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* ''Literature/SolarPons'': In "The Adventure of the Troubled Magistrate", the killer murders several criminals they believe have escaped justice in ways that mirror their crimes.
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** Dexter occasionally indulges in this behaviour. The pedophile Serial Killer is confronted with the corpses of his victims before being killed, the serial drunk driver is presented with a home movie of his latest victim from the trial where he was found innocent, and generally, he uses pictures of their victims. He often picks a place of significance -- a boxing ring for a retired boxer, a room full of defunct gambling equipment for a gambler who pays off his debts by acting as an enforcer... and that drunk driver? To add to the poetry, he was offed in a closed-down liquor store.

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** [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]] occasionally indulges in this behaviour. The pedophile Serial Killer is confronted with the corpses of his victims before being killed, the serial drunk driver is presented with a home movie of his latest victim from the trial where he was found innocent, and generally, he uses pictures of their victims. He often picks a place of significance -- a boxing ring for a retired boxer, a room full of defunct gambling equipment for a gambler who pays off his debts by acting as an enforcer... and that drunk driver? To add to the poetry, he was offed in a closed-down liquor store.
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* ''Film/{{Valentine}}'': Jeremy Melton, the Cupid-faced killer, targets several women who [[FalseRapeAccusation framed him for sexual assault]] years ago, and his murders reflect the way they insulted him years ago. [[spoiler:The first, who said "In your dreams!" is killed lying prone, the second, who said "Ew!" is sent a box of maggot-infested chocolate then shot multiple times falling into a dumpster, the third, who said "I'd rather be boiled alive!" is [[ElectrifiedBathtub electrocuted in a hot tub]], the fourth, who said "Maybe later", is [[PetTheDog spared]] because she [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe didn't insult him]] and wasn't in on the FrameUp job, and the fifth, who made the initial accusation "Jeremy attacked me!", is framed for the killing spree.]]

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* ''Film/{{Valentine}}'': Jeremy Melton, the Cupid-faced killer, targets several women who [[FalseRapeAccusation framed him for sexual assault]] years ago, and his murders reflect the way they insulted him years ago. [[spoiler:The first, who said "In your dreams!" is killed lying prone, the second, who said "Ew!" is sent a box of maggot-infested chocolate then shot multiple times falling into a dumpster, the third, who said "I'd rather be boiled alive!" is [[ElectrifiedBathtub electrocuted in a hot tub]], the fourth, who said "Maybe later", is [[PetTheDog spared]] because she [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe didn't insult him]] and wasn't in on the FrameUp job, and the fifth, who made the initial accusation "Jeremy attacked me!", is [[LaserGuidedKarma framed for the killing spree.spree]].]]
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* Garrus from the ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' series spent his time between the first and second games [[VigilanteMan hunting down and killing criminals]] in delightfully poetic ways. He killed a saboteur by sabotaging his spacesuit, a drug dealer by giving him a lethal overdose of his own supply, a weapon smuggler with a smuggled weapon, and a {{Plaguemaster}} by... [[FingerPokeOfDoom coughing on him]] (he was a quarian).

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* Garrus from the ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series spent his time between the first and second games [[VigilanteMan hunting down and killing criminals]] in delightfully poetic ways. He killed a saboteur by sabotaging his spacesuit, a drug dealer by giving him a lethal overdose of his own supply, a weapon smuggler with a smuggled weapon, and a {{Plaguemaster}} by... [[FingerPokeOfDoom coughing on him]] (he was a quarian).
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* ''Film/{{Valentine}}'': Jeremy Melton, the Cupid-faced killer, targets several women who [[FalseRapeAccusation framed him for sexual assault]] years ago, and his murders reflect the way they insulted him years ago. [[spoiler:The first, who said "In your dreams!" is killed lying prone, the second, who said "Ew!" is sent a box of maggot-infested chocolate then shot multiple times falling into a dumpster, the third, who said "I'd rather be boiled alive!" is [[ElectrifiedBathtub electrocuted in a hot tub]], the fourth, who said "Maybe later", is [[PetTheDog spared]] because she [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe didn't insult him]] and wasn't in on the FrameUp job, and the fifth, who made the initial accusation "Jeremy attacked me!", is framed for the killing spree.]]
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Maria takes a moment to give her soon-to-be victims a line explaining ''why'' she considers the fates she's giving them "poetic."
** "Kowase, you have stolen something important to other people... that is why I will [[DrowningPit steal the oxygen from you]]."
** "Shikimi, you have led people down the path to their loneliness... that is why I will drop you into [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere a pit of that same despair]]."
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[[caption-width-right:350:Voted "Most Likely to Have Her Name in Lights"]]

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->''"The irony is that if you want to die you just have to stay where you are, but if you want to live, ''you'll have to cut yourself again.''"''
-->-- '''Jigsaw''' to Paul Leahy (a man whom he believes cuts his wrists for attention), ''Film/SawI''

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->''"The irony is that if you want to die you just have to stay where you are, but if you want to live, ''you'll have to cut yourself again.''"''
-->-- '''Jigsaw''' to Paul Leahy (a man whom he believes cuts his wrists for attention), ''Film/SawI''

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