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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: After officially becoming The Punisher, Frank first goes after ComicBook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Venom}}, who are having a brawl in the sewers, complete with high jumps and leaps. Somewhat justified in that they're presumably in Manhattan, which has a famously elaborate underground tunnel network.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: After officially becoming The Punisher, Frank first goes after ComicBook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Venom}}, ComicBook/{{Venom}}, who are having a brawl in the sewers, complete with high jumps and leaps. Somewhat justified in that they're presumably in Manhattan, which has a famously elaborate underground tunnel network.



** The story ends in Hell's Kitchen, with the last fight of Punisher against Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}. Matt immediately notices the irony as the Punisher's identity is public - that although he did not know it, his crusade had not began in Central Park, but in Hell's Kitchen - but Frank doesn't until ''after'' he delivers the fatal blow and peels off Daredevil's mask to reveal the face of a man he had called a friend since childhood.

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** The story ends in Hell's Kitchen, with the last fight of Punisher against Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}.ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. Matt immediately notices the irony as the Punisher's identity is public - that although he did not know it, his crusade had not began in Central Park, but in Hell's Kitchen - but Frank doesn't until ''after'' he delivers the fatal blow and peels off Daredevil's mask to reveal the face of a man he had called a friend since childhood.



* DontYouDarePityMe: Comicbook/{{Cyclops}} said he was sorry that they had just killed Castle's wife and kids. Castle killed him.

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* DontYouDarePityMe: Comicbook/{{Cyclops}} ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} said he was sorry that they had just killed Castle's wife and kids. Castle killed him.



* HighVoltageDeath: Punisher kills Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} by throwing him to a transformer, which fries him to the bone.

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* HighVoltageDeath: Punisher kills Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} by throwing him to a transformer, which fries him to the bone.



* LeaveHimToMe: Punisher made sure that Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} was not among the mutants when they killed them all on the moon. He gave him three scars on the face at the beginning with his claws, and Frank wanted to take his revenge on him close and personal.

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* LeaveHimToMe: Punisher made sure that Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} was not among the mutants when they killed them all on the moon. He gave him three scars on the face at the beginning with his claws, and Frank wanted to take his revenge on him close and personal.



* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Frank is sentenced to life in jail "for the murder of several of this nation's greatest heroes - and the Comicbook/XMen Comicbook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} and ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics".

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Frank is sentenced to life in jail "for the murder of several of this nation's greatest heroes - and the Comicbook/XMen Comicbook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} ComicBook/XMen ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} and ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics".

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* BludgeonedToDeath: After blowing up Dr. Doom, Punisher finishes him off with a sledgehammer.



-->'''Daredevil''': ''Welcome home, Frank. Back where it all began, mm?''\\
'''Punisher''': ''Not for me. [[DeathByOriginStory It began for me way uptown in the park]], five years ago. [[ThatManIsDead Hell's Kitchen means nothing to me now]].''\\
'''Daredevil''': ''You're wrong, Frank. Maybe you've forgotten, but this '''is''' where it '''began.''' ''

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-->'''Daredevil''': ''Welcome -->'''Daredevil:''' Welcome home, Frank. Back where it all began, mm?''\\
'''Punisher''': ''Not
mm?\\
'''Punisher:''' Not
for me. [[DeathByOriginStory It began for me way uptown in the park]], five years ago. [[ThatManIsDead Hell's Kitchen means nothing to me now]].''\\
'''Daredevil''': ''You're
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'''Daredevil:''' You're
wrong, Frank. Maybe you've forgotten, but this '''is''' where it '''began.''' '''''



* DropTheHammer: After blowing up Dr. Doom, Punisher finishes him off with a sledgehammer.
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-->'''Bully''': ''That's [[TheDreaded Big Frank Castle]]! I ain't tangling with him!''\\
'''Young Frank''': ''[[BullyHunter I hate bullies]]. You don't hit 'em back they're just gonna keep hurting you, Matt. Only way to stop 'em.''\\
'''Young Matt''': ''My... My dad doesn't like me fighting. Says I gotta just ignore 'em.''\\
'''Young Frank''': ''He's '''wrong.''' You gotta get your own back.''

