| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_0429.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:On the left is the hero of Hyrule's [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild most recent reincarnation]]. On the right are just three of the ''numerous'' {{Big Bad}}s he's vanquished. [[note]]Top to bottom on the right side: the version of Ganondorf from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', the version of Ganondorf from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', and Demon King Demise from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. [[/note]]]] |
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| 4 | ->'''Flynn:''' Do you intend to rain down your justice on all the villains of the world? That's the behavior of a common criminal!\ |
| 5 | '''Yuri:''' I recognize it for what it is and I've made my choices. Murder is a crime.\ |
| 6 | '''Flynn:''' And even knowing that, you intend to dirty your hands.\ |
| 7 | '''Yuri:''' Intend to? I already have. |
| 8 | -->-- ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' |
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| 10 | Villains dying in a story is nothing new. When it comes to villains, they're [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin expected to lose]], and dying at the hands of any character, whether or not they're TheHero, is common, especially in DarkerAndEdgier works. However, there are characters in existence that seem to make it a point to kill any villains that come their way. This is the Villain Killer. |
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| 12 | This trope does ''not'' occur when a hero kills a singular BigBad and his/her [[TheDragon dragon]] at the end of a single story. This trope is about characters who regularly kill the villains more than other characters in the setting. In order for a character to become this trope, it should be one of the following scenarios: |
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| 14 | # There are multiple villains, either working together or in a competing BigBadEnsemble. No matter which one, a single character kills all or most of these villains. |
| 15 | # A series of interconnected stories (book and film series) with each story having a different BigBad and TheDragon, and a single character kills all or the majority of these villains. |
| 16 | # A serialized story (comic book and TV series) with different {{Story Arc}}s featuring different {{Arc Villain}}s and/or villainous factions, and a single character kills most of them. |
| 17 | # A [[VillainBasedFranchise Villain-Based Horror Franchise]] has a single MascotVillain (like ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'') and said mascot is essentially the lead character for the franchise as a whole. If a character successfully kills the MascotVillain, they are a villain killer. This is the most direct inversion of the HeroKiller. |
| 18 | # A character's backstory describes how they were directly responsible for the singlehanded annihilation of numerous villainous factions (e.g. a vigilante character who targets Mexican cartels). |
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| 20 | In LighterAndSofter settings where characters have a ThouShallNotKill rule, preferring to imprison, disable, or [[HeelFaceTurn redeem]] their adversaries, the Villain Killer is the one who defies this rule and executes the villains they come across. In these types of settings, this character is usually treated akin to the TokenEvilTeammate. |
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| 22 | In DarkerAndEdgier settings where numerous characters have villain body counts, the Villain Killer is the character with a disproportionately high villain kill count. Everyone's an experienced killer, but the Villain Killer takes it to a new level beyond the other characters. |
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| 24 | SisterTrope to VigilanteMan, the main difference between the two is that a Villain Killer need not be motivated by a sense of justice, and a VigilanteMan may not end up actually killing their victims. |
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| 26 | Contrast the HeroKiller. |
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| 28 | SuperTrope to: |
| 29 | * HunterOfMonsters: A character who targets supernatural monsters. |
| 30 | * NaziHunter: A character that seeks and sometimes kills Nazis. |
| 31 | * SerialKillerKiller: A hunter of serial killers. |
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| 33 | !!As this is a {{Death Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]]. |
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| 35 | !!Examples: |
