History BullyingADragon / VideoGames

* In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll Ace Attorney: Justice for All]]'', the final culprit, [[spoiler:Matt Engarde]], attempts to blackmail [[spoiler:Shelly de Killer, a professional assassin,]] using a video tape containing footage of them committing a murder. [[BlackmailBackfire This turns out horribly]], as [[spoiler:de Killer]] makes [[spoiler:Engarde]] his next target once Phoenix Wright informs [[spoiler:the assassin]] of the attempted blackmail.

*** Summarized rather well by a popular screenshot of a group of bandits with the caption "Hey, that guy over there just killed a dragon and [[YourSoulIsMine devoured its soul]]. Let's go rob him."

* In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII: The Frozen Trone'', [[GeneralRipper Grand Marshal Garrithos]] strikes an [[EnemyMine unholy alliance with the Forsaken]] in order to drive the Undead Scourge out of what remains of Lordaeron. When they succeed, he proceeds to tell the leaders of the Forsaken to piss off and get out of ''his'' city. Said leaders are an undead elf [[FourStarBadass who used to be a ranger-general]] and a former member of [[TheLegionsOfHell the Burning Legion]]. Naturally, [[KickTheSonOfABitch Sylvanas just tells Varimathras to get rid of the bastard, which he gladly obliges]].

* Hermes in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII''. By this point, Kratos has slaughtered several gods on his own, including in this game, and Hermes is running across the landscape, taunting Kratos. When Kratos inevitably catches up, the best Hermes can do is put up a WimpFight. It never seems to occur to Hermes not to taunt a warrior who had slain several of his brethren with relative ease.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'': Heimdall makes the same mistake as Hermes, being a cocky taunt-flinging little shit to both Kratos and Atreus. Of course, he doesn't know that [[spoiler: Kratos possesses the [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation Draupnir]] [[DelayedExplosion Spear]], and the second Kratos actually manages to bypass his CombatClairvoyance and hit him, he fully starts losing his composure. From then on, it's a CurbStompBattle for Kratos]].

* Hilariously subverted in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', where a random citizen in Caldeum tries to rob ''[[BarbarianHero the Barbarian]]''. The Barbarian's reaction is to ask him to get a closer look, then think again about what he is doing. Cue the would-be robber awkwardly backing off, saying he was just kidding.

** From ''Mass Effect 1'', there's Kaira Stirling, a biotic security guard on Noveria, who takes an instant dislike to Shepard the minute they step foot in the port, and figures it's a good idea to antagonise them even after they learn Shepard is a Spectre. Eventually, it can culminate in Stirling confronting Shepard after they've already mown down some other dirty cops, and trying to kill them. Doesn't matter if Shepard's party can include at least three other biotics, one of whom is a ''krogan battlemaster'', she's hell-bent on avenging her fellow dirty cops (who you already massacred en masse).

** From ''Mass Effect 1'', there's Kaira Stirling, a biotic security guard on Noveria, who takes an instant dislike to Shepard the minute they step foot in the port, and figures it's a good idea to antagonise them even after they learn Shepard is a Spectre. Eventually, it can culminate in Stirling confronting Shepard after they've already mown down some other dirty cops, and trying to kill them. Doesn't matter if Shepard's party can include at least three other biotics, one of whom is a ''krogan battlemaster'', she's hell-bent on picking a fight with them for no reason.

*** Amusingly, it's Dragons themselves who are the worst repeat-offenders when it comes to taking on the Dragonborn. Their SuicidalOverconfidence is justified, however, as it is an inherent part of their nature to try to dominate and conquer others. Of course, the Dragonborn's ability to permanently kill them by absorbing their souls hasn't particularly engendered any goodwill or reason why they wouldn't want to see them dead.

*** Special mention goes to Rochelle the Red, who decides to kidnap your spouse and hold him/her to ransom in the ''Hearthfire'' DLC — this being the Dragonborn, the one destined to essentially kill the Tamriellic BeastOfTheApocalypse. By the way, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge paying the ransom isn't an option]].

** ''Tri'' and ''3 Ultimate'' feature the Jaggi picking fights with large monsters, both in-game and in cutscenes. Most of the time, they quickly learn the hard way that they're TooDumbToLive.
** Also in ''3 Ultimate'', Kayamba is introduced in a cutscene where he tosses his boomerang at the weighted tail of a Duramboros, a very large monster. Upon waking up, the Duramboros turns around to see what disturbed its slumber, and then Kayamba runs for his life.

