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* ''The Incredible Toon Machine''. Just think of it as ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on crack]], with all the options for comedically mistreating cartoon animals you'd expect. Impaling cats and mice with needles, dropping pianos on them, barbecuing them with dragons, and so on, and so forth.

* ''VideoGame/{{Kick_theBuddy}}''

* ''VideoGame/Kick_theBuddy''

* [[http://www.addictinggames.com/interactivebuddy.html Interactive Buddy.]]

* This is one of few joys of playing ''[=SimCopter=]''; get an Apache helicopter (through either a cheat code or just an Air Force base) and blow up the nuclear plant, reducing most of the city to ash and ruins.

* In ''[=SimEarth=]'', the player is given control over a number of ecological and biological factors, ostensibly to allow him to build the ideal world for life and, ultimately, civilization to evolve. However some people prefer to load up a preexisting world (such as the Earth 2000 scenario) and, for instance, trigger a new Ice Age or obliterate North America with cataclysmic asteroids.
* ''[=SimLife=]'' came with a mission where the pre-existing plant life had been hacked to look like buildings in a large city. Your stated goal? Create Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.

* In ''Sid Meier's [=SimGolf=]'', why build a nice green fairway between the tee and the hole when you could build a giant sand trap, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simgolf-ragequit_5806.gif water hazard]] or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking celebrity housing complex]] instead? If your MalevolentArchitecture is somewhat tame, then you'll at least get some {{Bizarre And Improbable Golf Game}}s. Otherwise, [[ComedicSociopathy laugh]] as your customers all RageQuit from your fiendish designs.

*** [[ScrewYouElves No one likes elves]]. [[TheScrappy No one]]. So in many cases, elven caravans arriving to trade at your depot will abruptly find that someone has inexplicably locked them in with floodgates and started filling the depot with water. And after they drown, you can steal their stuff.
*** And, of course, there are the enemies. Sure, you can rig the outside of your fortress to turn invading goblins into [[ChunkySalsaRule a faint red smear]], but that's boring. Why do that when you can [[PointlessDoomsdayDevice flood the planet with magma]] and turn them into [[ManOnFire !!invading goblins!!]]? Or there's the... um, "humane" alternative: cage traps. When they go off, you will ''always'' get one nasty thing in a cage, be it a goblin, kobold, rampaging zombie carp, or dragon. So what do you do with the things you can't tame? Simple -- get your dwarves to steal all the goblins' items, then dump the now-naked would-be invaders down a 46 z-level tower as a study to see how far up the walls the blood will splat. You can also put them in a gladiator arena with your [[OneManArmy most badass]] champions or drop them into a deathtrap maze lined with walls of [[ChainsawGood +large serrated steel discs+]] and {{pressure plate}}s that unleash a tsunami that washes them into a pit full of angry wolves. Think [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Castle Heterodyne]].
*** If you can think of it, there's a Dwarf Fortress player out there thinking up ways to do it. This extends from "[[VideoGameCaringPotential build a mist-generator in your main room to make your dwarves deliriously happy]]" to "[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=25967.0 figure out a way to trap and slaughter friendly merpeople because their bones are worth a lot of money.]]" Note that last one was considered so cruel the maker of the game dropped the value of mer bones in the next patch. For those unwilling to click the link, can you say [[spoiler: "Force-breeding merfolk to slaughter their mer-babies for valuable, valuable ivory?"]]
*** One of the most desirable traits a dwarf can have is [[TheStoic "doesn't really care about anything anymore"]] (which, in itself, speaks volumes about what kind of [[CrapsackWorld 'verse]] we're talking here). This is brought about by slowly pushing the poor dorf so far past the DespairEventHorizon they simply can't be bothered to even notice if their entire family is eaten by a giant spider, they have to sleep on a cold, muddy floor, and/or the only food available is rotting goblin vomit. One of the ways to "help" your dwarves achieve this is to drop their pet puppies and kittens from a great height, causing the pet to disintegrate into blood and [[LudicrousGibs body parts]] in front of the owner's eyes. For [[ForTheEvulz bonus Dwarfpoints]], have the doomed pet land in the middle of your dining hall full of dwarves trying to have their lunch.
*** Someone also came up with a scheme [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=91093.0 to lock dwarven children intended for military service in a room with a wild but not overly dangerous animal, and a hole to drop food to them]]. Through years of training the dodging skill, they would earn many, many stat improvements. Thus creating a powerful but horribly scarred military force. Combine this with a bit of lava to slowly melt all of the highly flammable fat off of them, and they could become virtually fireproof, as well.

* ''[[VideoGame/AmericanGirlsCollection American Girls Premiere]]'', which was developed by The Learning Company but uses the Opening Night engine. What was supposed to be an edutainment game turned out to be a laugh-fest in the hands of the player, making historical characters like Felicity Merriman into cannon fodder for various parodies and crude jokes. It also doesn't help that both ''Opening Night'' and ''Premiere'' lacked a profanity filter, making it possible for the characters to say rude things.

* ''VideoGame/TrainzRailroadSimulator'' is meant for railway enthusiasts to simulate managing and operating trains. However, some twisted people use the game solely for the purpose of doing things like derailing the trains, crashing the train when it crosses a turntable, and doing what [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDUOmzOrJ_4 this guy]] did and initiating a huge crash at 1000 mph.

A subtrope of VideoGameCrueltyPotential, this deals with games where the [[AGodIsYou unseen God-like player character]] can manipulate the in-game universe in such a manner that those little digital souls suffer as much as virtually possible. Want to be TheCaligula? Like doing things ForTheLulz [[ForTheEvulz and Evulz]]? Want to prove to everyone [[AGodAmI you are the God]]? [[VillainProtagonist Your sickest dreams have come true!]] YouBastard

[[caption-width-right:283:[[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=122 Leo is a cruel god.]]]]

A subtrope of VideoGameCrueltyPotential, this deals with games where the [[AGodIsYou unseen God-like player character]] can manipulate the in-game universe in such a manner that those little digital souls suffer as much as virtually possible. Want to be TheCaligula? Like doing things ForTheLulz [[ForTheEvulz and Evulz]]? Want to prove to everyone [[AGodAmI you are the God]]? Your sickest dreams have come true! YouBastard

* ''VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}}''. Sure, you can feed it and walk it and love it and all that, but sometimes that gets a little old. So you spice things up by oh, say, not feeding or cleaning it for a week. Or ramming it repeatedly with a Mario Kart. Or "accidentally" tripping it up with the Jump Rope. Or scaring it with the toy military chopper (with "Flight of the Valkyries" as background music!). Or throwing a Moai Statue at it. Or ignoring it for hours on end and watching/listening to its shrill barking and whining as it wonders where you've gone to. And that's not even getting into the OTHER things you can do to it: the kind that'll change your dog's personality from a sweet-natured pup into an aggressive, snarling hellhound that bites you if you dare to pet it.

*** And, of course, there are the enemies. Sure, you can rig the outside of your fortress to turn invading goblins into [[ChunkySalsaRule a faint red smear]], but that's boring. Why do that when you can [[PointlessDoomsdayDevice flood the planet]] [[KillItWithFire with magma]] and turn them into [[ManOnFire !!invading goblins!!]]? Or there's the... um, "humane" alternative: cage traps. When they go off, you will ''always'' get one nasty thing in a cage, be it a goblin, kobold, rampaging zombie carp, or dragon. So what do you do with the things you can't tame? Simple -- get your dwarves to steal all the goblins' items, then dump the now-naked would-be invaders down a 46 z-level tower as a study to see how far up the walls the blood will splat. You can also put them in a gladiator arena with your [[OneManArmy most badass]] champions or drop them into a deathtrap maze lined with walls of [[ChainsawGood +large serrated steel discs+]] and {{pressure plate}}s that unleash a tsunami that washes them into a pit full of angry wolves. Think [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Castle Heterodyne]].

->''"Because let's face it, puddings don't count as people. Puddings are [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman useless subhuman blobs]] that exist solely to be bashed into an acceptable shape via Master Controller or eternally tormented and killed for the amusement of the sim gods looking down from on high.\\
Puddings are clay, and we are the hands that mould or crush them. So sayeth myself."''

A subtrope of VideoGameCrueltyPotential, this deals with games where the [[AGodIsYou unseen God-like player character]] can manipulate the in-game universe in such a manner that those little digital souls suffer as much as virtually possible. Want to be TheCaligula? Like doing things ForTheLulz [[ForTheEvulz and Evulz]]? Want to prove to everyone [[AGodAmI you are the God]]? Your sickest dreams have come true! YouBastard!

A subtrope of VideoGameCrueltyPotential, this deals with games where the [[AGodIsYou unseen God-like player character]] can manipulate the in-game universe in such a manner that those little digital souls suffer as much as virtually possible. Want to be TheCaligula? Like doing things ForTheLulz [[ForTheEvulz and Evulz]]? Want to prove to everyone [[AGodAmI you are the God]]? Your sickest dreams have come true!

->''"Because let's face it, puddings don't count as people. Puddings are useless subhuman blobs that exist solely to be bashed into an acceptable shape via Master Controller or eternally tormented and killed for the amusement of the sim gods looking down from on high.\\

*** Someone also came up with a scheme to lock dwarven children intended for military service in a room with a wild but not overly dangerous animal, and a hole to drop food to them. Through years of training the dodging skill, they would earn many, many stat improvements. Thus creating a powerful but horribly scarred military force. Combine this with a bit of lava to slowly melt all of the highly flammable fat off of them, and they could become virtually fireproof, as well.

** SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'' makes it a bit more difficult to get your dinos to run gleefully amuck, since your park rating is partly based on the number of deaths from rampaging dinosaurs, but nothing stops you from building up a massively successful park with thousands of visitors, and then "accidentally" opening the game to the ''Indominus Rex'' paddock.

[[quoteright:283:[[Webcomic/VGCats http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Leo_is_a_monster_6108.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:283:[[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=122 Leo is a cruel god.]]]]

* ''VideoGame/SimCity 2000'':

** The Wii's SimCity Creator can be like this, some of the disasters include A Giant Drill you can control, or Giant Llamas.

A subtrope of VideoGameCrueltyPotential, this deals with games where the [[AGodIsYou unseen God-like player character]] can manipulate the in-game universe in such a manner that those little digital souls suffer as much as virtually possible. Want to be TheCaligula? Like doing things ForTheLulz [[ForTheEvulz and Evulz]]? Want to prove everyone [[AGodAmI you are the God]]? Your sickest dreams have come true!

* The NintendoDS game ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'' has the player commit all kinds of mischief on poor Daffy. Though they can "win" his mini-games, it is sometimes much more satisfying to make him utterly (and painfully) fail.

*** One of the most desirable traits a dwarf can have is [[TheStoic "doesn't really care about anything anymore"]] (which, in itself, speaks volumes about what kind of [[CrapsackWorld 'verse]] we're talking here). This is brought about by slowly pushing the poor dorf so far past the DespairEventHorizon they simply can't be bothered to even notice if their entire family is eaten by a giant spider, they have to sleep on a cold, muddy floor, and the only food available is rotting goblin vomit. One of the ways to "help" your dwarves achieve this is to drop their pet puppies and kittens from a great height, causing the pet to disintegrate into blood and [[LudicrousGibs body parts]] in front of the owner's eyes. For [[ForTheEvulz bonus Dwarfpoints]], have the doomed pet land in the middle of your dining hall full of dwarves trying to have their lunch.

