely disgusting!\
62	'''Escargo(o)n:''' Now you know how ''we'' feel about ''you!''
63	* ''[[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004 Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Plus]]'': Shadow Link breaks the Dark Mirror, killing Vaati, but also [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing his own life]], to save Zelda and the other Links.
64	-->'''Shadow:''' I came out of the Dark Mirror, and with its power woke you. How fitting that I use it to destroy us both!
65	* In the seventh volume of ''Mekko Rarekko,'' [[spoiler: Buchi becomes Amanuma's SexSlave when Amanuma, a real {{Jerkass}} convinces him [[NotSoDifferentRemark that he's no different from Taishou]], his best friend who is also Amanuma's sex slave. Amanuma tortures Buchi and Taishou a lot but he is much crueler towards Taishou. When Buchi can't stand seeing Taishou tortured anymore, he tackles Amanuma and when he sees his smartphone, he stomps on it until it's destroyed.]] It also doubles as a literal TheDogBitesBack moment since every character in Mekko Rarekko is a dog (A {{Kemono}} dog.)
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69	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
70	** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[PresidentEvil Chairman Patrick Zala]] tries firing the [[KillSat GENESIS]] on Earth so he can [[FinalSolution wipe out all the Natural humans on the planet]]. Ray Yuki, one of his underlings, tries to suggest that firing on Earth isn't necessary since the Earth Alliance Forces are in disarray because their leader, Muruta Azrael, is dead. That, and Patrick was intent on [[BadBoss firing through his own army with zero care for his soldiers]]. However, Patrick is determined to kill all the Naturals that he shoots Ray without provocation, and furiously demands that his men carry out his order. In response, a fatally-wounded Ray draws his own gun as Patrick is screaming at his subordinates to fire the GENESIS, and fatally shoots Patrick InTheBack.
71	** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', [[CuteAndPsycho Nena Trinity]] undergoes the transition from spoiled little sister princess to servant for [[SmugSnake Wang Liu Mei]] because she attacked Louise's family [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]], and her brothers were killed by Ali Al-Saachez. Wang Liu Mei decides to work for the people who killed Nena's brothers, so Nena [[spoiler: betrays her and later kills her]]. This is all rendered pointless though, because Louise [[spoiler: [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows up to beat the living crap out of her]]]].
72	* ''Anime/KazeNoShojoEmily'': Emily, twice.
73	** In the second episode, she doesn't let Ilse get away with bullying her and fights until they're both covered in mud and dirt.
74	** When she hears Rhoda gloat about how she frightened her to her GirlPosse, Emily marches straight up to them, ignores Rhoda acting sweet and innocent, and {{Bitch Slap}}s her.
75	* Subverted in ''Manga/{{Monster}}''. Johann didn't need help to be a monster and he didn't care enough about his creators to take revenge. He kills them anyway.
76	* In ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'', a few cases happen.
77	** Buhpu, having killed [[spoiler:Ivy Cortlaw]] to manipulate [[spoiler:her brother Kid]] into fighting the MLS by making him think they had killed her, gets killed by the one he had manipulated when the truth comes to light.
78	** In a similar case, [[spoiler:Teeki]] killed [[spoiler:Enchu's mother]], with the ultimate goal of [[spoiler:taking Enchu's body]], and Muhyo revealing the truth behind this results in [[spoiler:Enchu resisting Teeki's possession and enabling Muhyo and Roji to finish Teeki off]].
79	* The ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' film ''End of Evangelion'' has this happen between Asuka and Shinji. After an entire series of belittling him, mistreating him, and insulting him at every opportunity, in ''[=EoE=]'' Shinji finally snaps and [[spoiler:strangles the ever-loving crap out of Asuka]].
80	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
81	** The villain of the [=CP9=] saga, [[DirtyCoward Spandam]] has spent the entire arc beating Nico Robin mercilessly without any way for her to defend herself, as well as saying anything he can to break her spirit. Once she ends up breaking free, [[spoiler:she pins him down, smacks him in the face over and over, then finishes it off by snapping his spine nearly in two. This doesn't kill him, but it ends up making him suffer a FateWorseThanDeath due to him being crippled for life while the group of assassins he was the former boss of is out for his blood. For a while, though, as he eventually recovered and is now in the [=CP0=] but, ironically, two of said assassins are now ''his'' superiors.]]
82	** Trafalgar Law's entire plan, including his alliance with the Straw Hats, has been to get revenge on Donquixote Doflamingo for an event in their shared past that occurred thirteen years ago. [[spoiler: Doflamingo killed his own brother, Rocinante, who was Law's ParentalSubstitute and the man who pulled the {{Tykebomb}} Law back from the brink and found a cure for his incurable disease while ensuring the kid's escape from Doflamingo, who wanted to be Law's EvilMentor instead. Thus, Law's singular focus is to make sure Doflamingo dies no matter what, even if it means he has to die as well in the process.]] [[spoiler: Doflamingo doesn't die, but he '''is''' subjected to one of the series' most brutal BreakTheHaughty processes of the whole series, which more or less works anyway.]]
