Line #24 TheDogBitesBack/ComicBooks


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6	Times where TheDogBitesBack in ComicBooks.
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9	* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': In the climax of the first series, [[BigBad Dark Opal]] is literally stabbed in the back by his adopted son Carnelian, whom he had abused in the previous chapters.
10	* Although he survived the attacks, half of Baron Zemo's career was summed up by this trope. You'd think he would've learned after the first few times. He was even attacked by the same abused henchman TWICE.
11	* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
12	** ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'': In "Monsters in the Closet", Batman discovers a secret lair where a mad scientist has been creating unnatural monsters. The scientist tries to shoot Batman, but the shot goes wide and breaks open the containment unit housing his creations, one of whom takes the opportunity to lethally express her displeasure of her treatment at his hands.
13	** ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyond'': This is Ghoul's ultimate fate: Electrocuted by Davis Dusk, who he had earlier helped rise FromNobodyToNightmare, after the latter [[HeelFaceDoorSlam tried and failed to adapt back into normal society]]. Ghoul's actions led directly to Dusk murdering his own father, being sent into super-max prison and basically ruining his own life, so this comeuppance was very deserved.
14	** In ''ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone'', Xa-Du convinces other PhantomZone inmates that he could get them out of the Zone if a sufficient number of them sacrificed their bodies to fuel his powered armor. However, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} gets Xa-Du to slip he never intended release anybody other than himself, and he does not even regard his minions as anything other than raw materials. When his surviving minions express their outrage over their treatment, Xa-Du dismisses them contemptuously... until he realizes he has been surrounded by a crowd of mad criminals.
15	--->'''First Mook:''' Lord Xadu. In your passion, you've returned to our native tongue. The crew finds your words...disturbing. There's much to answer for.\
16	'''Xa-Du:''' What?! I answer for nothing! My escape is the only thing that could give your mundane flesh meaning!\
17	'''Second Mook:''' We sacrificed our bodies in hopes of freedom. Your hope was a lie.\
18	'''Third Mook:''' But we're all criminals here. We're taking our sacrifices back-- piece by piece.
19	** "Nature," an issue of ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'', opens with Officers [[DirtyCop Munroe and Decarlo]] beating up Trigger, a corner drug dealer, when he is late with their regular cut. At the end of the issue, Trigger confirms who they are to Poison Ivy right before she kills them.
20	* ''ComicBook/BeastWarsUprising'': As the Resistance make their final push on [[AbusivePrecursors the Builder Assembly’s]] capital, the Assembly orders Hot Rod and his Micromasters to buy time for [[spoiler:[[TheHorde the Vehicons]]]] to arrive by pretty much acting as meat shields for the Assembly. Hot Rod, who has spent years trying to help and [[InternalReformist reform]] the Builders only to get nothing for it but mockery and abuse, [[LaserGuidedKarma tells them to piss off and then orders a full retreat, leaving the Builders to their fate]]. [[spoiler:Doing so saves both his life and the lives of his men, getting them out of the way before the Vehicons betray the Assembly and begin slaughtering their way through the capital.]]
21	* ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'': In an issue that dealt with the Balkan Wars, an Albanian scientist [[HonorRelatedAbuse shoots his sister for disgracing the family by being raped]], and then, a few years later, clones her with all her memories intact (one of what was intended to be an army of clones for the Albanians to use to get revenge on the Macedonians). She, understandably, is pissed at him both for killing her and not allowing her to rest in peace after the worst experience of her life, and once Cable stops the scientists' plan and sends their base crashing down around them, she catches her brother in a back room and stabs the sorry guy to death.
22	* In ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', the Anti-Monitor destroyed Earth-Prime, homeworld of Superboy-Prime. In the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', Superboy-Prime joined Sinestro's group alongside the Anti-Monitor, but only as a means of getting revenge on the Anti-Monitor when the opportunity arose.
23	* When ComicBook/DeathsHead was hired by a group of rebels to assassinate an oppressive king, he discovers he was actually set up by the King and expected to die in an ambush. Instead, Death's Head proceeds to kill the palace guards and the King -- completing the original contract.
24	* In ''ComicBook/EightBillionGenies'', Bernie Haysmith is an unabashed criminal and corporate scumbag who blackmailed Wang Zhang into committing corporate espionage. When Wang realizes that this blackmail is meaningless now that the world has been forever changed by the genies, Wang crushes the flash drive and prepares to leave in disgust. In response, Bernie attempts to wish Wang dead, only for Wang to react first and shoot an energy blast at Bernie's head. That said, the reader would be hard-pressed to feel sympathy for such a [[HateSink despicable man]].
25	* ''Franchise/GIJoe'':
26	** In the comics, Destro remarks that the Inuit mercenary Kwinn once told him something along these lines: "A man who whips his dogs will one day pull his own sled." In this case Destro was literally talking about treating a dog kindly to avoid strife.