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| 39 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 40 | * Hajime Nagumo from ''Literature/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest'' always makes a point to always kill his enemies to make sure they don't come after him again, even if said enemies are [[WeUsedToBeFriends his old classmates]]. He blows away [[spoiler:Yukitoshi]] after seeing he was BeyondRedemption, much to the horror of his teacher, and later kills Cattleya, a demon that nearly kills his other classmates, who were equally shocked by his brutality. For context, Hajime was the class' BullyMagnet so his change is very jarring. Whenever they confront him on his actions he simply responds "they were my enemy". |
| 41 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The Ackermans (Levi and Mikasa) are the deadliest soldiers in the military who defeated a lot of Titans which made the enemy Titan Shifters afraid of them. [[spoiler:In the end, Levi is the one who killed Zeke Yeager a.k.a. the Beast Titan while Mikasa is the one who personally kills [[FallenHero Eren]] after much hesitation]]. |
| 42 | * Guts of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', when it comes to slaying TheLegionsOfHell as TheBerserker HunterOfMonsters very few manga protagonists have a higher body count than him. 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. |
| 43 | * [[VampireHunter Saya Otonashi]] of ''Anime/BloodPlus'' has killed all of Diva's chevaliers given that her blood can kill them. In the end, she also kills Diva. |
| 44 | * 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).]] |
| 45 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 46 | ** Son Goku has taken on all manner of enemies from mortal men to alien warlords to horrifying demons. Many if not most have been slain by him with those he doesn't kill either [[HeelFaceTurn becoming his allies]], [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork getting killed by other villains]], being killed by other heroes, or just being [[NotWorthKilling too weak to necessitate killing]]. Becomes an ExaggeratedTrope in the [[NonSerialMovie non-serial movies]] and canon movies as with the few exceptions of Garlic Junior[[labelnote:*]] who’s immortal[[/labelnote]], Bojack[[labelnote:*]] who Gohan kills[[/labelnote]], Broly[[labelnote:*]] who is killed by Gohan and Goten with ghost Goku’s help, and spared in canon[[/labelnote]], Beerus[[labelnote:*]] who Goku surrenders against[[/labelnote]] and Cell Max [[labelnote:*]] killed by again Gohan [[/labelnote]] all the movie villains are atomized by Goku. |
| 47 | ** Aside from Goku, Vegeta is the most prolific killer of villains amongst the protagonists, including Nappa, Cui, Dodoria, Zarbon, the Ginyu Force (Aside from Captain Ginyu himself, whom he ''would'' have killed), the majority of Freeza's forces, Android 19, and Pui Pui. That said, he was a villain and anti-"hero" most of the time, and he didn't reform completely until near the end of the Buu Saga. |
| 48 | ** Future Trunks also qualifies. Not only does he kill King Cold and a mechanized Freeza but he also kills his timeline's versions of Android 17, 18, and Cell. [[spoiler:''Super'' reveals that Future Trunks also killed his timeline's versions of Babidi and Dabra before they could awaken Majin Buu.]] |
| 49 | ** Gohan isn’t too shabby either especially when putting non-canon material in account. He’s killed Banan, Sūi, Cell, Bojack and in ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'' Gohan slays [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Freeza]] as well. In ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' Gohan kills the BigBad Cell Max, Cell's successor. |
| 50 | ** Piccolo has killed Raditz and a Saibaman in the series proper. And in the films he kills Sansho, Wings, several of Dr. Wheelo's Bio-Men, and Cooler's Armoured Squadron consisting of Salza, Dore and Neiz. |
| 51 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': |
| 52 | ** Kenshiro is the champion of bad-guy slaughtering in the post-apocalyptic hellscape that he lives in. Kenshiro kills vilains at least once per episode/chapter, [[GoodIsNotSoft and he does so in a very gruesome matter]]. His fighting style of Hokuto Shinken means that a time-delayed death is the norm, to the point that Kenshiro's CatchPhrase is "YouAreAlreadyDead" after using one of his moves. However, Kenshiro only resorts to killing bad guys who have [[BeyondRedemption participated in unforgivable actions to prove that they won't redeem themselves]], which earns him the title of "Savior of Century's End" among the populace. |
| 53 | ** Rei, who is regarded as TheLancer to Kenshiro, also has a very high body count, slicing his enemies to pieces with his Nanto Suicho Ken. And unlike Kenshiro, Rei doesn't spare his enemies and he's significantly more revenge-driven than Kenshiro, but his sense of honor and justice is on par with Kenshiro's. |