83	* ''Manga/Overlord2012'': One of the Workers is a proud slaveowner, who goes around with a trio of elf slaves he beats and rapes to keep in line who cast buff magic on him when ordered (and when one dies to enemy attack, his actions, or just malnutrition, he just gets a new one). When going up against Hamsuke, he ends up losing both hands and orders the elves to heal him... and suddenly, [[SlasherSmile they're looking a lot happier]]. When Hamsuke caves the bastard's head in, they're seen kicking the corpse, and are later spared death by Ainz, who lets them stay in Nazarick to help take care of Aura and Mare.
84	* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Blue really didn't appreciate being kidnapped and being forced to become someone's underling, so she swiped the AppliedPhlebotinum on her way out escaping, setting back the BigBad's (named the Mask of Ice) evil plot for several years, and actively looked for ways to take him down. Granted, she didn't deliver the finishing blow, but she was a big part of it nevertheless.
85	** In ''Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'', [[BigBad Kodai]] forces Zoroark to do his bidding by holding her beloved son hostage, and makes no attempts to treat her kindly, even recapturing her despite him not even needing her anymore. When she finally breaks out of confinement, she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and [[spoiler: brings his entire plan falling down on his head. In the manga adaptation, she ultimately kills him by [[DisneyVillainDeath sending him falling to his death]].]]
86	** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' likes doing this with the Fire type starters under Ash's care -- Charmander and Pignite blasted their abusive former trainers with Flamethrower, while Chimchar evolved all the way to Infernape after being released by Paul and was the lone Pokemon left on Ash's side at the end of the Sinnoh League battle.
87	** In the ''Manga/PokemonGoldenBoys'' manga, during Gold's encounter with Lapras, Black attempts to catch it...and decides to use Bayleef. Of course, Bayleef is defeated, [[spoiler:and Black, in a fit of rage, tells it "You're so weak. I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE!!" This results in Gold taking Bayleef in.]] Later, in the Burned Tower, [[spoiler:Black forces Gold to fight him using his weakened Haunter, taunting Gold when he hesitates in using Croconaw. Bayleef proceeds to angrily charge at Black and take Haunter out in a single blow.]]
88	* The ending of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' can be seen as this. [[spoiler:Kyubey]] doesn't ''directly'' hurt Madoka, but he sure doesn't hesitate to inflict horrible tragedy on her friends, with the intent of forcing her to [[spoiler:make a contract]] no matter how much her life gets screwed up in the process. His [[MoralEventHorizon over-the-top heartless abuse]] convinces Madoka, who had openly refused to given in for the entire series, to invoke LaserGuidedKarma on him [[spoiler:and his entire species, and ''the entire universe'' via contracting and then turning her wish into something that ''totally'' screws with the Magical Girl System led by Kyuubey, sacrificing herself in the process and then [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascending to pretty much god-hood]] to make sure that other prospect magical girls won't go through the same suffer.]]
89	** Shown again in ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]].'' [[spoiler:Kyubey's machinations end up causing Homura to gain godlike powers like Madoka... except she becomes the Devil to Madoka's God. And she has absolutely NO problem making Kyubey's life and that of his entire race a merry Hell. [[PetTheDog Everyone else is spared though.]] [[BittersweetEnding So to speak.]]]]
90	* All the [[BigBad main villains]] in the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' go out this way:
91	** Empress Janera from the original ''Anime/CombattlerV'' is assassinated by her general, the cyborg Warchimedes, after she tries to abandon him on the soon-to-be-destroyed Earth.
92	** In ''Anime/VoltesV'', Emperor Zambajil [[DirtyCoward bails on the final battle, leaving all his men to die]] but making sure to take [[{{Greed}} a big bag of gold with him]]. Unfortunately for him, his escape route takes him right bast his much-nicer and much-abused nephew Prince Heinel, who immediately realizes what's happening and tosses a knife into his loathed uncle's heart.
93	** In ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'', King Olban is gunned down by the noble Prince Richter after the latter finds out that Olban poisoned his father, the previous king, to gain the throne.
94	* In ''Manga/SakuraGari'', this is [[spoiler:Tomohiko Katsuragi]]'s perdition. The three persons whom he abused the most ([[spoiler: Masataka, Souma, and his own wife Asayo]]) are the ones who orchestrate the ''spectacular'' HumiliationConga that he suffers [[spoiler: and which finishes in a fiery KarmicDeath.]]