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-->'''Bully''': ''That's -->'''Bully:''' That's [[TheDreaded Big Frank Castle]]! I ain't tangling with him!''\\
him!\\
'''Young Frank''': ''[[BullyHunter Frank:''' [[BullyHunter I hate bullies]]. You don't hit 'em back they're just gonna keep hurting you, Matt. Only way to stop 'em.''\\
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'''Young Matt''': ''My...Matt:''' My... My dad doesn't like me fighting. Says I gotta just ignore 'em.''\\
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'''Young Frank''': ''He's Frank:''' He's '''wrong.''' You gotta get your own back.''

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I mean, some of them are mutilated and crippled.


* DisproportionateRetribution: The comic's premise in a nutshell. The Punisher kills every superhuman on Earth just because his family was accidentally killed by the Avengers and the X-Men and is hired to do this by an organization of people unintentionally injured by superheroes who are just too petty to let go of their grievances and consider that the heroes didn't harm them on purpose.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The comic's premise in a nutshell. The Punisher kills every superhuman on Earth just because his family was accidentally killed by the Avengers and the X-Men and is hired to do this by an organization of people unintentionally left injured in collateral damage by superheroes who are just too petty to let go of their grievances battles between superpowered beings. This includes characters like Spider-Man and consider that Daredevil even the comic admits haven't done anything wrong besides live in a world where other heroes didn't harm them on purpose.aren't careful to avoid hurting people.



* EvilVsEvil: Some of Frank's first targets are people like Kingpin and Doctor Doom, who admittedly hardly have clean hands themselves.



* IgnoredEpiphany: Throughout the comic, Frank Castle all-but admits that what he's doing is wrong and, in the grand scheme of things, pointless... and he keeps right on going anyway rather than rethink his life. He even tells Microchip in the end to go do "something worthwhile" with his life now that it's all but over, as if stating outright that what they did together wasn't.



* SuperheroParadox: In this world, seemingly, heroes hurt, kill, and maim innocent people as collateral damage all the time during their battles and don't care that much, sparking Frank's quest and granting him his sponsors.

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* SuperheroParadox: In this world, seemingly, heroes hurt, kill, and maim innocent people as collateral damage all the time during their battles and don't care that much, sparking Frank's quest and granting him his sponsors. Frank does kill plenty of supervillains too, but this is still a world where cosmic threats exist, so the other half of the paradox, what exactly the alternative is if supervillains ''do'' show up with no heroes to respond to them, goes unaddressed.



* VillainProtagonist: Since he is killing super''heroes'' as well, Punisher is this.

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* VillainProtagonist: Since he is killing super''heroes'' as well, Punisher is this.
this. He even admits multiple times that what he's doing isn't really worthwhile or right... [[DetrimentalDetermination but keeps going anyway rather than give up]].
* VillainousValor: Setting aside Frank himself, who is brave in the face of even terrible danger and challenges he overcomes with pure luck, some of the evil characters he takes out, like Kingpin and Doctor Doom, go down swinging. Kingpin even shrugs off a MoeGreeneSpecial while screaming "THAT WON'T SAVE YOU DEAD MAN!" and charging at him.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: After officially becoming The Punisher, Frank first goes after ComicBook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Venom}}, who are having a brawl in the sewers, complete with high jumps and leaps.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: After officially becoming The Punisher, Frank first goes after ComicBook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/{{Venom}}, who are having a brawl in the sewers, complete with high jumps and leaps. Somewhat justified in that they're presumably in Manhattan, which has a famously elaborate underground tunnel network.
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* MisplacedRetribution: And a perfect example of the SuperheroDilemma while we are at it. The Castle family was killed as collateral damage to an alien attack on Central Park. Frank decides only the superheroes of Earth deserve to die.

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* MisplacedRetribution: And a perfect example of the SuperheroDilemma SuperheroParadox while we are at it. The Castle family was killed as collateral damage to an alien attack on Central Park. Frank (from what we see through his on-screen actions) decides only the superheroes of Earth deserve to die.

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