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* In ''Film/{{Jumper}}'', the villainous Paladins claim that they hunt Jumpers because only God should have that power and mortals will abuse it. Considering David's behaviour, they might have a point. Then they [[spoiler:kill his father]] for little good reason.

Compare KickTheDog, for a more proactive villain. Contrast RevengeByProxy. See EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes for when it's done to a minion. When used to top off some other unspeakably evil acts, some (arguably heartless) people may view this as a case of ArsonMurderAndJaywalking.

** On Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Angelus makes it clear that he intends to kill everyone Buffy cares about also [[RevengeByProxy to get back at her]] for making him feel human.

* On ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Daniel Holtz starts out by getting revenge on Angelus - by harassing the ''souled'' Angel. Initially, Angel responds with sympathy and guilt with what his soulless self did to the troubled man - and tries to simply reason with him. When Holtz starts to threaten Angel's ([[RevengeByProxy innocent]]) friends, that's when Angel realizes that more drastic action needs to be taken.

->''"I'll get you, my pretty -- [[TropeNamer and your little dog too!]]"''

* In an episode of ''[[SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Cartoon Planet]]'', Zorak is forced by Space Ghost to give Brak lessons on being evil. He does this by telling him to threaten Space Ghost "and your little dog, too". Brak objects to the notion of harming Space Ghost's (non-existent) dog and asks him to blast Zorak, to which Space Ghost happily complies.

*** Justified as [[spoiler: an InvokedTrope. [[BatmanGambit Aizen knew]] that this would turn Ichigo into LeeroyJenkins and Soul Society would have to come save his ass.]]

** Also, OlderThanFeudalism -- Hector killing Achilles' [[HoYay very good friend]] [[KissingCousins and cousin]] Patroclus, causing Achilles to [[AchillesInHisTent come out of his tent]], return to battle full of UnstoppableRage, and whoop Hector's ass. (To be fair, Hector thought Patroclus was Achilles. Achilles on the other hand, maliciously desecrated Hector's corpse.)
*** Patroclus' helmet came off before Hector killed him - Hector ''knew'' who he was. However, he didn't necessarily know that Patroclus and Achilles were as close as they were.

-> [[spoiler: '''Skinwalker''': I will come for you. I will kill you. I will kill your blood, your friends, your beasts. I will kill the flowers in your home and the trees in your tiny fields. I will visit such death upon whatever is yours that your very name will be remembered only in curses and tales of terror.]]

* If the Green Goblin of the first ''[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider-Man]]'' movie ''really'' fancied himself a "villain" like he so proudly did, he surely would have knew that telling Peter that ''"M.J. (your girlfriend) and I... we're gonna have a '''hell''' of a time!"'' [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil while waving a PHALLIC weapon in his face]] would give Peter the righteous rage to kick his armored-ass to hell and back; and Peter did.

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* If the Green Goblin of the first ''[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider-Man]]'' movie ''really'' fancied himself a "villain" like he so proudly did, he surely would have knew that telling Peter that ''"M.J. (your girlfriend) and I... we're gonna have a '''hell''' of a time!"'' while waving a phallic weapon in his face would give Peter the righteous rage to kick his armored-ass to hell and back; and Peter did.

-->'''Terry:''' "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome DON'T. TOUCH. MY. DOG!!]]"

* The corrupt agent Atwood in ''{{Timecop}}'' won't testify against the BigBad he's secretly working for because "He'll send somebody back to wipe out my grandparents. It'll be like I never existed. My mother, my father, my wife, my kids, my fucking cat!"

* Barricade occasionally falls under this trope whenever he threatens to and/or contemplates [[spoiler:harming/killing Bumblebee]] [[RelativeButton to get to Hound]].

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* In ''Film/ThePatriot'', it is Col. Tavington's pathological targeting of Benjamin Martin's family that turns the protagonist from a mild-mannered pacifist to a furious hatchet-wielding 'ghost' who [[strike:wins the Revolutionary War single-handed]] empowers militia forces and inspires his compatriots to victory.

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* In ''{{Smallville}}'', even Jor-El does this on occasion due to his AdaptationalVillainy. Like in ''Arrival'' when he [[spoiler:freezes Chloe almost to death.]] There is also the time in ''Splinter'' when he infected Martha with a deadly virus [[spoiler:which turns out to be a trick by Brainiac, but Clark totally buys it.]]

* The original series of ''TheBlackAdder'' has the villainous Witchsmeller Pursuivant burning an innocent old woman as a witch, and her cat on a correspondingly smaller stake. He later sneers in the face of the cat-loving Percy that he burnt "Mistress Scott...and her pussycat!" He gets a spectacular comeuppance, after which Percy wisely comments, "I SAID he shouldn't have burnt that cat..."

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* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' ''[[TheMovie Movie]]'': After [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally helping Mojo Jojo take over Townsville]], the girls are too afraid, confused, and angry to return even though they can hear the people's cries for help... until Mojo goes after TheProfessor, and they return to kick butt and save him.

* ''{{Hoodwinked}}'': The Wolf says "You can't hold on to those recipes forever! I'll get you and your little Granny, too!" after Red tricks him into falling into a river.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is pretty fond of these, the lead being TheMessiah he can't actively seek combat so they use this as a method to make him. For example:

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* In ''NoCountryForOldMen'', Llewellyn calmly advises Chigurh not to threaten his wife. And then [[spoiler: Chigurh kills them both.]]