27	** One issue covered a dogfight between ''Cobra'' and ''GI Joe'' pilots, starting from how they treated their respective mechanics before take-off. You ''really'' don't want to alienate the guy whose job it is to make sure your very complicated war-plane is in perfect working order.
28	* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'': The players constantly abuse and exploit the NPC's with whom their characters deal. The inevitable backstab never seems to teach them a lesson.
29	* ''ComicBook/LockeAndKey'': [[TheDragon Sam Lesser]] attempts this with [[BigBad Dodge]]. [[spoiler: Key word: [[KilledOffForReal attempts.]]]]
30	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'':
31	** Skurge's been treated as a joke by his allies and lover, and ultimately regarded as no more than a dumb brute who occasionally fills in as the VillainOfTheWeek for Thor. Then he snaps. He knocks out Thor before he can make a last stand to let his friends flee Hel, and opts to stand in Thor's place. His reason?
32	--->'''Skurge:''' They made a fool of me, Balder. They laughed at me. Hela, Mordonna, even the enchantress I love. They all laughed at me. Except you, Balder. Balder is too kind to laugh at Skurge. But whenever they laugh, I hurt inside. Maybe I die a little. Now, I think I am dead already...so I will stay behind and [[YouShallNotPass the last laugh will be mine.]]
33	** His dying words: "Come and get it, demons! 'Tis Skurge's last laugh!" He howls this as shell casings are flying past his face, [[GunsAkimbo twin M-16's blazing]] at a limitless horde of skeletal warriors, and then spends his [[DyingMomentOfAwesome final moment]] with a quote that neatly summarizes how badly his 'friends' screwed up by treating him as the easily-swayed muscle of the group.
34	---> "And though the Executioner stands alone, and the hordes of Hel seem numberless, not one sets foot upon the bridge across the River Gjoll."
35	* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
36	** In the second arc of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'', Spike gets kicked by the Nightmare Forces, and in the end it is he who deals the final blow to destroying the evil force (and releasing Rarity from its control).
37	** In one G1 comic, Applejack (going to seek help in becoming less of a WalkingDisasterArea), gets captured by an evil wizard who tries to enslave her. [[https://derpibooru.org/446450 It doesn't end well for him]].
38	* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'': Vancd Astrovik suffered years of abuse from his father before finally biting back. Given his character, it comes as no surprise that he takes being sent to prison as his due.
39	* ''ComicBook/RedSonja'':
40	** In "The Art of Blood and Fire", Kalayah the Beastmaster's assistant Rat unleashes all the animals he's abused on him at once.
41	** Another example in an earlier arc saw an evil king murders his adversary and take his wife as a personal slave; she uses the same poison in his wine.
42	* ''ComicBook/RickAndMortyOni'': Doofus Jerry could be seen as this, since it means there's at least one Jerry that can take Rick down a peg.
43	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
44	** In Issue 50, Dr. Robotnik had created an "Ultimate Annihilator" that would cause the universe to cease to exist for a billionth of a second, then to spring back into existence, minus Sonic and his friends. Snively seizes the opportunity to be rid of his oppressor and reprograms the machine to annihilate Robotnik instead.
45	** Averted in an issue of ''Sonic Universe'' - tired of Dr. Eggman's lunacy, Snivley bails on the mad doctor and attempts to squash him once and for all. Instead, Eggman wins and, as a side effect, ''strengthens'' his hold on many of his captives.
46	* Trachta is by no means a minion, but in ''Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison 3'', we learn that a rogue Jedi Padawan was responsible for his loss of eyes, his loss of limbs, and his being confined to a respirator. When he finds out the rogue Jedi was onboard the Prism and located his cell, his immediate action is to visit the cell and exact revenge by beating the Jedi to a bloody pulp with his cybernetic limbs, even stating that Thom and Vader seal the cell and leave without him, as he's not going to be back for several hours.
47	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': When Spidey faces Morlun, an enemy who has been sustaining his near-immortality for centuries by feeding on the life energy of people who have totemistic relationships with animals, and when he finally has him on the ropes, it's unclear whether he's about to cross the killing line, but the issue is quickly resolved when Dex, Morlun's Renfield-style cowardly, put-upon assistant, puts a bullet in him and leaves singing "ding dong, the witch is dead."
48	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
49	** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', [[spoiler:Mr. Mxyzptlk]] spends one whole year making ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s life Hell as part of a plan to seize infinite power... which Supergirl claims before he can do so. Cue beat-down.
50	** In the beginning of "ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton", a crime lord is killed off by the same dancers whom he used to mistreat.
51	** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': Kryptonian criminals Az-Rel and Nadira take advantage of General Zod and Faora being distracted to take revenge for their mistreatment. Nadira's psychic attack causes Zod to crash into a truck, and Az-Rel flames burn Faora's face.
52	--->'''Nadira:''' ''"The General and Faora are having a tantrum."''\
53	'''Az-Rel:''' ''"Something must have upset their grand plan."''\
54	'''Nadira:''' ''"Why should we care?"''\
55	'''Az-Rel:''' ''"Because now we can repay their treatment of us."''
