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He\'s an enemy combatant trying to kill them and by extension, hinder their efforts to save the world. V isn\'t going to be winning any humanitarian awards (elftarin?), but it\'s not exactly out of nowhere.
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** Also, Vaarsuvius cruelly tortures a kobold who has shot Belkar's cat.
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** Not to mention that she is really only talked about seen in school or in areas like a park, so saying he is obsessed over her is also disproportionate.
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* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' had [[http://www.xkcd.com/396/ this strip]], where one character's response to [[MemeticMutation getting Rickrolled]] is to upload the cursed video from ''TheRing'' to Website/{{Youtube}}, where it's viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
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* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' had [[http://www.xkcd.com/396/ this strip]], where one character's response to [[MemeticMutation getting Rickrolled]] is to upload the cursed video from ''TheRing'' ''Film/TheRing'' to Website/{{Youtube}}, where it's viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
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** 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.
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* [[http://www.bloomingfaeries.com/?p=5 blooming faeries]] has some one accidentally urinate on a fairy. His punishment? After demanding a unreasonable amount of money the fairy cursed him with a permanent erection,an inability to speak without swearing and to be [[BreadEggsMilkSquick repeatedly raped by any woman he gets near]]
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** Black Hat Man has been seen doing ''[[http://www.xkcd.com/562/ this]]''. It's not disproportionate.
** There's also [[http://www.xkcd.com/169/ this]].
** Then there's [[http://www.xkcd.com/377/ this]], which BHG responds to by doing [[http://www.xkcd.com/405/ this]].
** There's also [[http://www.xkcd.com/169/ this]].
** Then there's [[http://www.xkcd.com/377/ this]], which BHG responds to by doing [[http://www.xkcd.com/405/ this]].
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** Black Hat Man Man, given his personality of doing JerkAss things ForTheEvulz, has been seen doing ''[[http://www.[[http://www.xkcd.com/562/ this]]''. It's not disproportionate.
** There's alsocutting a car in half because it was parked across two spaces,]] [[http://www.xkcd.com/169/ this]].
** Thencutting off a man's hand because he fell victim to bad communication and verbal trickery,]] and there's [[http://www.xkcd.com/377/ this]], the time where he got his signature black hat stolen]], which BHG he responds to by doing [[http://www.xkcd.com/405/ this]].crashing a Russian nuclear submarine through the the sheet of ice the thief and her friend are skating on.]]
** There's also
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*** Then again, Roy's motivation for going after Xykon is not so much the Blood Oath but the fact that Xykon is a very dangerous CompleteMonster whose actions threaten the lives of many innocents.
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** Whom are we kidding? Ansem Retort loves this. At [[spoiler:her bachelorette party]], Aerith gets so drunk she forgets that [[spoiler:she's marrying Axel]] and runs off with another guy. The response? Axel and Zexion HIJACK AND CRASH A PLANE INTO HIS HOUSE. A PLANE.
*** To be completely fair, they had already hijacked the plane earlier in the evening, before learning of the above event. Besides, they had to do SOMETHING with the plane.
** Another notable incident is Axel hanging Riku from a tree with a lei, in response to Riku making the "whipped" sound ("wapish!") after seeing Aerith tell Axel to take care of their luggage. In Axel's defense, he DID warn everyone that he would hang them with a flower necklace if they made the whip noise.
*** To be completely fair, they had already hijacked the plane earlier in the evening, before learning of the above event. Besides, they had to do SOMETHING with the plane.
** Another notable incident is Axel hanging Riku from a tree with a lei, in response to Riku making the "whipped" sound ("wapish!") after seeing Aerith tell Axel to take care of their luggage. In Axel's defense, he DID warn everyone that he would hang them with a flower necklace if they made the whip noise.
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** Whom are we kidding? Ansem Retort loves this. At [[spoiler:her bachelorette party]], Aerith gets so drunk she forgets that [[spoiler:she's marrying Axel]] and runs off with another guy. The response? Axel and Zexion HIJACK AND CRASH A PLANE INTO HIS HOUSE. A PLANE.
***PLANE. To be completely fair, they had already hijacked the plane earlier in the evening, before learning of the above event. Besides, they had to do SOMETHING with the plane.
**Another notable incident is Axel hanging Riku from a tree with a lei, in response to Riku making the "whipped" sound ("wapish!") after seeing Aerith tell Axel to take care of their luggage. In Axel's defense, he DID warn everyone that he would hang them with a flower necklace if they made the whip noise.
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* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' had [[http://www.xkcd.com/396/ this strip]], where one character's response to [[MemeticMutation getting Rickrolled]] is to upload the cursed video from ''TheRing'' to YouTube, where it's viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
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* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' had [[http://www.xkcd.com/396/ this strip]], where one character's response to [[MemeticMutation getting Rickrolled]] is to upload the cursed video from ''TheRing'' to YouTube, Website/{{Youtube}}, where it's viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
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** [[spoiler:Eridan's]] murderous rampage is partly fueled by Feferi's rejection of his matespritship advances.
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* In BittersweetCandyBowl, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Abbey]]'s anti-bullying goals and measures in chapter 62 were... [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c62/p10.html extreme]].