* [[TheDragon Araman]] chasing you down after the [[spoiler:battle on the Fugue Plane]] in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer''. [[SarcasmMode Sure! Singlehandedly attacking a party of four probably-30th-level characters is a]] ''[[SarcasmMode wonderful]]'' [[SarcasmMode idea!]]
** Oh, and this is [[spoiler:after you killed him once already]].

*** Arl Howe is probably the king of this trope, as well as DoNotTauntCthulhu. If you took the Human Noble origin, he brags to you about how he butchered your family, [[TooDumbToLive right before giving you the perfect excuse to slaughter him like a pig by attacking you.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'': Sure, [[BigBad Celia]], go ahead and piss off the emotionally volatile teenage boy with the capacity to become TheAntichrist and then [[StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred encourage him to kill you out of revenge]]. [[HoistByHerOwnPetard It's not like he'll go through with it...]] [[KarmicDeath right?]]

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'': Heimdall makes the same mistake as Hermes, being a cocky taunt-flinging little shit to both Kratos and Atreus. Of course, he doesn't know that [[spoiler: Kratos possesses the [[SpontanteousWeaponCreation Draupnir]] [[DelayedExplosion Spear]], and the second Kratos actually manages to bypass his CombatClairvoyance and hit him, he fully starts losing his composure. From then on, it's a CurbStompBattle for Kratos]].

** In the ''Mass Effect Redemption'' comic, some shuttle pilots try to get additional "[[AttemptedRape docking fees]]" from [[HotScientist Liara T'Soni]]. Liara, as it turns out, is a powerful asari biotic who works with Commander Shepard. Even if she didn't, ''all'' asari are biotics to varying degrees of strength. And they don't even need implants to use their powers. Those pilots should've known better.

*** Several NPCs will send the Dragonborn to perform a task they themselves know they cannot complete...then try to backstab and kill the person who was strong enough to do the exact thing they couldn't.

* An AI-controlled Donkey Kong in ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 2]]'' will repeatedly go for the Bowser Bomb in item games, because he apparently believes he can take on Bowser himself. But unless he has the most stars at the end of the game, he cannot. Expect him to lose coins as a result (Bowser takes his own turn on the board at the end of the turn in which the Bowser Bomb is won, with a triple dice block; he bankrupts any player he runs into on his turn).

* VideoGame/WatchDogs2 features this a lot, many missions are triggered by the antagonists taunting or harassing [=DedSec=], becomes more pronounced as the game progresses, even without prior street cred everyone who angers [=DedSec=] suffers humiliation at the hands of the group, so people should really learn. Special mention goes to the Bratva and Tezcas, who wind up in a total ''war'' with [=DedSec=] after [[spoiler:Marcus' kidnapping and near murder and Horatio's murder]] respectively.

*** Despite being well-known as the Champion of Kirkwall by Act III, the amount of people who try to murder the person who defeated [[spoiler:the Arishok]] ''in single-combat'' is particularly baffling, [[CurbStompBattle especially if Hawke is a Mage]].

* In the beginning of ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'', some low-ranking Dark Servicemen start taunting Sagi after he's overheard musing over the morality of the assignment. They apparently forgot that Sagi is both a spiriter and a talented swordsman. For extra WhatAnIdiot points, two of the servicemen start ''another'' fight with him ten minutes later — while Guillo is backing him up.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' has the Joker (who is pretty much a normal human) pushing Superman's (effectively a god in human form) buttons to the extreme by planting a nuclear bomb in Metropolis that would explode if Superman's wife, Lois Lane, dies. He achieves his goal by tricking Superman via fear gas that Lois was Doomsday, which got him to take Lois into outer space where she and her unborn child died instantly. Superman, wracked with guilt over the death of his wife, his unborn child, and the millions of citizens from the nuked Metropolis, goes after the Joker and can barely restrain himself from killing him. The Joker taunts Superman further by saying that maybe his next family won't blow up this time. This puts Superman over the edge, as he literally rips out Joker's heart and kills him. Why did the Joker even do all this? [[WhatAnIdiot Because he got tired of always losing to Batman and decided to pick on Superman instead.]] Of course, in the end, the Joker did what he intended: causing Superman to snap and break his ThouShallNotKill oath.