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** In the "Treehouse Of Horror VI" segment "Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace", as he's burning to death, Groundskeeper Willie swears vengeance against Springfield's adults for their neglect to help him. With his dying breath, he vows to target their children in their dreams.
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** In the "Treehouse Of Horror VI" segment "Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace", as he's burning to death, Groundskeeper Willie swears vengeance against Springfield's adults for their neglect unwillingness to help him. With his dying breath, he vows to target their children in their dreams.
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* After ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave Mr. Freeze a redemptive send-off in the movie ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero Sub-Zero]]'', he returned in the revamped series determined to make others suffer as he had by taking away whatever they valued most since his condition has destroyed his body, leaving him nothing but a head that can connect to his suit. He feels he can't return to his wife looking like this. And figured if he can't be happy with what he valued most, then no one else should.
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* After ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave Mr. Freeze a redemptive send-off in the movie ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero Sub-Zero]]'', he returned in the revamped series determined to make others suffer as he had by taking away whatever they valued most since his condition has destroyed his body, leaving reducing him nothing but a to [[BrainInAJar disembodied head that can connect in a glass case attached to his suit. suit]]. He feels he can't return to his wife looking like this. And figured this and figures that if he can't be happy with what he valued most, then no one else should.
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Instances of people attempting to take RevengeByProxy in WesternAnimation.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', the Yolkians return to Earth claiming to be coming in peace. Unsurprisingly, Jimmy suspects they are up to no good and thinks they are plotting to take over the world. [[spoiler:As it turns out, King Goobot just wants revenge on Jimmy for humiliating him and intends on doing it by feeding his friends and the rest of the town to Poultra.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Ozai may not have been responsible for the death of Iroh's son, but he was quite callous about the fact that it had happened and tried to use the tragedy to get Iroh's birthright transferred to himself. Then-Fire Lord Azulon ordered him to kill his own son as punishment for his disrespect. At least, that's the story [[BigBad Ozai]] and [[TheDragon Azula]] tell.
** Also hopefully suggested by [[spoiler:the man who killed Katara's mother, since his mother is at best unpleasant. Katara doesn't go for it]].
* After ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave Mr. Freeze a redemptive send-off in the movie ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero Sub-Zero]]'', he returned in the revamped series determined to make others suffer as he had by taking away whatever they valued most since his condition has destroyed his body, leaving him nothing but a head that can connect to his suit. He feels he can't return to his wife looking like this. And figured if he can't be happy with what he valued most, then no one else should.
** First he targeted a paleontologist who spent years reconstructing a dinosaur skeleton by shattering it. Then he destroyed a prominent artist's latest and greatest painting -- and the artist is too old to make another one. Then he targets Bruce Wayne by attacking his surrogate family:
--->'''Mr. Freeze:''' Perhaps the surrogate son? ''[points freezegun at Tim Drake]'' No. Better the surrogate father. ''[freezes Alfred]''
** Finally, he targets Batman by attacking what he values most: ''all of Gotham''.
* [[MonsterClown Zombozo]] forms an alliance with several other villains to attempt this on Ben in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' after the hero's identity has been made public. [[spoiler:This backfires spectacularly when he pushes it too far by trying to sadistically murder Ben's mother while his cousin Gwen is watching, causing Gwen to go OneWingedAngel and scare the crap out of him for the second time (the first time being Ben in the original series).]]
** Captain Nemesis attempted to combine this with SadisticChoice on Ben by kidnapping [[LoveInterests Julie]] with another girl everyone thought Ben was dating. He learned the hard way that using this method against Ben was a '' damn bad'' idea.
** One episode revolves around an alien attempting this on human colonel Rozum as a revenge for imprisoning him inside Area 51 for years, leading to the alien's family's death.
* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'':
** The [[Characters/FinalSpaceOthers DeWinters]] who have been hunting Gary for revenge over the death of the family matriarch also intend to go after Sheryl Goodspeed, not just Gary. The fate David has planned for Sheryl is grotesque.
--->'''David:''' ''(to Gary)'' We're going to hunt you down, and we're going to hunt your mother down and kill her as well! An eye for an eye... or more like [[GenuineHumanHide a flesh-sack for a flesh-sack]]!