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* {{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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* Mab from ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' was exiled from the fae kingdom after her friend Nutmeg, as the acting queen, passed a law that no fae may have a fluffier tail than the queen (Fae laws are rather whimsical), and Mab refused to de-fluff for anyone. Nutmeg's husband, Albanion, has a tendency to swear vendettas on anyone, including a pair of girl scouts (for not having the peanut butter cookies). Fortunately, as fae have a short attention span and a long life span, the foolish mortal that is a target of said vendetta usually dies of old age before the Fae finally comes up with the perfect revenge.
** 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.
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* Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'': "The Linear Guild is practically synonymous with taking disproportionate revenge over quasi-imagined slights."
** Nale gets this from his father Tarquin. He gets a pair of bounty hunters sentenced to die in gladiatorial combat by screwing around with their paperwork. Although he did it because they tried to extort a large sum of gold out of the him (an extra 42,000 gold pieces, which amounts to 840 pounds of gold), they only did it because they were trying to keep up with the barrage of ''StarWars'' references that just occurred. Their "thermal detonator" was a can of soup, they immediately backed down when it was pointed out, and they flat out admitted that's the only reason they did it.
** Nale gets this from his father Tarquin. He gets a pair of bounty hunters sentenced to die in gladiatorial combat by screwing around with their paperwork. Although he did it because they tried to extort a large sum of gold out of the him (an extra 42,000 gold pieces, which amounts to 840 pounds of gold), they only did it because they were trying to keep up with the barrage of ''StarWars'' references that just occurred. Their "thermal detonator" was a can of soup, they immediately backed down when it was pointed out, and they flat out admitted that's the only reason they did it.
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** Earlier in the strip, Vaarsuvius killed a young black dragon. Recently that dragon's mother came back to inform V that she intends to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html avenge herself]] upon the elf.
*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and two children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save the childrens' souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and two children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save the childrens' souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
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* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' had [[http://www.xkcd.com/396/ this strip]], where one character's response to [[MemeticMutation getting Rickrolled]] is to upload the cursed video from ''TheRing'' to YouTube, where it's viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
** Black Hat Man has been seen doing ''[[http://www.xkcd.com/562/ this]]''. It's not disproportionate.
** There's also [[http://www.xkcd.com/169/ this]].
** Then there's [[http://www.xkcd.com/377/ this]], which BHG responds to by doing [[http://www.xkcd.com/405/ this]].
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Sarda's [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw quad-wielded bows: [[spoiler:All the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
** He wasn't aiming for the kid, though. Sarda just moved out of the way.
** As it turns out, his behavior toward the Light Warriors (except for Fighter) is entirely justified: [[spoiler:He's the Onion Kid.]]
** Black Hat Man has been seen doing ''[[http://www.xkcd.com/562/ this]]''. It's not disproportionate.
** There's also [[http://www.xkcd.com/169/ this]].
** Then there's [[http://www.xkcd.com/377/ this]], which BHG responds to by doing [[http://www.xkcd.com/405/ this]].
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Sarda's [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw quad-wielded bows: [[spoiler:All the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
** He wasn't aiming for the kid, though. Sarda just moved out of the way.
** As it turns out, his behavior toward the Light Warriors (except for Fighter) is entirely justified: [[spoiler:He's the Onion Kid.]]
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* ''VanVonHunter'' features a character who ''dedicates'' himself to this. His name is Vengeance Joe, and he is on a quest to slay Von Hunter for not introducing himself.
* In ''{{Out at Home}}'', Mim responds to Herman firing her (for spreading rumors about him) by vowing to murder him. She's [[http://www.out-at-home.com/archives/824 not very good at it]], though.
* ''TwoKinds'': Trace's wife dies from a poisoned arrow, he reacts to this by taking over his mage order, turning them from Jedi-like peacekeepers into an army of {{Knight Templar}}s and launching a campaign of genocide on the race of the guy who shot her. Granted, he did do most of this under the influence of [[PsychoSerum the dark mana]] he used to try and resurrect his wife, but still...
** His current girlfriend just got a minor flesh wound. His reaction? ''KILL EVERYTHING''
* Drew from ''{{MacHall}}'' has an... [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 Interesting response]] to insults being written on his flat's whiteboard.
* ''TheKennyChronicles'': "Kenny vs. Funky part 2" involves Funky kidnapping Kenny, stealing his collar (with his money and ID on it) and dropping him on the mainland; the reason, Kenny drew a picture of Funky's head on a pike. Later, Kenny's eye is temporarily injured by a (non-anthropomorphic) cat and Funky spreads rumors that he was responsible, so Kenny tries to ''kill him''.
** Though the reason why Kenny drew that picture in the first place is kind of an inversion, Funky took a video of him having sex in a dumpster.
* In ''{{Fans}}'', Robert's start of darkness is when... Alisin killed his pet fish. Keith, whose start of darkness was being physically and mentally violated by Alisin, is rather unimpressed. It is noted that Robert's real problem is an unwillingness to confront reality, to the point that he would value a fish so highly due to his inability to connect with anything else, but STILL.
* In ''AnsemRetort'', Darth Maul attacked Marluxia, complete with Force Lightning...all because Marluxia said mango-strawberry was a gay flavor.
** And one time Aerith attacked an airline pilot just because the in-flight movie was ''TheDevilWearsPrada''. Axel declared it the best honeymoon ever.
* In ''{{Out at Home}}'', Mim responds to Herman firing her (for spreading rumors about him) by vowing to murder him. She's [[http://www.out-at-home.com/archives/824 not very good at it]], though.
* ''TwoKinds'': Trace's wife dies from a poisoned arrow, he reacts to this by taking over his mage order, turning them from Jedi-like peacekeepers into an army of {{Knight Templar}}s and launching a campaign of genocide on the race of the guy who shot her. Granted, he did do most of this under the influence of [[PsychoSerum the dark mana]] he used to try and resurrect his wife, but still...
** His current girlfriend just got a minor flesh wound. His reaction? ''KILL EVERYTHING''
* Drew from ''{{MacHall}}'' has an... [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 Interesting response]] to insults being written on his flat's whiteboard.
* ''TheKennyChronicles'': "Kenny vs. Funky part 2" involves Funky kidnapping Kenny, stealing his collar (with his money and ID on it) and dropping him on the mainland; the reason, Kenny drew a picture of Funky's head on a pike. Later, Kenny's eye is temporarily injured by a (non-anthropomorphic) cat and Funky spreads rumors that he was responsible, so Kenny tries to ''kill him''.
** Though the reason why Kenny drew that picture in the first place is kind of an inversion, Funky took a video of him having sex in a dumpster.
* In ''{{Fans}}'', Robert's start of darkness is when... Alisin killed his pet fish. Keith, whose start of darkness was being physically and mentally violated by Alisin, is rather unimpressed. It is noted that Robert's real problem is an unwillingness to confront reality, to the point that he would value a fish so highly due to his inability to connect with anything else, but STILL.
* In ''AnsemRetort'', Darth Maul attacked Marluxia, complete with Force Lightning...all because Marluxia said mango-strawberry was a gay flavor.
** And one time Aerith attacked an airline pilot just because the in-flight movie was ''TheDevilWearsPrada''. Axel declared it the best honeymoon ever.
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* In [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=269 this]] ''Webcomic/VGCats'' strip, Leo spends the first half of the comic making lame jokes. Aeris' response is to go back in time and abort him out of existence.
* ''{{Jayden and Crusader}}'''s character Computer was called a slut by the titular character Jayden, leading Computer to [[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2010/02/22/page-149/ return wielding a laser gun]] to kill her
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', a dispute over a harlequin costume ends in blood.
** [[spoiler:After Aradia haunts her with creepy but harmless spirits for crippling Tavros, Vriska mindcontrols Sollux to KILL her.]]
* ''{{Jayden and Crusader}}'''s character Computer was called a slut by the titular character Jayden, leading Computer to [[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2010/02/22/page-149/ return wielding a laser gun]] to kill her
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', a dispute over a harlequin costume ends in blood.
** [[spoiler:After Aradia haunts her with creepy but harmless spirits for crippling Tavros, Vriska mindcontrols Sollux to KILL her.]]
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** Gamzee finally loses it after seeing the video for ICP's "Miracles", which he denounces as blasphemy. Dave apparently thought he'd like it.
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* In ''{{Sonichu}}'', a poorly disguised mashup of 4chan and Encyclopedia Dramatica make fun of the AuthorAvatar over the Internet. In response, he collapses their workplace, killing and injuring hundreds, and leaving hundreds more unaccounted for.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Bug}}'' loves this trope:
** [[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]].
* [[http://buttersafe.com/2010/04/13/house-of-cards/ This]] ''{{Buttersafe}}'' strip inverts this.
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ This]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip has Tycho threatening to enact this trope when Gabe tries to diss ''WarhammerOnline''. And boy, is it disproportionate.
** [[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]].
* [[http://buttersafe.com/2010/04/13/house-of-cards/ This]] ''{{Buttersafe}}'' strip inverts this.
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ This]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip has Tycho threatening to enact this trope when Gabe tries to diss ''WarhammerOnline''. And boy, is it disproportionate.
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* In BittersweetCandyBowl, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Abbey's]] anti-bullying goals and measures in chapter 62 were... [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c62/p10.html extreme]].
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* In BittersweetCandyBowl, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Abbey's]] Abbey]]'s anti-bullying goals and measures in chapter 62 were... [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c62/p10.html extreme]].
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* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Sarda's [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw [[BeyondTheImpossible quad-wielded bows]]: [[spoiler:All the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
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* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Sarda's [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw [[BeyondTheImpossible quad-wielded bows]]: bows: [[spoiler:All the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
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** Also, for having a not-yet-confirmed [[PuppyLove relationship]] long distance with Sandy, Mike was brutally beaten by Paulo and the Female Student Body for his friendship and [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] with Lucy in chapter 20. Twice. PlayedForLaughs.
** Also, for having a not-yet-confirmed [[PuppyLove relationship]] long distance with Sandy, Mike was brutally beaten by Paulo and the Female Student Body for his friendship and [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] with Lucy in chapter 20. Twice. PlayedForLaughs.
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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. 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.]]
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*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save the childrens' souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
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*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 two children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save the childrens' souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
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--> 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.
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--> 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.
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* [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Sarda]]'s [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw [[BeyondTheImpossible quad-wielded bows]]: [[spoiler: all the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
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* [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Sarda]]'s In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Sarda's [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw [[BeyondTheImpossible quad-wielded bows]]: [[spoiler: all [[spoiler:All the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
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* ''TheKennyChronicles'': Kenny vs. Funky part 2 involves Funky kidnapping Kenny, stealing his collar (with his money and ID on it) and dropping him on the mainland; the reason, Kenny drew a picture of his head on a pike. Later Kenny's eye is temporarily injured by a (non-anthropomorphic) cat and Funky spreads rumors that he was responsible, so Kenny tries to ''kill him''.
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* ''TheKennyChronicles'': Kenny "Kenny vs. Funky part 2 2" involves Funky kidnapping Kenny, stealing his collar (with his money and ID on it) and dropping him on the mainland; the reason, Kenny drew a picture of his Funky's head on a pike. Later Later, Kenny's eye is temporarily injured by a (non-anthropomorphic) cat and Funky spreads rumors that he was responsible, so Kenny tries to ''kill him''.
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** Who are we kidding? Ansem Retort loves this. At [[spoiler:her bachelorette party]] Aerith gets so drunk she forgets that [[spoiler:she's marrying Axel]] and runs off with another guy. The response? Axel and Zexion HIJACK AND CRASH A PLANE INTO HIS HOUSE. A PLANE.
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** Who Whom are we kidding? Ansem Retort loves this. At [[spoiler:her bachelorette party]] party]], Aerith gets so drunk she forgets that [[spoiler:she's marrying Axel]] and runs off with another guy. The response? Axel and Zexion HIJACK AND CRASH A PLANE INTO HIS HOUSE. A PLANE.
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* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', a dispute over a harlequin costume ends in blood.
** [[spoiler: After Aradia haunts her with creepy but harmless spirits for crippling Tavros, Vriska mindcontrols Sollux to KILL her.]]
*** In all fairness we don't actually know if the ghosts were harmless.
** [[spoiler: After Aradia haunts her with creepy but harmless spirits for crippling Tavros, Vriska mindcontrols Sollux to KILL her.]]
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* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', a dispute over a harlequin costume ends in blood.
**[[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After Aradia haunts her with creepy but harmless spirits for crippling Tavros, Vriska mindcontrols Sollux to KILL her.]]
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** "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.]]
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** This would also happen if [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/magneto-me/ the bug wereMagneto.]]Magneto]].
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* In GeneralProtectionFault, [[UnholyMatrimony Trudy and Trent]] apply for a job, and agree to let Trudy apply alone. Trent takes the application and fraudulently gets the job, but Trudy exposes him and gets it herself, while arranging for him to be arrested on trumped-up charges. Trent's own DisproportionateRetribution comes when he tries to frame Trudy for dropping a safe on Dwayne and expose her other safe droppings. Neither one is a very pleasant person, to say the least.
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* In GeneralProtectionFault, ''GeneralProtectionFault'', [[UnholyMatrimony Trudy and Trent]] apply for a job, and agree to let Trudy apply alone. Trent takes the application and fraudulently gets the job, but Trudy exposes him and gets it herself, while arranging for him to be arrested on trumped-up charges. Trent's own DisproportionateRetribution comes when he tries to frame Trudy for dropping a safe on Dwayne and expose her other safe droppings. Neither one is a very pleasant person, to say the least.
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* 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]].
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* This is how [[{{Webcomic/Drive}} [[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]].Naked.]]
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* ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]], [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2404 leaving a great impact on crime crates in Metropolis.]]
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* ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]], [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2404 leaving a great impact on crime crates rates in Metropolis.]]
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** Nale gets this from his father Tarquin. He gets a pair of bounty hunters sentenced to die in gladiatorial combat by screwing around with their paperwork. Although he did it because they tried to extort a large sum of gold out of the him (an extra 42,000 gold pieces, which amounts to 840 pounds of gold), they only did it because they were trying to keep up with the barrage of ''StarWars'' references that just occurred. Their "thermal detonator" was a can of soup, and they immediately backed down.
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** Nale gets this from his father Tarquin. He gets a pair of bounty hunters sentenced to die in gladiatorial combat by screwing around with their paperwork. Although he did it because they tried to extort a large sum of gold out of the him (an extra 42,000 gold pieces, which amounts to 840 pounds of gold), they only did it because they were trying to keep up with the barrage of ''StarWars'' references that just occurred. Their "thermal detonator" was a can of soup, and they immediately backed down.down when it was pointed out, and they flat out admitted that's the only reason they did it.
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** Gamzee finally loses it by seeing the video for ICP's "Miracles", which he denounces as blasphemy. Dave apparently thought he'd like it.
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** Gamzee finally loses it by after seeing the video for ICP's "Miracles", which he denounces as blasphemy. Dave apparently thought he'd like it.it.
** [[spoiler:Eridan's]] murderous rampage is partly fueled by Feferi's rejection of his matespritship advances.
*** Kanaya, who was [[spoiler:one of the casualties of]] the aforementioned murderous rampage, returns as a [[spoiler:Vampire rainbow drinker]] and singlehandedly takes out both [[spoiler:Gamzee and Eridan]]. Although this retribution might not be so disproportionate, seeing as both of them had [[spoiler:killed before]].
** [[spoiler:Eridan's]] murderous rampage is partly fueled by Feferi's rejection of his matespritship advances.
*** Kanaya, who was [[spoiler:one of the casualties of]] the aforementioned murderous rampage, returns as a [[spoiler:Vampire rainbow drinker]] and singlehandedly takes out both [[spoiler:Gamzee and Eridan]]. Although this retribution might not be so disproportionate, seeing as both of them had [[spoiler:killed before]].
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* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ This]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip has Tycho threatening to enact this trope when Gabe tries to diss ''WarhammerOnline''. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel And boy, is it disproportionate.]]
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* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ This]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip has Tycho threatening to enact this trope when Gabe tries to diss ''WarhammerOnline''. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel And boy, is it disproportionate.]]
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*** Strangely, Tarquin is actually quite forgiving of his children, even though they both flat out have tried to ''kill'' him.
**** [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Sons]]
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*** Strangely, Tarquin is actually quite forgiving of his children, even though they both flat out have tried to ''kill'' him.
**** [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Sons]]him. EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and MoralMyopia.
**** [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Sons]]
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** When chipmunks steal tomatoes from Torg's garden, he and Riff plot [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/111116 "Operation Orange Tomato"]], which involves plans to exterminate all chipmunks.
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** When chipmunks steal tomatoes from Torg's garden, he and Riff plot [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/111116 "Operation Orange Tomato"]], which involves plans to exterminate all chipmunks.chipmunks.
* In ''{{Erstwhile}}'', the bride opts for a BrideAndSwitch [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/maidmaleen-16/#.T296R9m6SuI because if anyone saw her, they would laugh, and then she would have to execute them]], which (she realizes) would be a bad start.
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** Earlier in the strip, Vaarsuvius killed a young black dragon. Recently that dragon's mother came back to inform V that she intends to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html avenge herself]] upon hir.
*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save hir children's souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save hir children's souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
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*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never savehir children's the childrens' souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save
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** When Roy and Xykon first meet, Xykon comments on Roy's motivation for killing him;
--> 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.
--> 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.
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**** And as Vaarsuvius ultimately found out, he did a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0842.html lot worse]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0843.html than THAT.]]
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* Mab from ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' was exiled from the fae kingdom after her friend Nutmeg, as the acting queen, passed a law that no fae may have a fluffier tail than the queen (Fae laws are rather whimsical), and Mab refused to de-fluff for anyone. Nutmeg's husband, Albanion, has a tendency to swear vendettas on anyone, including a pair of girl scouts (for not having the peanut butter cookies). Fortunately, as fae have a short attention span and a long life span, the foolish mortal that is a target of said vendetta usually dies of old age before the Fae finally comes up with the perfect revenge.
** 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.
* Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'': "The Linear Guild is practically synonymous with taking disproportionate revenge over quasi-imagined slights."
** Nale gets this from his father Tarquin. He gets a pair of bounty hunters sentenced to die in gladiatorial combat by screwing around with their paperwork. Although he did it because they tried to extort a large sum of gold out of the him (an extra 42,000 gold pieces, which amounts to 840 pounds of gold), they only did it because they were trying to keep up with the barrage of ''StarWars'' references that just occurred. Their "thermal detonator" was a can of soup, and they immediately backed down.
*** Strangely, Tarquin is actually quite forgiving of his children, even though they both flat out have tried to ''kill'' him.
** Earlier in the strip, Vaarsuvius killed a young black dragon. Recently that dragon's mother came back to inform V that she intends to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html avenge herself]] upon hir.
*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save hir children's souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
** Haley and Crystal's deadly feud started over a catty conversation where they each insulted the other's hair and boots respectively.
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' had [[http://www.xkcd.com/396/ this strip]], where one character's response to [[MemeticMutation getting Rickrolled]] is to upload the cursed video from ''TheRing'' to YouTube, where it's viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
** Black Hat Man has been seen doing ''[[http://www.xkcd.com/562/ this]]''. It's not disproportionate.
** There's also [[http://www.xkcd.com/169/ this]].
** Then there's [[http://www.xkcd.com/377/ this]], which BHG responds to by doing [[http://www.xkcd.com/405/ this]].
* [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Sarda]]'s [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw [[BeyondTheImpossible quad-wielded bows]]: [[spoiler: all the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
** He wasn't aiming for the kid, though. Sarda just moved out of the way.
** As it turns out, his behavior towards the Light Warriors (except for Fighter) is entirely justified: [[spoiler: He's the Onion Kid.]]
*** Still falls under this trope though. The Light Warriors never knew the harm they had caused the Onion Kid, and his idea of just revenge is to allow them to slaughter, torment, and torture their way up to high levels, just so he can have the fun of lowering them again. In some ways you can say he's more guilty of the atrocities than the Light Warriors, since he knew what they were doing and allowed it, while some of them were caused unknowingly by the Light Warriors.
* ''VanVonHunter'' features a character who ''dedicates'' himself to this. His name is Vengeance Joe, and he is on a quest to slay Von Hunter for not introducing himself.
* In ''{{Out at Home}}'', Mim responds to Herman firing her (for spreading rumors about him) by vowing to murder him. She's [[http://www.out-at-home.com/archives/824 not very good at it]], though.
* ''TwoKinds'': Trace's wife dies from a poisoned arrow, he reacts to this by taking over his mage order, turning them from Jedi-like peacekeepers into an army of {{Knight Templar}}s and launching a campaign of genocide on the race of the guy who shot her. Granted, he did do most of this under the influence of [[PsychoSerum the dark mana]] he used to try and resurrect his wife, but still...
** His current girlfriend just got a minor flesh wound his reaction? ''KILL EVERYTHING''
* Drew from ''{{MacHall}}'' has an... [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 Interesting response]] to insults being written on his flat's whiteboard.
* ''TheKennyChronicles'': Kenny vs. Funky part 2 involves Funky kidnapping Kenny, stealing his collar (with his money and ID on it) and dropping him on the mainland; the reason, Kenny drew a picture of his head on a pike. Later Kenny's eye is temporarily injured by a (non-anthropomorphic) cat and Funky spreads rumors that he was responsible, so Kenny tries to ''kill him''.
** Though the reason why Kenny drew that picture in the first place is kind of an inversion, Funky took a video of him having sex in a dumpster.
* In ''{{Fans}}'', Robert's start of darkness is when... Alisin killed his pet fish. Keith, whose start of darkness was being physically and mentally violated by Alisin, is rather unimpressed. It is noted that Robert's real problem is an unwillingness to confront reality, to the point that he would value a fish so highly due to his inability to connect with anything else, but STILL.
* In ''AnsemRetort'', Darth Maul attacked Marluxia, complete with Force Lightning...all because Marluxia said mango-strawberry was a gay flavor.
** And one time Aerith attacked an airline pilot just because the in-flight movie was ''TheDevilWearsPrada''. Axel declared it the best honeymoon ever.
** New and insanely disproportionate example: Axel and Zexion throw Riku in a volcano and nuke said volcano in an attempt to recreate the Scientology origin, trick him into creating mustard gas that burns off his flesh, and beat him with a sack of failed ideas for retribution. What did Riku do? He ''slapped them.'' And this was actually a ''good thing''. (Slapping them helped restore their memories of the original timeline.)
** Who are we kidding? Ansem Retort loves this. At [[spoiler:her bachelorette party]] Aerith gets so drunk she forgets that [[spoiler:she's marrying Axel]] and runs off with another guy. The response? Axel and Zexion HIJACK AND CRASH A PLANE INTO HIS HOUSE. A PLANE.
*** To be completely fair, they had already hijacked the plane earlier in the evening, before learning of the above event. Besides, they had to do SOMETHING with the plane.
** Another notable incident is Axel hanging Riku from a tree with a lei, in response to Riku making the "whipped" sound ("wapish!") after seeing Aerith tell Axel to take care of their luggage. In Axel's defense, he DID warn everyone that he would hang them with a flower necklace if they made the whip noise.
* In [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=269 this]] ''Webcomic/VGCats'' strip, Leo spends the first half of the comic making lame jokes. Aeris' response is to go back in time and abort him out of existence.
* ''{{Jayden and Crusader}}'''s character Computer was called a slut by the titular character Jayden, leading Computer to [[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2010/02/22/page-149/ return wielding a laser gun]] to kill her
* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', a dispute over a harlequin costume ends in blood.
** [[spoiler: After Aradia haunts her with creepy but harmless spirits for crippling Tavros, Vriska mindcontrols Sollux to KILL her.]]
** Gamzee finally loses it by seeing the video for ICP's "Miracles", which he denounces as blasphemy. Dave apparently thought he'd like it.
* In ''{{Sonichu}}'', a poorly disguised mashup of 4chan and Encyclopedia Dramatica make fun of the AuthorAvatar over the Internet. In response, he collapses their workplace, killing and injuring hundreds, and leaving hundreds more unaccounted for.
** The first instance was of a "Jerkop" who attempted to kick him out of a mall. In response, he fires a [[KamehameHadoken Curse-ye-ha-me-ha]] at the guy, destroying his life and family in the process.
* ''{{Webcomic/Bug}}'' loves this trope:
** [[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.]]
* [[http://buttersafe.com/2010/04/13/house-of-cards/ This]] ''{{Buttersafe}}'' strip inverts this.
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ This]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip has Tycho threatening to enact this trope when Gabe tries to diss ''WarhammerOnline''. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel And boy, is it disproportionate.]]
* In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', [[DepravedBisexual Zii]] responds to internet trolling by driving to the troll's house (who turns out to be just a little kid), [[YourMom sleeps with his mother]] who then announces that she's divorcing his father, all while rubbing it in his face. The fanbase is [[BrokenBase rather split]] over if this is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Zii or her MoralEventHorizon.
* In GeneralProtectionFault, [[UnholyMatrimony Trudy and Trent]] apply for a job, and agree to let Trudy apply alone. Trent takes the application and fraudulently gets the job, but Trudy exposes him and gets it herself, while arranging for him to be arrested on trumped-up charges. Trent's own DisproportionateRetribution comes when he tries to frame Trudy for dropping a safe on Dwayne and expose her other safe droppings. Neither one is a very pleasant person, to say the least.
* Vin Vulpen has a tendency to do this to Rudy in KevinAndKell, first contacting the Institute for Species Purity to report his teammates' unconventional lifestyles, resulting in the team getting death threats, and later pours prey pheromones on Rudy during a night hunting event, putting him in danger of being eaten by his own teammates, all largely the result of jealousy over Rudy taking his star status on the team and losing Fiona and Rhonda. After Angelique fires him from the Herd Thinners lab for making several mistakes, including blowing off her fake rat ears, he tries to frame Angelique and R.L. for fraud.
* Angelo ''blows an underling to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill atoms]]'' for criticizing Brian's meeting plans in [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0113.html this comic]] of ''OurLittleAdventure''. Brian was a bit upset over it, but got over it quickly.
* ''FruitIncest'' features an ancient dragon capable of summoning giant stormclouds employed by the police to retrieve a stolen cash register.
* 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]].
* In ''{{Superosity}}'', Jork's rival Hayseed faked the death of Jork's wife and wiped her memory...because Jork once insulted Hayseed's favorite tie. A tie which read "Jork Sucks".
* ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]], [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2404 leaving a great impact on crime crates in Metropolis.]]
* Bun-Bun from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' hates being bothered by telemarketers; the kind of hate that makes someone go on a ''KillBill'' style RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He'll respond to ''any'' slight with extreme savagery, though; telemarketers are just at the top of the list.
** Then there's the time Riff sics Bun-Bun on HarmlessVillain Minion Master because "he questioned my scienceness."
** When chipmunks steal tomatoes from Torg's garden, he and Riff plot [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/111116 "Operation Orange Tomato"]], which involves plans to exterminate all chipmunks.
** 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.
* Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'': "The Linear Guild is practically synonymous with taking disproportionate revenge over quasi-imagined slights."
** Nale gets this from his father Tarquin. He gets a pair of bounty hunters sentenced to die in gladiatorial combat by screwing around with their paperwork. Although he did it because they tried to extort a large sum of gold out of the him (an extra 42,000 gold pieces, which amounts to 840 pounds of gold), they only did it because they were trying to keep up with the barrage of ''StarWars'' references that just occurred. Their "thermal detonator" was a can of soup, and they immediately backed down.
*** Strangely, Tarquin is actually quite forgiving of his children, even though they both flat out have tried to ''kill'' him.
** Earlier in the strip, Vaarsuvius killed a young black dragon. Recently that dragon's mother came back to inform V that she intends to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html avenge herself]] upon hir.
*** Both Vaarsuvius and the dragon were engaging in disproportionate, escalating retribution. V killed the dragon's son. The dragon was going to kill V's entire immediate family (spouse and 2 children) before binding the children's souls to make resurrecting them or safe passage to the afterlife impossible, and leave that plane so V could never save hir children's souls or get revenge. V then killed the dragon, every dragon directly related to her, ''and'' every dragon related to those. By V's own figures, that was roughly one-quarter of the black dragons alive at the time.
** Haley and Crystal's deadly feud started over a catty conversation where they each insulted the other's hair and boots respectively.
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' had [[http://www.xkcd.com/396/ this strip]], where one character's response to [[MemeticMutation getting Rickrolled]] is to upload the cursed video from ''TheRing'' to YouTube, where it's viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
** Black Hat Man has been seen doing ''[[http://www.xkcd.com/562/ this]]''. It's not disproportionate.
** There's also [[http://www.xkcd.com/169/ this]].
** Then there's [[http://www.xkcd.com/377/ this]], which BHG responds to by doing [[http://www.xkcd.com/405/ this]].
* [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Sarda]]'s [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ revenge on Ranger]] for having the audacity to draw [[BeyondTheImpossible quad-wielded bows]]: [[spoiler: all the arrows are magically delivered to Ranger's unsuspecting wife]]. Difficult to say whether this event should also be considered CrossingTheLineTwice or LaserGuidedKarma, being as [[MoreDakka the outrageous number of arrows]] were flying toward [[InfantImmortality an innocent child]] at the time.
** He wasn't aiming for the kid, though. Sarda just moved out of the way.
** As it turns out, his behavior towards the Light Warriors (except for Fighter) is entirely justified: [[spoiler: He's the Onion Kid.]]
*** Still falls under this trope though. The Light Warriors never knew the harm they had caused the Onion Kid, and his idea of just revenge is to allow them to slaughter, torment, and torture their way up to high levels, just so he can have the fun of lowering them again. In some ways you can say he's more guilty of the atrocities than the Light Warriors, since he knew what they were doing and allowed it, while some of them were caused unknowingly by the Light Warriors.
* ''VanVonHunter'' features a character who ''dedicates'' himself to this. His name is Vengeance Joe, and he is on a quest to slay Von Hunter for not introducing himself.
* In ''{{Out at Home}}'', Mim responds to Herman firing her (for spreading rumors about him) by vowing to murder him. She's [[http://www.out-at-home.com/archives/824 not very good at it]], though.
* ''TwoKinds'': Trace's wife dies from a poisoned arrow, he reacts to this by taking over his mage order, turning them from Jedi-like peacekeepers into an army of {{Knight Templar}}s and launching a campaign of genocide on the race of the guy who shot her. Granted, he did do most of this under the influence of [[PsychoSerum the dark mana]] he used to try and resurrect his wife, but still...
** His current girlfriend just got a minor flesh wound his reaction? ''KILL EVERYTHING''
* Drew from ''{{MacHall}}'' has an... [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 Interesting response]] to insults being written on his flat's whiteboard.
* ''TheKennyChronicles'': Kenny vs. Funky part 2 involves Funky kidnapping Kenny, stealing his collar (with his money and ID on it) and dropping him on the mainland; the reason, Kenny drew a picture of his head on a pike. Later Kenny's eye is temporarily injured by a (non-anthropomorphic) cat and Funky spreads rumors that he was responsible, so Kenny tries to ''kill him''.
** Though the reason why Kenny drew that picture in the first place is kind of an inversion, Funky took a video of him having sex in a dumpster.
* In ''{{Fans}}'', Robert's start of darkness is when... Alisin killed his pet fish. Keith, whose start of darkness was being physically and mentally violated by Alisin, is rather unimpressed. It is noted that Robert's real problem is an unwillingness to confront reality, to the point that he would value a fish so highly due to his inability to connect with anything else, but STILL.
