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[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* \'\'Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures\'\': The last regular story arc introduced a wolf-man called Mokoshan, and one of the major characters, Ninjara, left the cast to join him and his tribe. Eventually the latter received her own, short-lived spin-off (unfinished due to the real life issues of the artist at time). It started with Mokoshan getting murdered, prompting Ninjara to seek revenge against the killers while also trying to take care of her and Mokoshan\'s daughter.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* In \'\'Film/BatmanBegins\'\', Henri Ducard claims the death of his wife is part of what led him to want to punish criminals with death and vengeance.
* In \'\'Film/TheDarkKnight\'\', Rachel Dawes\'s death serves as the catalyst for Harvey Dent to snap and get revenge on the Gotham police who didn\'t manage to save her, turning him into the villain Two-Face.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* In the first episode of \'\'Series/{{Alias}}\'\', the death of Sydney Bristow\'s fiance initially just causes her to take a lot of time off work. Unfortunately, her shady employers eventually decide she\'s becoming a liability and attempt to have her killed. This prompts her father to save her from a ProfessionalKiller and explain that her employers [[spoiler:are actually the bad guys. She spends the next few seasons nursing a virulent loathing for Arvin Sloane, her boss, and entire seasons later, she makes it clear that she will never forgive him for having her fiance killed.]]
* \'\'Series/{{Supernatural}}\'\': John Winchester originally started hunting so that he could get revenge on the demon who killed his wife. Over twenty years later in the pilot episode, his son Sam is at first very reluctant to get back into hunting until his soon-to-be fiance [[DisposableWoman (who lives only in this one episode)]] dies under very similar circumstances. [[spoiler:This turns out to be an InvokedTrope: the demon deliberately killed them both so that Sam would be drawn into hunting, making him stronger and thus a better servant for Lucifer.]]
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
*\'\'Disney/WreckItRalph\'\': Sgt. Calhoun being WidowedAtTheWedding is part of her DarkAndTroubledPast to drive her to kill all Cy-bugs.
* Heroic example in \'\'TigerAndBunny\'\', in that widower Kotetsu is inspired by his late wife to continue his work as a superhero, because he promised her that he would. This choice causes serious conflict with his daughter Kaede - who doesn\'t know what her father does - and later in the series [[spoiler: when Kotetsu\'s promise makes it even harder for him to face the prospect of giving up his heroics as \'Wild Tiger\' due to the gradual loss of his powers.]]
ZCE from CrusadingWidower:
Examples for this trope should explain:
* whom did the character lose,
* how did the loss motivate the character.
Remember, this trope is not about any action character who happens to be a widower.
Deleted the following ZCE:
* \'\'Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures\'\': The last regular story arc introduced a wolf-man called Mokoshan, and one of the major characters, Ninjara, left the cast to join him and his tribe. Eventually the latter received her own, short-lived spin-off (unfinished due to the real life issues of the artist at time). It started with Mokoshan getting murdered, prompting Ninjara to seek revenge against the killers while also trying to take care of her and Mokoshan\'s daughter.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* In \'\'Film/BatmanBegins\'\', Henri Ducard claims the death of his wife is part of what led him to want to punish criminals with death and vengeance.
* In \'\'Film/TheDarkKnight\'\', Rachel Dawes\'s death serves as the catalyst for Harvey Dent to snap and get revenge on the Gotham police who didn\'t manage to save her, turning him into the villain Two-Face.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* In the first episode of \'\'Series/{{Alias}}\'\', the death of Sydney Bristow\'s fiance initially just causes her to take a lot of time off work. Unfortunately, her shady employers eventually decide she\'s becoming a liability and attempt to have her killed. This prompts her father to save her from a ProfessionalKiller and explain that her employers [[spoiler:are actually the bad guys. She spends the next few seasons nursing a virulent loathing for Arvin Sloane, her boss, and entire seasons later, she makes it clear that she will never forgive him for having her fiance killed.]]
* \'\'Series/{{Supernatural}}\'\': John Winchester originally started hunting so that he could get revenge on the demon who killed his wife. Over twenty years later in the pilot episode, his son Sam is at first very reluctant to get back into hunting until his soon-to-be fiance [[DisposableWoman (who lives only in this one episode)]] dies under very similar circumstances. [[spoiler:This turns out to be an InvokedTrope: the demon deliberately killed them both so that Sam would be drawn into hunting, making him stronger and thus a better servant for Lucifer.]]
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
*\'\'Disney/WreckItRalph\'\': Sgt. Calhoun being WidowedAtTheWedding is part of her DarkAndTroubledPast to drive her to kill all Cy-bugs.
* Heroic example in \'\'TigerAndBunny\'\', in that widower Kotetsu is inspired by his late wife to continue his work as a superhero, because he promised her that he would. This choice causes serious conflict with his daughter Kaede - who doesn\'t know what her father does - and later in the series [[spoiler: when Kotetsu\'s promise makes it even harder for him to face the prospect of giving up his heroics as \'Wild Tiger\' due to the gradual loss of his powers.]]
ZCE from CrusadingWidower:
Examples for this trope should explain:
* whom did the character lose,
* how did the loss motivate the character.
Remember, this trope is not about any action character who happens to be a widower.
Deleted the following ZCE:
to:
