History Main / HeroKiller

-->"Nobody lived once he decided to kill 'em. No one except you! And he killed some of the best witches and wizards of the age. The [=McKinnons=]! The Bones! The Prewetts! And you was only a baby, and you lived."

* Wrestling/BrockLesnar: 2014 is shaping up to be the former NCAA champion's greatest year in wrestling, and it's easy to see why. The Beast ended [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker the Undertaker's]] Wrestling/WrestleMania winning streak at 21, in arguably a hard-fought victory. But the greatest moment was yet to come, as he completely dismantled and dominated Wrestling/JohnCena to win the WWE World Championship at Wrestling/SummerSlam 2014; Lesnar rarely, if ever sold any of Cena's offensive moves while crushing the now former champion with 16 consecutive suplexes. After both matches, Lesnar's manager, Wrestling/PaulHeyman, used SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome promos to put over Lesnar as a conquerer who cannot be beaten and that the fans' heroes are not only ineffective but inept in taking down the Conquerer.

* In ''[[Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic III]]'', Raven is ultimately the one to kill [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]].
* Evan when dealing with real heavy hitters like ADAM, every fight against an Angel on ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' had been a cavalcade of craziness for various "seasons" (an example being a many-enemy-Evas-against-a-heroic-one situation similar to ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion End of Evangelion]]'' becoming a re-enactment of [[Film/TheMatrixReloaded the Burly Brawl]]). So how do the Cherubim establish that they are the KnightOfCerebus team? By having the very first one that appears take on various Evangelions at the same time and win even with them using SuperMode, [[OnlyMostlyDead killing Shinji for a few seconds]] and nearly destroying Unit-01's core. It took the uncontrolled activation of Unit-01's Berserk Mode for NERV to win the fight... and the repercussions were still pretty hefty.

* [[BigBad Sben]] of [[http://kleinerkiller.deviantart.com/gallery/41037509 Yognapped]] becomes this [[spoiler: once he's resurrected.]]

* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': [[TheBrute Gothmog]] only ever seems to appear when there is an Elf-Lord to kill. Under his belt are Fëanor, Fingon and Ecthelion, all badass warriorsin their own right, though the last one was [[MutualKill far from a]] [[CurbStompBattle Curbstomp Battle]]. [[BigBad His master]] [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]] gets in on the fun by killing Finwë and Fingolfin. Finally [[TheDragon Sauron]] deserves an honorable mentionfor killing Gil-Galad and the Dunedain king Elendil during the same battle.

* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' features an entire army of hero killers in the form of [=FOEs=]. Although they're not particularly important to the plot, they do get a textual introduction in each game warning the player [[DontAskJustRun not to foolishly try to fight them]], which in this series is not an empty threat. Players that don't get the hint often mistake the first FOE they come across for a particularly nasty EarlyBirdBoss. (a mistake made easier by EO's general EarlyGameHell) Avoiding them requires three things: the realization that you are supposed to avoid them, knowledge of their movement pattern and prayer that regular enemies won't slow you down as you run the hell away.

* Adam Smasher in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''. He kills Johnny Silverhand [[spoiler:(but not really as he just defeated runner and brought him in to be experimented on by Arasaka)]] and can potentially kill [[spoiler:Rogue or Saul in the final assault on Arasaka Tower]]. In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', [[spoiler:he kills both Rebecca and David]].

->''"First Prime, then Ultra Magnus, and now... you. It's a pity you Autobots die so easily, or I might have a sense of satisfaction now."''

** The Collectors in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' can be seen as this, though it depends a lot on player choice and skill. From the first scene, you know they're bad news when they kill your character from the first game. In later story encounters, [[DifficultySpike they tend to be very difficult fights]], and the team has to pull out a lot of stops just to survive; in the final mission against them, it's possible for ''[[AnyoneCanDie everyone]]'' to die, and without excellent planning, at least one or two characters ''will'' die. In one case a [[VillainOverride Harbinger-controlled Collector]] deals the deathblow.

* ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'' has [[FinalBoss King ASGORE]], who Toriel informs you has caused the deaths of [[WouldHurtAChild every other fallen human before you]] - which doesn't *sound* impressive on paper until you recall that [[ScissorsCutsRock a human can easily defeat most Monsters just from having enough intent to kill.]] Him being able to defeat six other humans before you - one of which fell [[RevolversAreJustBetter armed with a gun]] - is no easy feat for one of his kind. [[spoiler:Ultimately, though, he [[DiscOneFinalBoss isn't even the biggest threat you have to face]] in the Neutral Route, and in [[LowLevelRun True Pacifist]] and [[KillEmAll Genocide]] he isn't even a battle at all.]]
** In a rare [[InvertedTrope inversion]], [[spoiler:Sans]]. One conversation you can wind up having with Flowey has him describe to you all the trouble they have caused him and how they'd caused him [[OffscreenMomentofAwesome his fair share of resets]]. Should you decide to go on a [[KillEmAll genocidal]] path for yourself, you will find that [[ThatOneBoss they haven't weakened a bit since Flowey dealt with them, and that they are one of the hardest boss battles of the entire game.]]

* [[BigBad Mecha Sonic]] of ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ''. Every single fight he's picked with the heroes has been a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, starting from his first appearance where he very nearly ''killed'' Yoshi. Then later on with two chaos emeralds, he utterly annihilated the [[VideoGame/PaperMario Koopa Bros.]] and the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Axem Rangers]] within about two minutes of each other before completely wiping Yoshi's Island off the face of the Mushroom Kingdom. The heroes only narrowly managed to escape the same fate through a [[DeusExMachina conveniently-placed]] [[InvincibilityPowerUp Super Star]], because not even ''[[TheBigGuy Shadow]]'' could scratch him in a straight-up fight. And that's not even including what Mecha Sonic [[KillEmAll did to everyone on Mobius]] in the backstory...