| 54 | ** Toki, who despite his peaceful nature, is also a practitioner of Hokuto Shinken just like Kenshiro, and thus Toki is also capable of killing enemies by making them explode, but he also gives them a big sensation of pleasure while they're dying a painless death. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Roy Mustang gains this reputation after killing Lust, and later curbstomps Envy. He’s established as the biggest physical threat to the homunculi. |
| 56 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': |
| 57 | ** 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 ([[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the latter is something which Amuro regrets]]) during the One Year War. His Gundam earns the name [[RedBaron "The White Devil"]] for that reason. |
| 58 | ** ''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:[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill it took]] several [[OrbitalBombardment Dainsliefs]] to put him down for good in the last episode.]] |
| 59 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 60 | ** Jotaro Kujo, in the Parts 1-6 universe, has a high BigBad body count compared to the other Jojos (with the arguable exception of Joseph his grandfather). He kills DIO in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]]'', pretty much finishes off Yoshikage Kira in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]]'' and nearly kills Enrico Pucci in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6]]''. To compare, Jonathan merely incapacitated Dio in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Part 1]]'', Joseph does kill Wamuu and Esidisi but by his own admission Kars's (mental) death is due to chance in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Part 2]]'', Giorno only kills Diavolo in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Part 5]]'' and while a major contribution to Kira and Pucci's defeats, Josuke and Jolyne didn't finish them off, leaving the job to Jotaro and Emporio respectively. |
| 61 | ** When it comes to dealing with villains overall and not just the [[BigBad Big Bads]] in the Parts 1-6 universe, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Team Bucciarati]] takes the cake. While the previous teams weren't above killing villains — with Jonathan's group killing almost every enemy on their way in Part 1 —, they were also willing to just knock them out. Team Bucciarati by comparison is far more ruthless, with only [[StarterVillain Sale and Mario Zucchero]] being spared[[spoiler:, and even ''they'' get axed come ''Purple Haze Feedback''.]] All of their other opponents end up suffering generally gruesome deaths, and those not killed end up suffering AndIMustScream fates, such as Diavolo and The Notorious B.I.G.. |
| 62 | ** ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'': Josuke ends up killing most of the villains in ''Jojolion'' whenever he gets the chance, the first being an accident, but every one afterwards being completely intentional. |
| 63 | * ''Anime/MonsterRancher'': Whenever Tiger of the Wind has his own ADayInTheLimelight episode, the body count of villains tend to rise, with Tiger personally slaying Captain Dino, Captain Black Worm, Gray Wolf, and an Evil Hare working under Lilim. Out of all the Searchers, Tiger holds the highest kill count in the series. |
| 64 | * In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'', the Vigilantes of Naruhata encounter a vigilante by the name of Stendhal. Unlike the trio, Stendhal is a KnightTemplar who [[SerialKiller kills every villain he comes across]]. [[spoiler:After his mask is broken in a fight with Knuckle Duster, [[SanitySlippage he loses what little sanity he had left him]], cuts his own nose off and changing his target to "false heroes", becoming the "Hero Killer" Stain from [[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaHeroKillerArc Hero Killer Arc]] of [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia the main series]].]] |
| 65 | * ''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 the Hero Association was created. |
| 66 | * In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Team Dai-Gurren, especially their leader [[TheHero Simon]] kill nearly everyone who stands up against them, except for Viral, who [[HeelFaceTurn joins the group]] after the TimeSkip. Thymilph, Guame, Lordgenome and thousands upon thousands of Beastmen die by Simon's hands and drills in the first part alone. In the second part, it culminates with Simon killing the Anti-Spiral King and their entire race. |
| 67 | * In ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', Vash the Stampede has a strict [[ThouShallNotKill no-kill]] rule, preferring to reform the bad guys, or failing that, incapacitate them and turn them to the authorities. His traveling companion Nicholas Wolfwood instead delivers the killing blow to villains who he (Wolfwood) knows are [[BeyondRedemption too evil to reform]] and [[CardboardPrison too powerful to stay incarcerated for long]], albeit without Vash's knowledge as Wolfwood knows Vash would otherwise attempt to step in to SaveTheVillain at any cost. |
