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->''"Do you remember me?"\\
"I killed your family"\\
"And now I am going to kill you too"''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': When Scar thinks that Simba is at his mercy, he tries to twist the knife by whispering: "''I'' killed Mufasa.".

* In ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'', Mandrake does not take kindly to [[spoiler:Dagda's death]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': When Scar thinks that Simba is at his mercy, he tries to twist the knife by whispering: "''I'' killed Mufasa.".
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', the one thing that can be considered worse than mentioning humans around King Triton is threatening any of his daughters--not that it does him much good when Ursula forces him to take Ariel's place in exchange for her not being transformed into a prawn in her collection.

-->'''Superman''': YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN MY MOTHER?!

--> '''[=McClane=]''': You should have heard your brother squeal when I broke his fuckin' neck!

---> '''[=McClane=]''': ''[Before offing BigBad Simon [[spoiler:Gruber]]]'' Say hello to your [[spoiler:brother]].

* The climax of ''Film/TianDi'' has the hero, Cheung, fighting one of the main villain Paul's EliteMooks. The mook managged to pin down Cheung, and Paul - the man responsible for killing Cheung's wife and all his friends - then uses the chance to mock Cheung about his dead spouse.

** This occurs in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', when Harry, upon meeting Voldemort for the first time, is taunted that he will die like his parents, that they died "Begging [[BigBad Voldemort]] for mercy." Not quite the same, but it gives Harry strength.

** While it seems Draco has had enough time to learn this by ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' he insults Harry's mother and Mrs. Weasley in one go while Harry is holding George back from attacking him. Predictably they both pummel him until Madame Hooch pulls them off. Of course this gets Harry, George ''and'' Fred, who was being held back by the more level-headed players, kicked off the Quidditch team so Draco was probably exploiting this trope to get exactly what he wanted.
** Twice in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'': [[TheDragon Bellatrix]] [[TooDumbToLive targeting]] [[MamaBear Molly Weasley]]'s daughter [[CuteWitch Ginny]] results in Molly joining the fight shouting: NOT MY DAUGHTER, [[PrecisionFStrike YOU BITCH!]]" Then Bellatrix taunts Molly ''again'' with [[spoiler: her son Fred's death]] while asking what would happen to the rest of the Weasley children after she's through with Molly. Molly responds with "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis You -- will -- never -- touch -- any -- of -- our -- children -- again!]]" before firing a spell [[spoiler: that causes Bellatrix to have a fatal heart failure.]]

->''"Do you remember me?"''
->''"I killed your family"''
->''"And now I am going to kill you too"''

-> [[YouRemindMeOfX You remind me of your mother.]] Now there was a woman with some spirit in her. [[YourMom A total whore, though.]] [[ReminiscingAboutYourVictims What fun I had]] [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied in the way that I killed her...]]

* Memorably used in ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'', except with less of the beatdown effect and instead just provoking Maximus's ImplacableMan. Commodus cements his MoralEventHorizon by casually bringing up Maximus' wife's gang-rape and the crucifixion of his son while Maximus is surrounded by the Praetorian Guards. The facial expressions of the Praetorians don't budge, but they allow Maximus to leave without Commodus' permission and give him a small nod of respect as he goes. [[spoiler:And then in the final DuelToTheDeath the Guards [[GiveMeASword refuse to give Commodus a sword]] after he gets disarmed by Maximus.]]

* Done deliberately in ''Film/ThePatriot''. During a negotiation between Martin's rebels and the British, DragonInChief British Colonel Tavington recognizes Martin, but isn't allowed to kill him because they're under a flag of truce. Tavington, who'd previously killed one of Martin's sons, tries to use the memory to goad him into breaking the truce.

** Carmilla pushes Dracula's button by openly asking [[EvilCannotComprehendGood why he didn't turn his wife Lisa if he really loved her]] and comparing the woman to a pet, and Dracula is ''simmering with rage''.