** Since {{Game Mod}}ding it is very easy (just editing some text file), and the game simulates ''lots'' of details, there are lots of bizarre (and hilarious) ways to kill your dwarfs. For example:

* Since {{Game Mod}}ding ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' is very easy (just editing some text file), and the game simulates ''lots'' of details, there are lots of bizarre (and hilarious) ways to kill your dwarfs. For example:[numlist:1]
# Breed up a bunch of cats to hunt down vermin.
# Edit the game files so that cats have a body temperature more than three times the surface temperature of the Sun.
# Watch the cats all explode into mushroom clouds of fiery death and destruction which kill all the dwarves and lay waste to the countryside.
# You can also set the boiling point for, say, goblin fat at nearly absolute zero, causing them to explode into a cloud of pink mist the moment they walk onto the map.
# [[ScrewYouElves No one likes elves]]. [[TheScrappy No one]]. So in many cases, elven caravans arriving to trade at your depot will abruptly find that someone has inexplicably locked them in with floodgates and started filling the depot with water. And after they drown, you can steal their stuff.
# And, of course, there are the enemies. Sure, you can rig the outside of your fortress to turn invading goblins into [[ChunkySalsaRule a faint red smear]], but that's boring. Why do that when you can [[PointlessDoomsdayDevice flood the planet]] [[KillItWithFire with magma]] and turn them into [[ManOnFire !!invading goblins!!]]? Or there's the... um, "humane" alternative: cage traps. When they go off, you will ''always'' get one nasty thing in a cage, be it a goblin, kobold, rampaging zombie carp, or dragon. So what do you do with the things you can't tame? Simple -- get your dwarves to steal all the goblins' items, then dump the now-naked would-be invaders down a 46 z-level tower as a study to see how far up the walls the blood will splat. You can also put them in a gladiator arena with your [[OneManArmy most badass]] champions or drop them into a deathtrap maze lined with walls of [[ChainsawGood +large serrated steel discs+]] and {{pressure plate}}s that unleash a tsunami that washes them into a pit full of angry wolves. Think [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Castle Heterodyne]].
# If you can think of it, there's a Dwarf Fortress player out there thinking up ways to do it. This extends from "[[VideoGameCaringPotential build a mist-generator in your main room to make your dwarves deliriously happy]]" to "[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=25967.0 figure out a way to trap and slaughter friendly merpeople because their bones are worth a lot of money.]]" Note that last one was considered so cruel the maker of the game dropped the value of mer bones in the next patch. For those unwilling to click the link, can you say [[spoiler: "Force-breeding merfolk to slaughter their mer-babies for valuable, valuable ivory?"]]
# One of the most desirable traits a dwarf can have is [[TheStoic "doesn't really care about anything anymore"]] (which, in itself, speaks volumes about what kind of [[CrapsackWorld 'verse]] we're talking here). This is brought about by slowly pushing the poor dorf so far past the DespairEventHorizon they simply can't be bothered to even notice if their entire family is eaten by a giant spider, they have to sleep on a cold, muddy floor, and the only food available is rotting goblin vomit. One of the ways to "help" your dwarves achieve this is to drop their pet puppies and kittens from a great height, causing the pet to disintegrate into blood and [[LudicrousGibs body parts]] in front of the owner's eyes. For [[ForTheEvulz bonus Dwarfpoints]], have the doomed pet land in the middle of your dining hall full of dwarves trying to have their lunch.
# Someone also came up with a scheme to lock dwarven children intended for military service in a room with a wild but not overly dangerous animal, and a hole to drop food to them. Through years of training the dodging skill, they would earn many, many stat improvements. Thus creating a powerful but horribly scarred military force. Combine this with a bit of lava to slowly melt all of the highly flammable fat off of them, and they could become virtually fireproof, as well.
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* ''[[AmericanGirlsCollection American Girls Premiere]]'', which was developed by The Learning Company but uses the Opening Night engine. What was supposed to be an edutainment game turned out to be a laugh-fest in the hands of the player, making historical characters like Felicity Merriman into cannon fodder for various parodies and crude jokes. It also doesn't help that both ''Opening Night'' and ''Premiere'' lacked a profanity filter, making it possible for the characters to say rude things.
* ''DoshinTheGiant'' gives the player character a SuperpoweredEvilSide primarily to allow the player to smash and torture the islanders to their heart's content.

* ''TrainzRailroadSimulator'' is meant for railway enthusiasts to simulate managing and operating trains. However, some twisted people use the game solely for the purpose of doing things like derailing the trains, crashing the train when it crosses a turntable, and doing what [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDUOmzOrJ_4 this guy]] did and initiating a huge crash at 1000 mph.