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** Salem inverts this when Tyrian returns to her, minus his tail, and begs forgiveness for failing to capture Ruby. Salem stares at him for a moment, and then walks away, telling him that "You disappoint me, Tyrian." Since Tyrian views Salem as a divine goddess, his response is... [[FreakOut he doesn't take it well]]. Judging by his agonized and anguish cries at her disappointment, [[CruelMercy it sounds like he'd prefer if she'd physically punished him]].

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator'': When Wolfram claims that if the Slayer didn't show up, the Sabers would be eating out of their hands and All Might would be dead, Volcano shuts down the argument because the whole clusterfuck is on him whether or not the Slayer would've shown up, and that there was a limit to the number of failures All for One can tolerate.

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* It crops up a few times in ''Roleplay/AsteroidQuest'', but competent leaders save it for truly colossal, faction-endangering fuckups:
** Maklata's failing involved betrayal, the death of [[TheMafia family members]], and the planned murder of a bunch more. This gets him disowned and executed.
** Nulba enabled and followed Waska on a scheme that regardless of success would have painted a huge target on Waska's gang. As a result, [[LadyMacbeth Mimi]] let Hok kill Nulba and went on to remind Waska that he keeps her in charge for a reason.

-->'''Danya:''' That's what happens when you become a hindrance, Renee. So keep yourself out of that horrid category.

** After failing to defeat Wrestling/TheUndertaker in an Inferno Match, [=McMahon=] fires Wrestling/{{Kane}} as he calls in the white coats to take him back to the asylum. Wrestling/{{Chyna}} convinces [=McMahon=] to give Kane another chance, however.

* After a miscommuication cost them a tag match, Austin Theory was attacked by Angel Garza and Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas with manager [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] screaming that she should've never believed in him. Theory would remain in his beaten state at ringside until the Monday Night "Messiah" Wrestling/SethRollins recuited him as a new disciple.

* After a miscommuication cost them a tag match, Austin Theory was attacked by Angel Garza and Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas with manager [[Wrestler/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] screaming that she should've never believed in him. Theory would remain in his beaten state at ringside until the Monday Night "Messiah" Wrestling/SethRollins recuited him as a new disciple.

Exactly how [[KickTheDog badly this reflects on the boss]] depends on a few factors; most prominently, (1) Is there no real alternative to death? If not, well, that's a point on the AntiVillain side of the equation (and yes, it does happen that no alternative exists; for example, an overly ambitious minion in TheHorde); (2) Was it something worse then mere mild incompetence that lead to the failure; say, if the hero got away because the minion was violating explicit orders, well, the extreme reaction is somewhat more understandible; (3) Was the minion violating EvenEvilHasStandards or PragmaticVillainy concerns?

* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', [[TheRival Paul]] keeps his attitude of releasing his Pokémon if they fail to live up to his high standards. [[spoiler: During the Fuchsia Tag Tournament, [[KickTheDog he releases his Raichu after she loses in the semifinals, not bothering to properly heal her]], and this prompts Ash and Red, [[OpposingCombatPhilosophies who are at odds with each other over their use of bloodliner powers in competitive battles]], to set aside their diferences for the finals and ensure that he doesn't win the tournament.]]

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' canon, Salem inverts this when Tyrian returns to her, minus his tail, and begs forgiveness for failing to capture Ruby. But in the RWBY fanficiton, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13277250/1/How-Salem-should-have-dealt-with-Tyrian How Salem Should Have Dealt With Tyrian]], she actually goes forward on it by trapping Tyrian in tendrils on the floor and ceiling, then resurrecting Roman Torchwick and asking him to torture and execute Tyrian. Roman gleefully obliges to it, and blows off Tyrian's arms, all the while telling Tyrian that he's superior to him in every way, then [[EyeScream gouges his eyes out]] and then bludgeons him to death with his cane.

* In ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'', Ronan the Accuser isn't pleased when his soldier Iva Kann fails to capture ComicBook/CarolDanvers. Nonetheless, he gives her a second chance to complete her mission, making clear there will be not a third.

* ''WebAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastPhelous': PlayedForLaughs. Wabuu [[spoiler:shoots Wuschel]] for trying to start up the VillainSong again when he and the other lackeys had already ruined it once.

** It gets better in Fourth Edition. Saeder-Krupp is run by the [[TheDreaded Great Dragon Lofwyr]]. It's heavily implied that Shadowrunners who fail the company get ''eaten''.
** This trope is the reason why seasoned runners avoid S-K jobs (both from and against Saeder-Krupp) like the Plague. It's even implied Lofwyr is the reason for the common saying "Whatever you do, never, ever, try to cut a deal with a dragon."

Another variant on this is instead of the BigBad doing this, a high-ranking, oftentimes very loyal, and particularly ruthless official working for the BigBad, possibly TheDragon, does it instead -- perhaps [[PsychoSupporter without the boss' approval]].

* Tarzan Goto started "Shin" Wrestling/{{FMW}} to prove he could be as big a star as Atsushi Onita but the story ended up being him breaking a chair on new {{tag team}} partner Ryo Miyake after the later got pinned too many times. {{Subverted|trope}} in that rather than try to get rid of Miyake, Goto continued to attack and put Miyake in dangerous {{gimmick matches}} with himself in an effort [[RatedMForManly to make Miyake more manly.]]