** Carmilla pushes Dracula's button by openly asking [[EvilCannotComprehendGood why he didn't turn his wife Lisa if he really loved]] her and comparing the woman to a pet, and Dracula is ''simmering with rage''.

** Carmilla pushes Dracula's button by openly asking why he didn't turn his wife Lisa if he really loved her and comparing the woman to a pet, and Dracula is ''simmering with rage''.

* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' story ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'':
** During one battle in Takron-Galtos, a Servant of Darkness is easily beating Ultra Boy and [[ComicBook/{{Valor}} Mon-El]]. Then he decides to blast their girlfriends Phantom Girl and Shadow Lass, and suddenly he finds himself getting all but ''cooked'' by two sets of eye-beams.
--->'''Mon-El:''' "Whatever you are, mister, you just made a major mistake. Those two ladies happen to be very dear to us-- and that means no more nice guy!"
** Lightning Lad wakes up from a coma to fry a Servant who is attacking Saturn Girl and ComicBook/CosmicBoy (his wife and oldest friend, respectively).
** Later, Wildfire is fighting another Servant of Darkness. Their beam-o-war seems to be evenly matched until the Servant gleefully expresses his intent to rape Wildfire's girlfriend after killing him. Wildfire blasts him into oblivion immediately.

* For both her parents and Chase, never bring up Gert's sad fate from ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. Chase gets violent. Her parents start a small-scale genocide.

* Evidently, contract killer Richard Leonard Kulinski, also known as "The Iceman" was extremely protective of his family. Between this, and the fact that he was, yanno, a hitman, people who threatened said family tended to disappear. Violently.

* ''LightNovel/BlackBullet'': If you value your life, ''don't'' harm a hair on Enju or Tina (or any Cursed Child, for the matter). You ''don't'' want to know what Rentaro will do to you.

-> [[YouRemindMeOfX You remind me of your mother.]] [[YouGotSpunk Now there was a woman with some spirit in her.]] [[YourMom A total whore, though.]] [[ReminiscingAboutYourVictims What fun I had]] [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied in the way that I killed her...]]

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': Several years before the story begins, [[VillainOfTheWeek J. Geil]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]] and murdered Polnareff's sister. This provoked the Frenchman into tracking him down and exacting his revenge. When he finally meets J. Geil, Geil [[KickTheDog taunts him about the encounter]] in order to provoke Polnareff.

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': [[spoiler:Nui Harime]] taunts Ryuko about killing her father in a completely nonchalant way, [[spoiler:as she has shown to have ''fun'' killing him.]]

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** When Danzo invokes Itachi's name, Sasuke's immediate reaction was to crush him into a fine paste. This starts a mostly one sided battle that leaves Danzo so beaten that he decides the only way to win is by [[TakingYouWithMe killing himself]].

* ''Manga/Naruto'':
** When Danzo invokes Itachi's name, Sasuke's immediate reaction was to crush him into a fine paste. This starts a mostly one sided battle that leaves Danzo so beaten that he decides the only way to win is by killing himself.

** In the Dressrosa arc, Diamante ''loves'' rubbing the fact that he killed Rebecca's mother in the young gladiator's face. Unlike most examples on this page, however, she is unable to fight back due to him being leagues more powerful and her promise to her mother not to hurt anyone. [[spoiler:When Rebecca's father Kyros turns out to be alive, Diamante plays the same card on him; [[LaserGuidedKarma and gets his ass handed to him for it]].]]

** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Darth Vader threatens to do something terrible to [[TheHero Luke Skywalker]]'s [[AndYourLittleDogToo sister Leia]] (either kill her or turn her to the [[TheDarkSide Dark Side]]). Luke reaches the RageBreakingPoint before Vader finishes his sentence, flies into an [[UnstoppableRage rage]], and [[CurbStompBattle defeats him]]. Cue WhatHaveIDone and an internal IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim.

** When Danzo invokes Itachi's name, Sasuke's immediate reaction was to crush him into a fine paste. This starts a mostly one sided battle that leaves so beaten that he decides the only way to win is by killing himself.