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| 70 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': |
| 72 | ** 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 drove his parents mad, with Thomas becoming a Batman who shows no mercy to villains, Martha became the Joker of this universe.]] |
| 73 | ** After being killed by the Joker and resurrected, [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]] abandoned Batman's rule against lethal force and essentially became DC's equivalent of the Punisher, racking up a considerably high body count of criminals. |
| 74 | ** Like Jason, [[Characters/BatmanHuntress Helena Bertinelli]] does not follow the no-killing rule which has led to her clashing with other superheroes, Batman being the primary example. |
| 75 | * ''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 consisting of Earth-based and intergalactic villains such as Conquest, Angstrom Levy (he got better), Rus Livingston, Future Immortal, Dinosaurus, Re-Animan (mutiple times), Onann and Thragg. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/{{Katana}}'' of Creator/DCComics lost her husband and children to her husband's jealous brother, who had connections to the Yakuza. After killing her brother-in-law, but failing to save her family, she made it her life's mission to hunt down and kill anyone that was involved in crime, especially those who were present at her family's murder. She uses the very same sword that was used to kill her husband no less. |
| 77 | * This is the entire ''raison d'etre'' of the Scourge of the Underworld, who goes around murdering low-level supervillains. His purpose was to take out the villains who were considered too minor, redundant, or ill-conceived. |
| 78 | * Comicbook/ThePunisher is one of Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s longest-running anti-heroic characters. He has suffered a little bit since his debut from [[DependingOnTheWriter various visions by various writers]], but the one consistency between all of them is that the eponymous title adopted by Frank Castle is always hunting down and killing bad guys, taking down entire crime syndicates in his wake, all motivated because one of these crime families murdered his entire family. He tends not to fare as well when dealing with supervillains, which is why he primarily sticks to regular street criminals. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' had Dark Enerjak (who is Knuckles gone KnightTemplar) who [[YourSoulIsMine can pull out the core of a person]] leaving them as lifeless, hollow shells. Among his [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SxzCOaPDL9o/WzcMtsjUVvI/AAAAAAAAYM0/Cqw146RJp1cqumu43EdBLewA3KzzsE32gCLcBGAs/s1600/Su25-4.jpg victims]] were Dr. Eggman, Snively, Ixis Naugus, and Dr. Finitevus. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Kaine, the PsychoPrototype clone of Spider-man, was introduced killing Dr. Octopus, and using his "Mark of Kaine" (which was a stronger version of Spider-man's ability to cling to any surfaces) to disfigure other criminals and minor villains. He later underwent a HeelFaceTurn and became the new ComicBook/ScarletSpider. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor is certainly this, having easily the highest villain body count of the original Avengers and [[Really700YearsOld given how old he is]], it’s impossible to count or guess exactly how many foes have died by his hand. In the present day comics Thor has slain: ComicBook/{{Loki}} ([[JokerImmunity he got better]]), Gorr the God Butcher, The World Serpent, ComicBook/TheSentry (when he becomes a FallenHero), Desak Sterixian, Ragnarok (his EvilKnockOff), Harald Jaekelsson, Those Who Sit Above in Shadow, Glory, Ulik the Troll, Bor (his GruesomeGrandparent), Black Winter and even ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. |
| 82 | * ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is typically the character on the ComicBook/XMen who is most likely to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do whatever it takes]] to defeat the current villain, sometimes to the protest of the other X-Men or whatever other heroes he happens to be teamed up with. He was even recruited for the ComicBook/NewAvengers ''because'' of this- after what happened during ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled, Captain America decided that having someone willing to use lethal force on the team was necessary if distasteful. It was also how Wolverine ended up leading ComicBook/XForce2008, so he could carry out dirty jobs like wetwork for the X-Men instead of more innocent members being forced to do so. |
