History DisproportionateRetribution / Webcomics

** When Roy and Xykon first meet, Xykon comments on Roy's motivation for killing him;

*** Possibly {{Subverted}} in that case, considering that Xykon has murdered thousands of people for shits and giggles, so he's maybe not the best judge on what kind of response is "proportionate." Additionally, Roy's motives have evolved past this by now.

* As seen in the picture above from ''Webcomic/HeartCore'', [[BigBad Royce]] considers stealing a cake to be punishable by grand theft, something that he is willing to kill people over.

* ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'':
** Chris-Chan inflicts a horrible curse on the Jerkhief that results in the loss of the his family, home, and everything he owns -- for arresting him over... something. It was never properly explained.
** In Sonichu 10, AuthorAvatar Chris and Sonichu attack the 4-cent_garbage.com Tower with ThePowerOfRock which causes the building to collapse, killing 100 of its workers and injuring another 150. Chris-Chan's following dialogue makes it clear that he thinks they deserved it... for being trolls.
** A guy accidentally calls ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''s Meg Griffin a man. Chris-Chan gets upset. The guy accidentally calls him a woman. He punches the man in the face.
** Based on rather flimsy evidence, they linked Alec, Evan, Sean, and Mao to the murder of Simonla Rosechu. So what does AuthorAvatar Chris do? [[KangarooCourt Have a show trial with an obviously biased judge]], order the four to be executed, and then kill them onscreen in the most brutal ways possible.

** In her [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earlier, more predatory days]], Lorenda ''[[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_108.php eats]]'' a couple of door-to-door salesmen for... well, [[AcceptableProfessionalTargets being door-to-door salesmen]].

[[quoteright:250:[[Webcomic/{{Heartcore}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grand_theft_2_423.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[-Did we mention that he puts this [[PokeThePoodle "crime fit for the death penalty"]] on the same level as treason, bribery and vandalism of priceless art?-] ]]

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': When [[AuthorAvatar Dan]] [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/2010-02-03 visits]] a furniture store solely to obtain a catalog with dimensions listed that he could use as a drawing reference, the store owner immediately figures out what Dan's there for and [[AngryGuardDog sics]] living ottomans with teeth on him instead of just asking him to leave.
** In the Dan in the MUD storyline, Dan [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/2005-07-01 gets revenge]] on a bard who seduced her[[note]]Dan plays as a female in this instance[[/note]] by hitting him with a KamehameHadoken strong enough to obliterate the bard and toast a dragon with the splash damage.

* This is how [[Webcomic/DriveDaveKellet La Familia]] protect the secret of the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Ring Drive]]. MegaCorp steals a ship? Send half an armada to destroy their shipyards until they give it back. They try it again later? Raze their HQ. Two officers lock themselves inside the drive? Order the captain of the ship to fly it into a star. Thieves steal the plans? Eject them into space. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Naked.]]

*** Possibly {{Subverted}} in that case, considering that Xykon has murdered thousands of people for shits and giggles, so he's maybe not the best judge on what kind of response is "proportionate."

* Altair's plan for the destruction of Hell in ''Webcomic/WhiteDarkLife'' is done simply because [[spoiler:[[HornyDevil Artemis]] fell in love with him. To do so he absorbs the souls of sinners that have been granted redemption after decades of torture so that he can eventually gain enough power to [[CessationOfExistence permanently erase Hell's entire existence]].]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'': [[SeriousBusiness Eternal Vengeance]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3830 for tripping.]] Y'know, cause [[WhatAnIdiot he wasn't looking where he was walking]].

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** It is also implied that a great number of these things are examples of kidding on the square; while they really do mean it, they also don't take it very seriously. Additionally, in some cases, such as Albanion, it is heavily implied that these things are done with ulterior motives - in the case of [[spoiler:Jyrras, it is outright stated that the bangles that he places on the inventor to signify his vendetta is basically a "do not touch" sign as far as other creatures are concerned, as no one wants to annoy a fae who has spent years, possibly decades or centuries plotting revenge. And in Jyrras' case the real reason for Albanion's vendetta was he owed Mab a favor and she wanted to keep him safe from all the creatures who wanted to stop his status quo-upsetting inventions, Albanion's state reason, refusing to accept a hug from Nutmeg, was just a pretext.]]

** In Act 6, the Alpha session Draconian Dignitary has - inspired by Jane's father - made wearing suits mandatory and failing to do so punishable by death.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'', the party discovers that Raul and Silvah are after the elves for revenge--Silvah because YouKilledMyFather, which is understandable. But Raul is there because the elves tricked him into thinking they would teach him their healing magic when they ''couldn't''.[[note]]it's noted to be incredibly rare even among themselves[[/note]] So he wants to sever the entire race, which would not only render them magicless and mortal, but result in the eventual disappearance of ''all'' magic because human magic comes from elven ancestry... all because they got him fired as Archmage. [[spoiler:It's implied that this is at least partly the result of his long-term use of dark magic.]]