95	* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', [[spoiler:Crona stabs [[AmbiguousGender their]] mother, Medusa to death after all the nightmare-inducing experiments she ran on them.]] [[PlayingWithATrope Although that's a bit misleading.]] [[spoiler: They don't kill her because of how horrible she is, they did it because Medusa was suddenly acting like a real mother, such as cooking their favorite meal for them and apologizing for all the things she did, even ''hugging'' them. But Crona is so insane from the experiments and so shocked by this that they assume that this is an impostor.]] And in the end? [[spoiler:The last thing Medusa says in the chapter confirms that ''[[ThanatosGambit this was all part of her plan.]]'']]
96	* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' makes use of this trope to triumphant and horrifying results.
97	** Kureo Mado murders both of Hinami Fueguchi's parents, and engages in EvilGloating when showing her the weapons made from their bodies. (Plus he had done the same to her mom Ryoko before killing her) He forces the poor girl to watch him use these weapons to torture her CoolBigSis Touka, then mocks her over her grief and tries to kill them both. Hinami's [[CombatTentacles kagune]] manifest for the first time, maiming him while she screams at him to not use her parents to hurt people.
98	** After 10 days of [[ColdBloodedTorture brutal torture]], Kaneki gives into his despair and fully embraces his ghoul powers. He breaks free from his chains, and proceeds to beat his torturer Yamori within an inch of his life. After devouring his kagune to render him helpless, Kaneki [[CruelMercy leaves him to die]] at the hands of the [[HunterOfMonsters Ghoul Investigators]] currently invading the base. Not because he doesn't want Yamori dead, but because he's simply not worth Kaneki's time anymore.
99	** Subverted by Juuzou, when confronting his [[AbusiveParents abusive]] [[RaisedByOrcs "Mama"]], Big Madam. While his mission involves hunting her down, he reassures her that he doesn't hate her... and closes his eyes sadly while his squad finishes her off.
100	** Taking to a horrifying degree with Mutsuki, who [[spoiler: used an axe to murder his family after years of abuse from his father. After nearly a month being held prisoner by Saeki aka Torso, he snaps and tears the ghoul apart in a gruesome dose of LaserGuidedKarma]].
101	** [[spoiler: ''Torso'' himself was the biting dog at some point, when as a youngster he used his powers to murder his abusive father after he killed his OnlyFriend.]]
102	** Tatara probably should have restrained his KickTheDog tendencies to avoid this trope. Instead, it comes back to bite him in full force when [[spoiler: Takizawa betrays and kills him]] as revenge for [[spoiler: being maimed, kidnapped, experimented on, raped, tortured, and forced to serve Aogiri]].
103	** Tsuneyoshi Washuu's habit of [[ChildByRape siring]] Bastard children as servants comes back to bite him, with two of them ([[spoiler: Arima and Furuta]]) leading separate plots against him. While both conspired to destroy the Washuus and their organization, their goals and methods in biting back were very different: [[spoiler: Arima worked with Eto to create a revolution to free the world, while Furuta takes the direct route by murdering Tsuneyoshi and takes over the CCG, leading it down a path of open sadism and destruction]].
104	* This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] twice in ''Manga/TouhouSuzunaanForbiddenScrollery'':
105	** In Chapter 31, [[{{Tanuki}} Mamizou]] explains that while youkai have to make trouble for humans, they have to be careful not to actually hurt or kill anyone, lest they decide enough is enough and start seeking revenge.
106	** In Chapter 32, [[IntrepidReporter Aya]] takes a zero-sum approach by explaining to Marisa that the reason youkai oppress the human villagers is because they believe that should they ever gain power, or if a leader figure shows up there, [[BestServedCold they'd take the fight to the youkai.]] Either case would probably end Gensokyo's relative and precarious peace for good.
107	* Subverted in ''Manga/TowardTheTerra''. Keith Anyan is [[KickTheDog repeatedly abusive]] towards his subordinate Jonah Matsuka and informs him that once the war against the Mu is over, he'll be disposed of; he asks if Matsuka will kill him before that happens, apparently [[DeathSeeker deliberately trying]] to needle Matsuka into doing just that. Instead, Matsuka sacrifices his own life to save Keith's -- to Keith's considerable surprise and dismay.
108	* ''Anime/VividStrike'': When Rinne was sent to school she was bullied mercilessly by a trio of {{Rich\|Bitch}} {{Alpha Bitch}}es but resolved to tolerate their abuse in the hopes that they would eventually leave her alone. However after the three of them [[spoiler: damaged her grandfather's tiepin and knocked her out, [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye thus preventing her from seeing him again before he died]], Rinne returned to school the next day and performed an incredibly brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on all three of them.]]
109	* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': Kotaro tends to show little respect for [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Franchouchou]] with his MeanBoss antics. However, any time he goes too far, they aren't shy in hitting him back with equal or greater force.
110	** Saki throws a baseball back at him, crushing the bone in his thigh.
111	** Ai smacks him across the face with a ''[[BaguetteBeatdown baguette]]''.
112	** Saki smacks him around with a microphone he was shoving into Sakura's face.

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