* In ''AnsemRetort'', Darth Maul attacked Marluxia, complete with Force Lightning...all because Marluxia said mango-strawberry was a gay flavor.
** And one time Aerith attacked an airline pilot just because the in-flight movie was ''TheDevilWearsPrada''. Axel declared it the best honeymoon ever.
** New and insanely disproportionate example: Axel and Zexion throw Riku in a volcano and nuke said volcano in an attempt to recreate the Scientology origin, trick him into creating mustard gas that burns off his flesh, and beat him with a sack of failed ideas for retribution. What did Riku do? He ''slapped them.'' And this was actually a ''good thing''. (Slapping them helped restore their memories of the original timeline.)
** Who are we kidding? Ansem Retort loves this. At [[spoiler:her bachelorette party]] Aerith gets so drunk she forgets that [[spoiler:she's marrying Axel]] and runs off with another guy. The response? Axel and Zexion HIJACK AND CRASH A PLANE INTO HIS HOUSE. A PLANE.
*** To be completely fair, they had already hijacked the plane earlier in the evening, before learning of the above event. Besides, they had to do SOMETHING with the plane.
** Another notable incident is Axel hanging Riku from a tree with a lei, in response to Riku making the "whipped" sound ("wapish!") after seeing Aerith tell Axel to take care of their luggage. In Axel's defense, he DID warn everyone that he would hang them with a flower necklace if they made the whip noise.
* In [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=269 this]] ''Webcomic/VGCats'' strip, Leo spends the first half of the comic making lame jokes. Aeris' response is to go back in time and abort him out of existence.
* ''{{Jayden and Crusader}}'''s character Computer was called a slut by the titular character Jayden, leading Computer to [[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2010/02/22/page-149/ return wielding a laser gun]] to kill her
* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', a dispute over a harlequin costume ends in blood.
** [[spoiler: After Aradia haunts her with creepy but harmless spirits for crippling Tavros, Vriska mindcontrols Sollux to KILL her.]]
** Gamzee finally loses it by seeing the video for ICP's "Miracles", which he denounces as blasphemy. Dave apparently thought he'd like it.
* In ''{{Sonichu}}'', a poorly disguised mashup of 4chan and Encyclopedia Dramatica make fun of the AuthorAvatar over the Internet. In response, he collapses their workplace, killing and injuring hundreds, and leaving hundreds more unaccounted for.
** The first instance was of a "Jerkop" who attempted to kick him out of a mall. In response, he fires a [[KamehameHadoken Curse-ye-ha-me-ha]] at the guy, destroying his life and family in the process.
* ''{{Webcomic/Bug}}'' loves this trope:
** [[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.]]
* [[http://buttersafe.com/2010/04/13/house-of-cards/ This]] ''{{Buttersafe}}'' strip inverts this.
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ This]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip has Tycho threatening to enact this trope when Gabe tries to diss ''WarhammerOnline''. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel And boy, is it disproportionate.]]
* In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', [[DepravedBisexual Zii]] responds to internet trolling by driving to the troll's house (who turns out to be just a little kid), [[YourMom sleeps with his mother]] who then announces that she's divorcing his father, all while rubbing it in his face. The fanbase is [[BrokenBase rather split]] over if this is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Zii or her MoralEventHorizon.
* In GeneralProtectionFault, [[UnholyMatrimony Trudy and Trent]] apply for a job, and agree to let Trudy apply alone. Trent takes the application and fraudulently gets the job, but Trudy exposes him and gets it herself, while arranging for him to be arrested on trumped-up charges. Trent's own DisproportionateRetribution comes when he tries to frame Trudy for dropping a safe on Dwayne and expose her other safe droppings. Neither one is a very pleasant person, to say the least.
* Vin Vulpen has a tendency to do this to Rudy in KevinAndKell, first contacting the Institute for Species Purity to report his teammates' unconventional lifestyles, resulting in the team getting death threats, and later pours prey pheromones on Rudy during a night hunting event, putting him in danger of being eaten by his own teammates, all largely the result of jealousy over Rudy taking his star status on the team and losing Fiona and Rhonda. After Angelique fires him from the Herd Thinners lab for making several mistakes, including blowing off her fake rat ears, he tries to frame Angelique and R.L. for fraud.
* Angelo ''blows an underling to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill atoms]]'' for criticizing Brian's meeting plans in [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0113.html this comic]] of ''OurLittleAdventure''. Brian was a bit upset over it, but got over it quickly.
* ''FruitIncest'' features an ancient dragon capable of summoning giant stormclouds employed by the police to retrieve a stolen cash register.
* 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]].
* In ''{{Superosity}}'', Jork's rival Hayseed faked the death of Jork's wife and wiped her memory...because Jork once insulted Hayseed's favorite tie. A tie which read "Jork Sucks".
* ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]], [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2404 leaving a great impact on crime crates in Metropolis.]]
* Bun-Bun from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' hates being bothered by telemarketers; the kind of hate that makes someone go on a ''KillBill'' style RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He'll respond to ''any'' slight with extreme savagery, though; telemarketers are just at the top of the list.
** Then there's the time Riff sics Bun-Bun on HarmlessVillain Minion Master because "he questioned my scienceness."
** When chipmunks steal tomatoes from Torg's garden, he and Riff plot [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/111116 "Operation Orange Tomato"]], which involves plans to exterminate all chipmunks.
