Anime & Manga
"Betraying a friend led to her death. It was a tragedy where another friend turned into a monster. The villa was finally released from its cold, tragic night. But be careful! If we get careless, then he might appear in our hearts again. That monster called...Revenge."
— Conan Edogawa, Case Closed
Films — Animated
"Vengeance blackens the soul, Bruce. I always feared you would become that which you fought against. You walk the edge of that abyss every night, but you haven't fallen in and I thank heaven for that. But Andrea fell into that pit years ago, and no one, not even you, could've pulled her back."
— Alfred to Bruce, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Films — Live-Action
Rachel Dawes: The DA couldn't understand why Judge Faden insisted on making the hearing public. Falcone paid him off to get Chill out in the open.
Bruce Wayne: Maybe I should be thanking him.
Rachel: You don't mean that.
Bruce: What if I do, Rachel? My parents deserved justice.
Rachel: You're not talking about justice. You're talking about revenge.
Bruce: Sometimes they're the same.
Rachel: No, they're never the same, Bruce. Justice is about harmony. Revenge is about you making yourself feel better.
Bruce Wayne: Maybe I should be thanking him.
Rachel: You don't mean that.
Bruce: What if I do, Rachel? My parents deserved justice.
Rachel: You're not talking about justice. You're talking about revenge.
Bruce: Sometimes they're the same.
Rachel: No, they're never the same, Bruce. Justice is about harmony. Revenge is about you making yourself feel better.
"The Chinese have a saying: 'Before setting off on revenge, you first dig two graves.'"
Live-Action TV
"What you talk about is not justice. What you talk of is revenge. It never ends. My boy is gone. (in Spanish) You gangsters and your "justice." You're all the same."
— Manuel Varga to Mike Ehrmantraut, Better Call Saul
Kramer? What are you gonna do when you find him? This has to be about justice. If this is gonna be about vengeance, you can do this by yourself.
— Joe West, The Flash (2014), "Enemy at the Gates"
Galadriel: I have pursued this foe since before the sunrise bloodied the sky. It would take longer than your lifetime even to speak the names of those they have taken from me. So letting it lie is not an option.
Halbrand: At last, a little honesty. If you want to murder Orcs and settle a score, that's your affair. But don't dress it up as heroism.
Halbrand: At last, a little honesty. If you want to murder Orcs and settle a score, that's your affair. But don't dress it up as heroism.
Video Games
"This path you walk... vengeance. You will find no peace. I know."
— Kratos to the Stranger, God of War (PS4)
"You have gone too far now. Don't you see?! Huh?! Don't you see that this... torture porn has gone too far?! Now what gives you the right to play God, in these people's lives?! What makes you so special then?! Huh?! You're sick! You're a sick fuck! Now what the hell have you done to them?! Huh?! What the hell have you done to them, you psychopath?! Psychopath!"
— Dr. Alan Hill to The Psycho, Until Dawn
Western Animation
Aang: Wait! Stop! I do understand. You're feeling unbelievable pain and rage. How do you think I felt about the sandbenders when they stole Appa? How do you think I felt about the Fire Nation when I found out what happened to my people?
Zuko: She needs this, Aang. This is about getting closure and justice.
Aang: I don't think so. I think it's about getting revenge.
Katara: Fine, maybe it is! Maybe that's what I need! Maybe that's what he deserves!
Aang: Katara, you sound like Jet.
Katara: It's not the same! Jet attacked the innocent. This man, he's a monster.
Sokka: Katara, she was my mother, too, but I think Aang might be right.
Katara: Then you didn't love her the way I did!
Sokka: Katara!
Aang: The monks used to say that revenge is like a two-headed rat viper. While you watch your enemy go down, you're being poisoned yourself.
Zuko: She needs this, Aang. This is about getting closure and justice.
Aang: I don't think so. I think it's about getting revenge.
Katara: Fine, maybe it is! Maybe that's what I need! Maybe that's what he deserves!
Aang: Katara, you sound like Jet.
Katara: It's not the same! Jet attacked the innocent. This man, he's a monster.
Sokka: Katara, she was my mother, too, but I think Aang might be right.
Katara: Then you didn't love her the way I did!
Sokka: Katara!
Aang: The monks used to say that revenge is like a two-headed rat viper. While you watch your enemy go down, you're being poisoned yourself.
Freeze: It can't end this way... Vengeance...
Batman: No. Justice.
Batman: No. Justice.
Batman: There's a difference between justice and revenge!
Tornado Champion: The difference is that revenge is more efficient!
Batman: The difference is morality.
Tornado Champion: Morality?! I am above human morality!
Tornado Champion: The difference is that revenge is more efficient!
Batman: The difference is morality.
Tornado Champion: Morality?! I am above human morality!
— Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!"