** [[spoiler:[[Characters/FinalSpaceTheTeamSquad Ash]]]], following her FaceHeelTurn and subsequent corruption by Invictus, pulls a ''majorly'' detestable JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope when she decides to get revenge on Gary for her personal losses that she perceives him as being responsible for by targeting Mooncake while Gary's forced to watch. She [[spoiler:violently drains Mooncake's powers and [[UncertainDoom possibly kills him]], or otherwise leaves him separated across dimensions from Gary]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' season 6 episode, "No Second Prances", Trixie manipulates a recently redeemed Starlight Glimmer into spending time with her and avoiding her friendship lessons just to annoy Twilight Sparkle and try to beat her at something for once. That is, until Trixie realizes she has developed friendly feelings toward Starlight and decides to turn into a [[BecomingTheMask genuine friend for her]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "I Love Lisa", after Lisa breaks up with Ralph Wiggum on national television, his dad Chief Wiggum gets even by getting Homer a ticket for a busted tail-light... [[DirtyCop one that Wiggum busted himself]].
** In the "Treehouse Of Horror VI" segment "Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace", as he's burning to death, Groundskeeper Willie swears vengeance against Springfield's adults for their neglect to help him. With his dying breath, he vows to target their children in their dreams.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SkyDancers'', Sky Clone cannot get revenge on his brother Skyler for taking away his ability to fly because Skyler died trying [[TakingYouWithMe to take him out]]. So he decides that the only way to make things even is to destroy his brother's wife.
* Eric Cartman's scheme in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die". To sum it up: Scott Tenorman tricked Cartman into buying his pubic hair. In revenge, Cartman constructed an [[BatmanGambit elaborate plot]] (after several failed attempts) that resulted in Tenorman's parents being shot to death by an irate farmer, ground into a fine chili, and [[FamilialCannibalismSurprise fed to Scott at a public event]], after which, Music/{{Radiohead}} (Tenorman's favorite band) arrived on Cartman's request to [[MenDontCry mock him mercilessly for crying about it.]] It's little wonder that many South Park fans consider this Cartman's [[MoralEventHorizon supreme act of evil]].
* Yellow Diamond from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' tries to get revenge on Rose Quartz [[spoiler:for shattering Pink Diamond]] by destroying Earth and having all ''other'' Rose Quartzes decommissioned and [[SealedGoodInACan bubbled]]. She would have shattered them, but Blue Diamond insisted on keeping them alive. Ironically, [[spoiler: the Rose Quartz that rebelled wasn't an actual Rose Quartz, but Pink Diamond in disguise, meaning that Yellow Diamond would have exterminated an entire gem type to avenge someone who wasn't even dead to begin with.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': Subverted in "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E8SupermansPal Superman's Pal]]". The leader of a group of thugs gloats that he's going to kill [[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen Superman's pal]] in revenge for Superman sending his to prison. [[spoiler:Turns out, he was part of a test on Tina's part to make sure that Jimmy would make an effective hostage.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Courtney gets voted off in the same episode her and Duncan become an OfficialCouple. The end of the episode reveals that this is due to Harold tampering with the voting box to rig the votes against Courtney, as a way of getting back at Duncan for bullying him. He does this in-spite of the fact that he could have easily had Duncan voted off instead.
* Wheeljack does this in ''Anime/TransformersArmada''. He ends up taking Sideswipe hostage to get back at Hot Shot for supposedly abandoning him.
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Instances of people attempting to take RevengeByProxy in WesternAnimation.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', the Yolkians return to Earth claiming to be coming in peace. Unsurprisingly, Jimmy suspects they are up to no good and thinks they are plotting to take over the world. [[spoiler:As it turns out, King Goobot just wants revenge on Jimmy for humiliating him and intends on doing it by feeding his friends and the rest of the town to Poultra.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Ozai may not have been responsible for the death of Iroh's son, but he was quite callous about the fact that it had happened and tried to use the tragedy to get Iroh's birthright transferred to himself. Then-Fire Lord Azulon ordered him to kill his own son as punishment for his disrespect. At least, that's the story [[BigBad Ozai]] and [[TheDragon Azula]] tell.
** Also hopefully suggested by [[spoiler:the man who killed Katara's mother, since his mother is at best unpleasant. Katara doesn't go for it]].
* After ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave Mr. Freeze a redemptive send-off in the movie ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero Sub-Zero]]'', he returned in the revamped series determined to make others suffer as he had by taking away whatever they valued most since his condition has destroyed his body, leaving him nothing but a head that can connect to his suit. He feels he can't return to his wife looking like this. And figured if he can't be happy with what he valued most, then no one else should.
** First he targeted a paleontologist who spent years reconstructing a dinosaur skeleton by shattering it. Then he destroyed a prominent artist's latest and greatest painting -- and the artist is too old to make another one. Then he targets Bruce Wayne by attacking his surrogate family:
--->'''Mr. Freeze:''' Perhaps the surrogate son? ''[points freezegun at Tim Drake]'' No. Better the surrogate father. ''[freezes Alfred]''
** Finally, he targets Batman by attacking what he values most: ''all of Gotham''.
* [[MonsterClown Zombozo]] forms an alliance with several other villains to attempt this on Ben in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' after the hero's identity has been made public. [[spoiler:This backfires spectacularly when he pushes it too far by trying to sadistically murder Ben's mother while his cousin Gwen is watching, causing Gwen to go OneWingedAngel and scare the crap out of him for the second time (the first time being Ben in the original series).]]