* Wrestling/HulkHogan: Of course, the Hulkster had several wrestlers attempt to break him as well, most notably Wrestling/KingKongBundy, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant and [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]]. Even though both Bundy and Earthquake injured Hogan, and André scored a controversial, Hogan always averted the trope … until one June day in 1993, when the Japanese sumo wrestler Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} flattened Hogan, in dominating style, in his final match during his most famous WWF run; Hogan sold being burned in the face as he was led from the ring following his loss … and for nine years, that was the last image WWF viewers had of him – a broken, defeated hero with the villain and his stooge, Wrestling/MrFuji, gloating in the ring over their victory.

Even the noblest, most powerful heroes [[TheDreaded will quake in fear]] at the sound of his name. This reputation is indeed key, as ironically they may never be seen actually ''killing'' anyone important first hand because of the lack of a SacrificialLion or CListFodder to put in their way. Similarly, a hero can die without their killer being a Hero Killer, although their reputation might explode into [[BigBadWannabe being someone they are not]].

* [[DragonAscendant Blood Falcon]] of ''Machinima/CPUChampionshipSeries'' who is the ONLY killer in the series, [[spoiler: killing [[EnsembleDarkHorse Parsec Captain Falcon]], [[MemeticBadass King Dedede]] and ''[[TheHero VINCENT]]'', before he is defeated by [[HopeBringer Skillshare Kirby]].]]

* The Meta from the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' ''Recollection'' trilogy, especially in the first part of the trilogy (''Reconstruction'') and the final episodes. He hunts down the Freelancers, an elite group of soldiers each a OneManArmy, and kills them himself, stealing their AI and Armor Enhancements. It takes the combined efforts of the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Red and Blue teams]] and one of the last few remaining Freelancers to finally bring him down for good.

** Its even more apparent if you check the gravestones at the start of Chapter 5. As well as some GraveHumour, you'll find [[spoiler: the names of several characters from previous chapters. It's heavily implied he killed them all after getting his powers back.]]
* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Sindel]] becomes one for all of thirty seconds.
** Earlier on in ''9'', [[spoiler:Shao Kahn delivers a NeckSnap to an unsuspecting Kung Lao. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Liu Kang paid him back in full.]]]]
** And then, back in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'' Shang Tsung (with the help of Quan Chi) [[OurHeroIsDead killed Liu Kang]], starting a multi-arc WhamEpisode spanning ''DA'', ''Deception'', and ''Armageddon''. [[spoiler:If ''9'' [[KillEmAll is]] [[PyrrhicVictory any]] [[BittersweetEnding indication]], the WHAM has yet to ebb.]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' introduces us to D'Vorah, who manages to kill [[spoiler:Baraka and Mileena]] in her debut. ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' has her kill the [[spoiler:present-timeline Hanzo Hasashi, AKA ''[[SeriesMascot Scorpion himself]]'']], earning her the hatred of a great amount of the fanbase.

** [[spoiler: That's because Nyx isn't so much an entity as the entire concept of death. As ''Fanfic/MyLifeIsAGoddamnMess'' puts it "You can't defeat Nyx, much like you can't defeat the color blue."]]

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* ''Literature/WearingTheCape'' has Seif-al-Din, a superpowered terrorist who believes that his abilities were given to him by Allah. [[spoiler:He proceeds to fight and kill Ajax and Atlas, two heroes so powerful they had power categories named after them]].

Closely related to TheDreaded: Their legend may inspire the heroes to train and improve their skills throughout the story, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm fleeing or avoiding]] the Hero Killer until such point as the hero is [[TiredOfRunning finally ready to face him;]] even then, they're probably going to need everything they have to stand a chance. If the hero gives the Hero Killer a run for his money, it may be a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome; if he wins, he's [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable defeated the undefeatable]]. With that in mind, remember character deaths are required for a character to qualify, be they in backstory or present plot.

* Nikita Dragovich in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''. One of his introduction in Reznov's flashback showing him killing Dimitri Petrenko, the PlayerCharacter of the previous game. Also his dragon, Kravchenko, tries to be one, but almost always foiled, even when he returned briefly in Black Ops 2, when he again, failed to kill Mason and Woods, even then he indirectly killed [[spoiler:Bowman]].
* Raul Menendez in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' is an even straighter example. Just count how many named characters he killed, more than half are playable.
* Gabriel Rorke in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts''. While the only ones he killed onscreen are [[spoiler: Ajax and Elias]], it is implied that he killed many other Ghosts as well. He also [[spoiler: drowned in a burning train and shot in the chest]] and ultimately [[spoiler: [[ImplacableMan walked away just fine like nothing happened]] just minutes after that and kidnapped the player character about halfway after the credits roll.]]

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'': Jaffar acts as TheBrute to [[BigBad Nergal]]. It stands to reason that he's dubbed [[RedBaron The Angel of Death]], and is the first Assassin class character in the series.

* Leo Bonhart in ''Literature/TheWitcher'' saga, a PsychoForHire who collects witcher amulets. [[spoiler: And killed Ciri's friends and lover.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight'' has Sinestro slaughter a lot of Green Lanterns with his yellow ring during his coups against the Green Lantern Corps.