56	** "ComicBook/SupermanAndSpiderMan": Despite Parasite being crucial to his scheme's success, Doctor Doom openly and contemptuously treats his so-called ally as a dumb slave who needs a blast to the chest to learn who his master is. Parasite pretends to obey meekly, as inwardly swearing that Doom will pay for this humiliation...which he does when he uses Spider-Man's stolen strength to slam Doom into a wall.
57	** In ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan'', [[spoiler: when Matt shows up at the baseball game, Tommy, Roberta, and even Chuck stand up to him and start hitting him. It's not enough to beat him and he nearly shoots them all, but it is enough to keep him from killing anybody until Superman shows up.]]
58	* The very second ''Greyshirt'' story in ''ComicBook/TomorrowStories'' concerns Sonny, the put-upon caretaker of infamous mob boss "Spats" Katz' apartment building. Forced to turn a blind eye to Spats' actions and weather his constant browbeating and abuse ever since he was a boy, Sonny finally ended it by pushing the wheelchair-bound Spats out of the top floor window -- saving Greyshirt's life in the process.
59	* Throughout the early issues of ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', ComicBook/{{Magneto}} is an AbusiveDad who frequently demeans his son ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}. During the finale of the first major story arc, Quicksilver uses his SuperSpeed to remove his father's telepathy-blocking helmet, allowing ComicBook/ProfessorX to finish him off.
60	-->'''Quicksilver:''' That's what happens when you treat someone like dirt beneath your fingernails for their entire life, father.
61	* During ''[[ComicBook/EarthX Universe X]]'', it's revealed that the [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Terrigen Mists]] ended up transforming ComicBook/{{Magneto}} and the Toad, swapping their powers. As a result, Toad makes Erik's life a living hell for all of the hell he put him through.
62	* In the original ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' (not TheMovie), Mr. Almond's wife, Rose, originally securely within the party, gets royally screwed over by them after Almond's death, and eventually after much suffering and degradation, is the one who actually kills the fascist despot BigBad.
63	** V implies that he had somehow planned this since the beginning, stating in the third act that he already had "a special [[MeaningfulName rose]]" picked out for the head of state. [[spoiler:This is almost certainly linked to V hacking the FATE supercomputer which more or less runs the entire country. Through this hack V likely prevented Rosemary from getting the pension she should be due after her husband died, or some of the other troubles that befell her. (For example, in the background of a scene at a restaurant that otherwise focuses on another character, Rosemary can be seen being told that her credit card has been declined, despite her bewildered protests that it should have plenty of credit available. That’s another example of how V having access to the country’s major computer systems could contribute to her woes and gradual radicalization.)]]
64	** The film version also had a TheDogBitesBack moment as well. Namely, Creedy, after [[DubNameChange Adam Sutler]] made the big mistake of chewing him out, agreed to deliver Sutler to V. In the ending, Sutler is pretty much soiling his pants, so to speak, upon being delivered to V, and Creedy shoots Sutler, only remarking disgust at his fear. Creedy and his men soon join him courtesy of V, who broke his end of the deal.
65	* In ''ComicBook/WarlordOfMars'', Salensus Oll [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty forces]] Dejah, Thuvia and Phaidor to serve in his RoyalHarem, the latter witnessing her father being personally murdered by him beforehand. The three are chained to him as his personal [[SexSlave concubines]], but when the good guys arrive to besiege his fortress, Oll is knocked down by an explosion that allows the women to grab some knives from his belt and viciously stab him to death.
66	* In ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'', the dog that bites back is a gorilla named Moe that a couple of hags magically compelled to kill someone. Naturally, he's Not Happy when he sees one of the hags threatening one of his zookeeper friends.
67	* ComicBook/{{X 23}} does this to the Facility which [[OppositeSexClone cloned her]] from ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} to be an assassin. Somewhat subverted that it's actually her biological mother who tells her to rebel and destroy the Facility. It's ''very'' clear Laura is also acting for herself and not just her mother's orders when you consider how she deals with Zander Rice: Sarah Kinney told her to kill him. But when she corners him, she puts up her claws and gives him a truly epic NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. She could have ''easily'' killed him instantly, but once she disabled his gun she went after him with her ''bare hands'' as payback for everything he did to her. Laura then exaggerates this when you look at her mission clock and realize she's pounding on him '''''for ten fucking minutes'''''. Capped by Laura's parting BondOneLiner and IronicEcho as she leaves him to die:
68	-->'''Laura:''' Animal.
69	* In Creator/GrantMorrison's final issue of ''ComicBook/XMen'', this trope is used tragically. Jean Grey has triumphantly returned and purged the BigBad of the [[TheVirus sentient bacteria]] that was making him evil. Just as the former BigBad appears to be coming to his senses... his abused [[TheIgor Igor]] decapitates him.
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