| 83 | * ComicBook/WonderWoman is known for being the member of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica most likely to use lethal force if the situation calls for it. How quick she is to jump to the lethal option depends on the writer. |
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| 86 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 87 | * ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': Luz, the new All For One, has killed nearly every assassin sent after her by the Wittebanes and stolen their Quirks, making her stronger. She also wiped out the two enemy teams in the Death Camp, sans sparing one SoleSurvivor by choice, in her RoaringRampageOfRevenge. She also plans to kill [[BigBad Tyler Wittebane]] personally. |
| 88 | * ''Fanfic/ADarkerPath'': Taylor, under the name Atropos, quickly gains this tag by going after Brockton Bay's gang leaders, killing them one by one even as they do everything in their hand to protect themselves. Her reputation only grows as other villains show up and get killed, often in ironic ways. |
| 89 | * ''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 [[AssholeVictim 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. |
| 90 | * ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator'': Not long after getting shanghaied into the MHA world, the Doom Slayer gains the reputation of being a brutal vigilante after ''ripping Shigaraki's arm off''. By Chapters 8-19, he fully becomes this trope after [[spoiler:slaughtering Nine and his underlings on I-Island]]. |
| 91 | * ''Fanfic/OneForAllAndEightForTheNinth'': An EvilVersusEvil example of this trope. To cement himself as the FinalBoss of the story, Tomura [[spoiler:kills Mugen Shigaraki/All for One, Re-Destro, Curious, Geten, Skeptic, Mustard, Amplivolt and countless other villains during his attack on Tartarus in Chapter 74.]] |
| 92 | * ''Fanfic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan'' provides several examples that are delivered by [[VillainProtagonist Ted]], [[spoiler:the most prominent of them being Lord Tirek when the Centaur tried to drain the Magic from Vulcan; only to receive death via [[BoomHeadshot a face-full of buckshot.]]]] |
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| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 96 | * The eponymous heroine of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' famously has the single highest body count of any Disney princess or any animated Disney character for that matter. Using just some fireworks, Mulan annihilates the Hun army (numbering in the thousands) in an avalanche, and by killing BigBad Shan Yu (who surived the avalanche) in the climax, her total villain kill count comes to '''1,995''' people. |
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| 99 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 100 | * In ''Film/AirForceOne'', President James Marshall as played by Harrison Ford proves why he earned a Medal of Honor as he outsmarts and eventually kills most of the terrorists that overtook his plane. |
| 101 | * Detective Harry Callahan (as played by Creator/ClintEastwood) has a tendency to shoot large holes in criminals, branding him as a CowboyCop among the precinct brass. |
| 102 | ** ''Film/DirtyHarry'': Introduces Detective Callahan, and his trusty .44 Magnum, doling out bulletholes to dangerous criminals. None come away unscathed, and very few are left alive. |
| 103 | ** ''Film/MagnumForce'': Still swiss-cheesing criminals, and some rogue cops as well. Harry takes out the mastermind behind the slayings with a bomb meant for himself. |
| 104 | ** ''Film/TheEnforcer'': A terrorist group gets their hands on some nasty weapons. Inspector Callahan proves quicker on the trigger, negating the advantage that the terrorists had. |
| 105 | ** ''Film/SuddenImpact'': A MeaningfulName for a film about what happens when .44 Magnum bullets meet a band of rape-n-rob baddies at a seaside carnival. Ironically, Callahan was sent there to ''lower'' his body count. |
| 106 | ** ''Film/TheDeadPool'': Inspector Callahan is marked for murder by a twisted player in a deadly game of "Who Dies Next?" Callahan's quip to this villain: "You're shit out of luck." |
| 107 | * Alita from ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' is BewareTheNiceOnes personified. She's a sweet girl but is also ''vicious'' in a fight, so much so that there is little threat to her in the film. The drama comes from her loved ones not being so invincible. However, [[spoiler: Zapan, Vector, Screwhead, Grewishka, Nyssiana, Romo, Stinger, and Exploder]] all learned the hard way what happens when you're bold enough to do this. [[spoiler: Zapan]] is the only one who survived. |
