History Main / VillainKiller

* "Manga/OnePunchMan" has various monsters appearing in the series, which the Hero Assocation members has no problems with killing them, even if some of the monsters [[WasOnceAHuman were humans once too]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as they are the main threat in the story, causing havoc across the cities and causing a huge danger to civillians. The main character [[OneHitKO Saitama]] plays with this trope, as he doesn't always kill the monster, with keeping some of them alive, as long as they don't cause much harm to people around him. And even then, he's probably the hero with highest body count, as he started his "hobby" before Hero Association was created.

** Piccolo has killed Raditz and in the films he kills Sansho, Wings and Cooler's Armoured Squadron Salza, Dore and Neiz.

'''Naturally, as a Death Trope, there ''will'' be Spoilers ahead!'''

* Lampshaded in ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'', where Cell is suprised to learn that all but three of the other [=MCMs=] present (Raditz, Super Kami Guru, and Freeza) were personally killed by Vegeta. And while it goes unstated, there were and additional two who had already left the program prior to Cell's arrival (Nappa and Cui) who were also killed by him.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': Kratos has quite the body count of villains under his belt as he has killed almost every Greek god and a number of the Norse gods such as Castor and pollux, Altheia, Orkos, Charon, Persephone, Ares, Erinys, Thanatos, Ceryx, Theseus, Perseus, Icarus, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Helios, Hermes, Hercules, Cronos, Hera, Hephaestus, Zeus, Magni, Baldur, Heimdall, and took part in killing Odin. Considering the series isn't over yet, Kratos killing villains is only going to continue growing.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': Kratos has quite the body count of villains under his belt as he has killed almost every Greek god and a number of the Norse gods such as Castor and pollux, Altheia, Orkos, Charon, Persephone, Ares, Erinys, Thanatos, Ceryx, Theseus, Perseus, Icarus, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Helios, Hermes, Hercules, Hera, Hephaestus, Zeus, Magni, Baldur, Heimdall, and took part in killing Odin. Considering the series isn't over yet, Kratos killing villains is only going to continue growing.

* "VideoGame/GodOfWar": Kratos has quite the body count of villains under his belt as he has killed almost every Greek god and a number of the Norse gods such as Castor and pollux, Altheia, Orkos, Charon, Persephone, Ares, Erinys, Thanatos, Ceryx, Theseus, Perseus, Icarus, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Helios, Hermes, Hercules, Hera, Hephaestus, Zeus, Magni, Baldur, Heimdall, and took part in killing Odin. Considering the series isn't over yet, Kratos killing villains is only going to continue growing.

** Like with Jason, [[Characters/BatmanHuntress Helena Bertinelli]] also does not follow the no-killing rule which has led to her clashing with other superheroes, Batman being the biggest example.
* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': Despite his best efforts, Mark Grayson does not live in a universe that allows for ThouShallNotKill like Marvel and DC. As a result, he has quite a large body count of both Earth-based villains and intergalactic assholes such as Conquest, Angstrom Levy (he got better), Rus Livingston, Future Immortal, Dinosaurus, Re-Animan (mutiple times), Onann and Thragg.

* Guts of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' when it comes to slaying TheLegionsOfHell as TheBerserker HunterOfMonsters very few manga protagonists have a higher body count than Guts. He's killed 1000s of men, 1000s of demons and at least one EldritchAbomination with his {{BFS}} and plenty of rage, he's even killed ghosts.

** Can’t forget Thor, he claims he’s killed twice as many foes as he is old and he’s 1,500 years old at time (meaning he’s likely slain over 3000 villains). In the films he kills Malekith in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' by sending him through a portal to be crushed, sticks [[SummonBiggerFish Surtur]] on his sister Hela in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' (albeit with Loki’s help) and in ''Endgame'' beheads the present timeline Thanos.
** Surprising for a teenage hero with believes in ThouShallNotKill, but Spider-Man has a bit of body count himself. In ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'' he helps kill Ebony Maw and in ''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Endgame]]'' he pulls Cull Obsidian into the path of Giant-Man with a web crushing him and with Instant-Kill Mode he kills literally hundreds of Outriders. In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' [[spoiler: he would've killed the Green Goblin, if not for intervention of [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Raimi's Spidey]]]].

** Liu Kang has the highest on screen body count among the heroes. He kills Sub-Zero, Reptile and Shang Tsung in the first movie, and Baraka, Smoke and Shao Kahn in the second movie.

* The titular ''Film/JohnWick'' systematically hunts down and kills everyone who was involved in killing his puppy. He does the same to anyone who gets in his way. [[spoiler: As of the third film, all the characters who were TheDragon are dead at his hand, while the only immediate BigBad to survive is The Adjudicator]].

->'''Flynn:''' Do you intend to rain down your justice on all the villains of the world? That's the behavior of a common criminal!
->'''Yuri:''' I recognize it for what it is and I've made my choices. Murder is a crime.
->'''Flynn:''' And even knowing that, you intend to dirty your hands.
->'''Yuri:''' Intend to? I already have.

** Surprising for a teenage hero with believes in ThouShallNotKill, but Spider-Man has a bit of body count himself. In ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'' he helps kill Ebony Maw and in ''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Endgame]]'' he pulls Obsidain Cull into the path of Giant-Man with a web crushing him and with Instant-Kill Mode he kills literally hundreds of Outriders. In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' [[spoiler: he would've killed the Green Goblin, if not for intervention of [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Raimi's Spidey]]]].