** Captain Nemesis attempted to combine this with SadisticChoice on Ben by kidnapping [[LoveInterests Julie]] with another girl everyone thought Ben was dating. He learned the hard way that using this method against Ben was a '' damn bad'' idea.
** One episode revolves around an alien attempting this on human colonel Rozum as a revenge for imprisoning him inside Area 51 for years, leading to the alien's family's death.
* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'':
** The [[Characters/FinalSpaceOthers DeWinters]] who have been hunting Gary for revenge over the death of the family matriarch also intend to go after Sheryl Goodspeed, not just Gary. The fate David has planned for Sheryl is grotesque.
--->'''David:''' ''(to Gary)'' We're going to hunt you down, and we're going to hunt your mother down and kill her as well! An eye for an eye... or more like [[GenuineHumanHide a flesh-sack for a flesh-sack]]!
** [[spoiler:[[Characters/FinalSpaceTheTeamSquad Ash]]]], following her FaceHeelTurn and subsequent corruption by Invictus, pulls a ''majorly'' detestable JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope when she decides to get revenge on Gary for her personal losses that she perceives him as being responsible for by targeting Mooncake while Gary's forced to watch. She [[spoiler:violently drains Mooncake's powers and [[UncertainDoom possibly kills him]], or otherwise leaves him separated across dimensions from Gary]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' season 6 episode, "No Second Prances", Trixie manipulates a recently redeemed Starlight Glimmer into spending time with her and avoiding her friendship lessons just to annoy Twilight Sparkle and try to beat her at something for once. That is, until Trixie realizes she has developed friendly feelings toward Starlight and decides to turn into a [[BecomingTheMask genuine friend for her]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "I Love Lisa", after Lisa breaks up with Ralph Wiggum on national television, his dad Chief Wiggum gets even by getting Homer a ticket for a busted tail-light... [[DirtyCop one that Wiggum busted himself]].
** In the "Treehouse Of Horror VI" segment "Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace", as he's burning to death, Groundskeeper Willie swears vengeance against Springfield's adults for their neglect to help him. With his dying breath, he vows to target their children in their dreams.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SkyDancers'', Sky Clone cannot get revenge on his brother Skyler for taking away his ability to fly because Skyler died trying [[TakingYouWithMe to take him out]]. So he decides that the only way to make things even is to destroy his brother's wife.
* Eric Cartman's scheme in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die". To sum it up: Scott Tenorman tricked Cartman into buying his pubic hair. In revenge, Cartman constructed an [[BatmanGambit elaborate plot]] (after several failed attempts) that resulted in Tenorman's parents being shot to death by an irate farmer, ground into a fine chili, and [[FamilialCannibalismSurprise fed to Scott at a public event]], after which, Music/{{Radiohead}} (Tenorman's favorite band) arrived on Cartman's request to [[MenDontCry mock him mercilessly for crying about it.]] It's little wonder that many South Park fans consider this Cartman's [[MoralEventHorizon supreme act of evil]].
* Yellow Diamond from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' tries to get revenge on Rose Quartz [[spoiler:for shattering Pink Diamond]] by destroying Earth and having all ''other'' Rose Quartzes decommissioned and [[SealedGoodInACan bubbled]]. She would have shattered them, but Blue Diamond insisted on keeping them alive. Ironically, [[spoiler: the Rose Quartz that rebelled wasn't an actual Rose Quartz, but Pink Diamond in disguise, meaning that Yellow Diamond would have exterminated an entire gem type to avenge someone who wasn't even dead to begin with.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': Subverted in "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E8SupermansPal Superman's Pal]]". The leader of a group of thugs gloats that he's going to kill [[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen Superman's pal]] in revenge for Superman sending his to prison. [[spoiler:Turns out, he was part of a test on Tina's part to make sure that Jimmy would make an effective hostage.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Courtney gets voted off in the same episode her and Duncan become an OfficialCouple. The end of the episode reveals that this is due to Harold tampering with the voting box to rig the votes against Courtney, as a way of getting back at Duncan for bullying him. He does this in-spite of the fact that he could have easily had Duncan voted off instead.
* Wheeljack does this in ''Anime/TransformersArmada''. He ends up taking Sideswipe hostage to get back at Hot Shot for supposedly abandoning him.
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