| 108 | * Paul Kersey of the ''Film/DeathWish'' series (as played by Creator/CharlesBronson) makes it a point to kill bad guys. After his wife is killed and his daughter raped into a vegetative state, Kersey goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the punks responsible, plus quite a few other nasty no-goodniks in the process. His WhyDontYouJustShootHim approach to street crime makes Kersey into TheDreaded among Chicago's hoodlums. |
| 109 | * Detective John [=McClane=] from the ''Film/DieHard'' series always finds himself going mostly solo against armed and organized baddies. In the first film, a baddie taunts John that he should always exploit a chance to kill a mortal adversary; John took that advice to heart and forthwith subtracted baddies without mercy. |
| 110 | * ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': Tommy Jarvis became a series deuteragonist in parts ''[[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter IV]]'', ''[[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning V]]'', and ''[[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives VI]]''. He kills Jason (or, in ''Part V'', a Jason copycat) in each of the films he appears, making it his mission to make sure the undead killer stays dead. |
| 111 | * 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]]. By the end of the fourth film, [[spoiler:John Wick has a kill count of 439 people (and that is just the ones we see on screen)]]. |
| 112 | * The Bride of ''Film/KillBill'' has a list of five people to kill, the five people that ambushed her at her wedding rehearsal, nearly killing her, and killing her fiancée, her unborn baby, and the other guests. [[spoiler: She kills three of them in her rampage, including the BigBad Bill himself, and even gets her daughter back after finding her alive]]. |
| 113 | * ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': Kelly singlehandedly kills a raptor without any weapons, and is the first human to score a dinosaur kill in the film series. |
| 114 | * ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong Kong]] has a pretty damn high body count of Titan foes, in part because his specific territory is a cramped island of kaiju [[spoiler:until Skull Island's destruction]], compared to how Godzilla patrols the Earth and keeps peace on a more global scale, in addition to Godzilla being willing to spare Titans who submit to his dominance. Kong has killed Skullcrawlers, [[GeneralRipper Packard]], [[DaddysLittleVillain Maia Simmons and her pilot]], a Spirit Tiger, Mother Longlegs, the list goes on... |
| 115 | * Leo Barnes is the BreakoutCharacter who is seen as TheHero of ''Film/ThePurge'' movies. While in the [[Film/ThePurgeAnarchy second movie]], he doesn't kill [[spoiler: Big Daddy]], he does kill the most enemies throughout the movie, protecting most of the group. However, in the [[Film/ThePurgeElectionYear third movie]], he's much more this trope. [[spoiler: He kills the most active villain Earl Danzinger on his own, and he also kills the New Founding Fathers and their secret service along with the other protagonists]]. |
| 116 | * ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019'' has one of these, but it isn't [[spoiler: Grace]]. This character ''does'' kill one villain, but all the rest are killed by [[spoiler: Mr. [=LeBail=] when he kills the [=LeDomas=] family for failing to kill Grace before sunrise, making him this trope]]. |
| 117 | * ''Film/{{Scream}}''. The three protagonists of the various ''Scream'' films are Sidney Prescott, Dewey Riley, and Gale Weathers. While the latter two have assisted in killing the various killers throughout the series, it is Sidney Prescott who has seemingly made a living off of ending the villains' lives. She killed [[spoiler: Billy Loomis, Stu Macher, Mickey Altieri, and Jill Roberts]], more villains than anyone else has. She even lampshades this tendency in her life to the killer in the third film. |
| 118 | ---> '''Sidney''': (''to the killer of'' Scream 3) You got what you wanted. Hero and villain face to face, well you know what happens now? The villain dies! |
| 119 | * Erin Hanson of ''Film/YoureNext'' kills [[spoiler: more characters than any of the villains. In fact, she kills ''all'' of the killers, and there are ''six'' of them.]] |
| 120 | * In the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, the Holy Trinity have quite an impressive body count. |
| 121 | ** Wonder Woman has displayed that she's more than willing to kill people who threaten innocent lives. In her [[Film/WonderWoman2017 solo outing]], she kills [[spoiler: General Ludendorff and Ares, both of whom were monstrous characters]]. In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', she's a participant in [[spoiler: Doomsday's]] death. And in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', [[spoiler:she's the one who ends Steppenwolf's life, decapitating him completely.]] |