** Chris-Chan inflicts a horrible curse on the Jerkhief that results in the loss of the his family, home, and everything he owns — for arresting him over... something. It was never properly explained.

* One mini-arc of ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'' was akin to the ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' story mentioned above, with Zig-Zag going around and getting revenge on internet trolls in humiliating and destructive ways, even sleeping with one's mom in a homage to that storyline. [[RealityEnsues She got hit with a ton of lawsuits and it was used as evidence against her in a court case]].

* This is how [[Webcomic/{{Drive}} La Familia]] protect the secret of the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Ring Drive]]. MegaCorp steals a ship? Send half an armada to destroy their shipyards until they give it back. They try it again later? Raze their HQ. Two officers lock themselves inside the drive? Order the captain of the ship to fly it into a star. Thieves steal the plans? Eject them into space. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Naked.]]

* Pretty much most of ''Natty Comics'' is built around this with Natty, her friend Honeycomb or her father reacting to anything even mildly offensive with extreme violence against the perpetrator.

** [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/have-you-ever/ "Stupid slow driver. Hope you get cancer."]]
** "God? Billy called me: "booger breather" today. [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/prayer-etiquette/ Please give him cancer.]]"
** This would also happen if [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/magneto-me/ the bug were Magneto]].

* Pretty much most of ''Webcomic/NattyComics'' is built around this with Natty, her friend Honeycomb or her father reacting to anything even mildly offensive with extreme violence against the perpetrator.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': When [[AuthorAvatar Dan]] [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/2010-02-03 visits]] a furniture store solely to obtain a catalog with dimensions listed that he could use as a drawing reference, the store owner immediately figures out what Dan's there for and [[AngryGuardDog sics]] living ottomans with teeth on him instead of just asking him to leave.
** In the Dan in the MUD storyline, Dan [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/2005-07-01 gets revenge]] on a bard who seduced her[[note]]Dan plays as a female in this instance[[/note]] by hitting him with a KamehameHadoken strong enough to obliterate the bard and toast a dragon with the splash damage.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': In the days of the Court's founding, the swordswoman Jeanne repeatedly rejected StalkerWithACrush and roboticist Diego. He responded by involving her in the Founders' plot to create a guardian for the Annan Waters [[spoiler:by creating an arrow device to kill her elf lover and transfix her, leading to her death by exposure and transformation into a spirit of unending sorrow and rage]].

--->'''Woman:''' ''[[FrickingLaserBeams Lens]]''.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': When [[AuthorAvatar Dan]] [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/2010-02-03 visits]] a furniture store solely to obtain a catalog with dimensions listed that he could use as a drawing reference, the store owner immediately figures out what Dan's there for and [[AngryGuardDog sicks]] living ottomans with teeth on him instead of just asking him to leave.

** At least Mab eventually got over it. Granted, she did things like run Nutmeg through the torso with a spear before she got over it, but to Fae that's barely a minor inconvenience.
** It is also implied that a great number of these things are examples of kidding on the square; while they really do mean it, they also don't take it very seriously. Additionally, in some cases, such as Albanion, it is heavily implied that these things are done with ulterior motives - in the case of [[spoiler:Jyrras, it is outright stated that the bangles that he places on the inventor to signify his vendetta is basically a "do not touch" sign as far as other creatures are concerned, as no one wants to annoy a fae who has spent years, possibly decades or centuries plotting revenge. The fact that many people die of old age (as opposed to other things) before the vendetta is acted upon may well indicate that such "vendettas" are often used for such a reason.]]

** The [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Obenn]] at one point decide to grind one of the protagonists into sausage because he was insufficiently polite during his interrogation.

--> So, let me get this straight. Your father spent his entire life looking for me over [[ButForMeItWasTuesday a largely inconsequential killing?]]...And he was too much of a loser to get the job done before croaking, so now you, [[WellDoneSonGuy Loser Jr.]], have taken up the task?...Y'know, I've destroyed entire towns and the most I got from the surviving families were a few snarky comments. You, sir, have a serious problem with overreaction.

** Tarquin is forgiving of his children, even though they both flat out have tried to ''kill'' him. EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and MoralMyopia. [[spoiler:Eventually, Tarquin gives Nale some proportionate retribution. After a lifetime of constantly undermining him and just after killing his best friend in [[DeaderThanDead an unrecoverable way]], Nale tells his father in no uncertain terms that he doesn't want anything from him. After verifying that is truly what he wants, Tarquin stabs Nale in the chest.]]