** ''VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries'': In ''Secret Rings'', Sonic permanently traps Erazor Djinn in his own magic lamp, and later throws it into a pit of lava with Erazor still in it. In ''Black Knight'', Sonic kills the titular Black Knight. The fact that said Black Knight is also ''King Arthur himself'' in the latter game's story prompts Merlina to discuss this earlier on:
--->'''Merlina''': If you remove that sword and defeat King Arthur with it, you shall forever be the worst of knights, slayer of kings…\\
'''Sonic''': [[PragmaticHero Guess I can't be the hero every time.]]

** The Batman of the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' universe lacks the [[ThouShaltNotKill "don't kill rule"]] the original is known for and has eliminated most of his [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]], with the remaining ones now being his allies. This is because [[spoiler:the one who died in the alley was Bruce Wayne, which made drove his parents mad, with Thomas becoming a Batman who shows no mercy to villains, Martha became the Joker of this universe.]]

* Almost every BigBad and/or their [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''Literature/AlexRider'' meets their death at the hands of the eponymous protagonist. While several villains are also killed by other characters, Alex has the highest kill count, as he kills at least one major antagonist in every book, though it's usually done either indirectly or in self-defense. This is even discussed in ''Scorpia'', where, when Alex insists that he's not a murderer, [[BigBad Julia Rothman]] points out that all of the villains he's gone up against have ended up dead due to his actions. Given the nature of Alex's previous kills, it's treated as a [[DarkerAndEdgier major turning point]] [[spoiler:in ''Scorpia Rising'', when Alex guns down [[TheDragon Julius Grief]] in cold blood after the latter killed his guardian Jack Starbright]].

** In ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba Fett has retired from bounty hunting to take over as the local mob boss, starting with [[KlingonPrimotion killing the prior one]]. With the show set in the criminal underbelly of Tattooine, most of the antagonists are [[BlackAndGrayMorality more villainous than he is]], and he racks up an impressive body count by the end of one season (including, by [[NumberTwo proxy]], the leaders of the Pyke Syndicate and all the rival gangs).

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', given that it's a show about surviving the world of zombies and the [[BewareTheLiving even more monstrous humans]] left in their wake, pretty much every character is combat-capable to some degree after Season 3. However, series mainstay Carol Peletier has racked up major kill counts against villainous factions, specifically, Terminus, the Wolves, and the Whisperers. In the first, she almost singlehandedly took down the entire cannibal clan with a few bullets, a propane tank, and fireworks. For the Wolves, she took them all down by disguising herself among them when they invaded Alexandria. With the Whisperers, she singlehandedly took out half their horde of zombies (and almost got a few people killed doing so), and [[spoiler: successfully set up their leader Alpha to be killed by Negan]].

* The MainCharacters of ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' compared to a lot of other contemporary manga and anime heroes kill a truly massive amount of demonic villains over the course of the series as Demon Slayers. Ironically the PurityPersonified violence hating NiceGuy hero Tanjiro Kamado is easily [[GoodIsNotSoft the most prolific demon killer]] in the series, having killed the Hand Demon, Yahaba, Kyogai, Mother Spider Demon, Hantengu, Enmu (with Inosuke's help), [[spoiler: Akaza and finally Muzan (with everyone and the sun's help).]]

** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Amuro Rey, the pilot of RX-78-2 Gundam, is responsible for wiping out much of Zeon's forces and killing some of their top pilots such as M'Quve, the Black Tri-Stars and Lalah Sune ([[MyGosWhatHaveIDone the latter is something which Amuro regrets]]) during the One Year War. His Gundam earns the name [[RedBaron "The White Devil"]] for that reason.

** Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine are the original protagonists of the series and have taken down a large number of zombies and mutants. [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 Jill famously killed Nemesis]], a BOW created to hunt and kill members of STARS, while Albert Wesker, the series' longest-running BigBad, met his demise at the hands of Chris and Sheva in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. ''Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta'' also sees Chris kill ArmsDealer Glenn Arias. In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', [[spoiler:Chris kills Lucas Baker]].

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': Mikazuki Augus is Tekkadan's AcePilot and is responsible for killing several of Gjallarhorn's top officers such as Crank Zent, Carta Issue, and Ein Darlton. In Season 2, he manages to destroy the Mobile Armor from the Calamity War Era which earns the reputation as "a demon" and almost kills Julieta Juris. In fact, his kill count is well known that [[spoiler:it took several Dainsliefs to put him down for good in the last episode.]]

* [[PlayerCharacter Ritsuka Fujimaru]] of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is known to be the last Master of humanity, capable of commanding various Servants despite being a mediocre mage. Throughout the story, they destroyed Demon Pillars, put down Beasts, and defeated the enemy Masters. Their reputation is so well-known that their enemies become wary of them and try to upstage them. Even the Mages' Association is interested in their abilities.

* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': For the first few chapters, the Wolf goes around killing the worst villains that Westeros has to offer (the Mountain, Ramsay Bolton, Littlefinger, Euron Greyjoy...), not out of any sense of justice [[KickTheSonOfABitch but because the Chaos gods ordered him to]]. Then he's caught trying to [[spoiler:steal the Iron Throne]] and reappears later demanding that the entirety of the Seven Kingdoms gather their armies to fight him.

* Mack Bolan ''Literature/TheExecutioner'' is a OneManArmy anti-crime series originally penned by Creator/DonPendleton, and running to some 600 books. Bolan received his moniker from his merciless slaughter of crime syndicates around the world, eradicating whole "families" of gangsters in a single chapter. The fact that Bolan rarely errs in his KnightTemplar spree on criminals at times approaches StoryBreakerPower levels.