| 122 | ** Superman is not far behind her. In his [[Film/ManOfSteel first outing]], he is forced to personally kill General Zod, [[BleedEmAndWeep and he's in agony over it]]. In [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice the second movie]], he's the one who kills Doomsday, [[spoiler: at the cost of his life]]. Finally, [[spoiler: after his resurrection in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', he helps set up Steppenwolf's death at Wonder Woman's hands]]. |
| 123 | ** Batman himself is not to be underestimated, even if he is only human. In [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice his first appearance]], he already has a long history of violently fighting criminals. He is seen shooting at Lex Luthor's heavily armed goons with a [[GatlingGood minigun]] mounted on his Batmobile and Batwing, mopping up the floor of a warehouse full of them with some highly probable fatalities, and kills Lex Luthor's [[TheDragon Dragon]] Anatoli Knyazev via FlamethrowerBackfire ([[RoaringRampageOfRescue both of the latter in order to save Martha Kent]]). He only gets one hit on [[spoiler: Doomsday]], but said hit is what allowed [[spoiler: Doomsday]] to be killed. He gets an even more impressive moment in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' in the final battle. Aquaman, [[spoiler:Superman]], and Wonder Woman are all combating Steppenwolf while Cyborg is trying to interface with the Mother Boxes, and the Flash is building a charge to help him. This leaves Batman alone against the Parademon army for most of the fight. [[spoiler: After the final battle, there are no surviving Parademons, meaning he killed every last one of them almost entirely on his own.]] |
| 124 | * The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse has a few of these. |
| 125 | ** Iron Man is the most prolific killer of villains. In [[Film/IronMan2 his second solo film]], he shares a BigBad kill with Rhodey against Ivan Vanko. In [[Film/IronMan3 in his third solo film]], he kills [[TheDragon Eric Savin]] and [[DarkActionGirl Ellen Brandt]]. In ''[[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Age of Ultron]]'', he kills minor villain Doctor List, and in ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'', he kills Ebony Maw, one of Thanos' most powerful lackeys. In ''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Endgame]]'', he [[spoiler: finally kills a BigBad personally by snapping alternate timeline Thanos and his entire army out of existence]]. |
| 126 | ** Pepper Potts isn't one to be underestimated either, even though her presence in the franchise isn't as prominent. In ''Film/IronMan1'', she's the one to activate the arc reactor and actually kill Obidiah Stane. In ''Film/IronMan3'', she uses her newfound Extremis powers to kill Aldrich Killian, which really shocks her. In fact, articles like [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2456327/youll-never-guess-which-mcu-character-has-killed-the-most-villains this one from Cinemablends]] point out that she actually had the highest personal kill count of {{Big Bad}}s of all the MCU characters. Not too shabby for a supporting character who mostly made cameo appearances after ''Iron Man 3''. |
| 127 | ** After his family becomes a victim of [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos's culling of half the universe]], a grief-stricken Hawkeye goes on a killing spree in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', targeting criminals all over the world. He is shown killing Yakuza members in Tokyo, Japan when Natasha finds him and is mentioned to have ruthlessly slaughtered an entire Mexican drug cartel earlier. |
| 128 | ** 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. |
| 129 | * ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' and ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'': |
| 130 | ** 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. |
| 131 | ** Sonya counts to a lesser extent. She kills Kano in the first film and kills Cyrax, Mileena and Ermac in the second. |
| 132 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 133 | ** Obi-Wan Kenobi has to be the best at killing Sith and their apprentices in the Jedi Order. In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', he manages to kill Darth Maul (his death was later retconned in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', though Obi-Wan still ends up killing Maul in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''), while in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' he kills General Grievous. He also comes vey close to killing Darth Vader at the end of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. In the non-canon ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' two-parter by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky Obi-Wan also kills Durge TheDreaded 2000 year old BountyHunter. |
| 134 | ** Anakin Skywalker isn't half-bad either, as he's the one who killed Count Dooku, Nute Gunray and the other Separatists in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. As stated in the Prophecy, he ultimately kills the Emperor himself in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' (at least until ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''). In the aforementioned ''Clone Wars'' cartoon Anakin also kills Asajj Ventress. |
| 135 | * ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': Of all people, Rexy the ''[[TerrifyingTyrannosaur Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' is the one who kills most of the movies' major villains. In the [[Film/JurassicPark first film]], she kills [[RaptorAttack The Big One and her fellow Velociraptor]], as well as Donald Gennaro (though the latter is more a {{Jerkass}} than a villain). When she returns in ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Rexy plays a major role in the defeat and death of the ''[[BigBad Indominus rex]]''. In the following film ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', she kills a ''Carnotaurus'' that was threatening the heroes, and also the BigBad Eli Mills. |
| 136 | ** In addition, Rexy appears in the TV animated show ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' and she kills Mitch, a member of the BigBadDuumvirate of Season 2. |
| 137 | * ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'': Optimus Prime is the most prolific killer of Decepticons in the entire film series. He kills Bonecrusher in the first movie. He kills Grindor, Demolishor and the Fallen in the second movie. Shockwave, [[spoiler:Sentinel and Megatron]] are added to his body count in the third movie. In the fourth movie, he claims the lives of [[spoiler:Attinger and Lockdown]]. |
| 138 | ** Surprisingly enough, ''[[TheLoad Sam Witwicky]]'' proves to be pretty effective when it comes to killing major villains, being the one who kills [[spoiler: [[BigBad Megatron]] himself]] in the first film, as well as [[spoiler: [[TheDragon Starscream]]]] and [[spoiler: [[LesCollaborateurs Dylan Gould]]]] in the third one. |
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| 142 | * 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 fought 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]]. |
| 143 | * Creator/IanFleming's superspy ''Franchise/JamesBond'' routinely thwarts the EvilPlan of an amoral mastermind by subtracting the villain's mooks, then TheDragon, then the BigBad himself. It started with ''Literature/DrNo'' and ran through ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. The baddies usually aim to sell the Communist Chinese a nifty superweapon or trigger a war between the Soviet Union and the United States. Bond wisely makes sure these nasty nihilists do no more evil, ever. |
| 144 | * 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. It's little wonder he's the main inspiration of similar Villain Killer ComicBook/ThePunisher. |
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| 147 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 148 | * ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Phil Coulson is quite proficient at killing {{Big Bad}}s, being the one who kills [[spoiler:John Garrett]] in Season 1, [[spoiler:Daniel Whitehall]] in Season 2, [[spoiler:Grant Ward]] in Season 3 and [[spoiler:Aida]] in Season 4. |
| 149 | ** To a lesser extent, the rest of his team are pretty good at this as well: |
| 150 | *** Skye/Daisy Johnson has killed her fair share of major villains as well, killing [[spoiler:Gideon Malick]] in Season 3, both [[spoiler:Sinara]] and [[spoiler:Graviton]] in Season 5, and both [[spoiler:Nathaniel Malick]] and [[spoiler:Sibyl]] in Season 7. |
| 151 | *** Leo Fitz is surprisingly good at killing [[TheDragon Dragons]], killing [[spoiler:Gordon]] at the end of Season 2 and [[spoiler:Giyera]] at the end of Season 3. |
| 152 | *** Melinda May is the one who kills [[spoiler:Izel]] in Season 6, and she's largely responsible for the death of [[spoiler:Qovas]] in Season 5. She also killed some particularly dangerous one-time villains, such as [[spoiler:Eva and Katya Belyakov]] and [[spoiler:Scorch]]. |
| 153 | *** Even Jemma Simmons has killed a few major villains, notably [[spoiler:Sunil Bakshi]] and [[spoiler:Alistair Fitz]]. |
| 154 | *** Alphonso Mackenzie killed two {{Big Bad}}s himself, [[spoiler:Kasius]] in Season 5 and [[spoiler:Pachakutiq]] in Season 6. |
| 155 | *** In the span of two episodes in Season 5, Yo-Yo Rodriguez managed to kill both [[spoiler:Anton Ivanov]] and [[spoiler:Ruby Hale]]. |
| 156 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': The titular vampire himself has a tremendous villain body count only rivalled by his ex girlfriend Buffy below. In the span of his series, Angel kills: Russell Winters, Talamour, Marcus, Griff, Trask, Ethros Demon, Knox, Vanessa Brewer, Vocah, Deevak, John Hancock, The Beast, Agent Hauser, Magnus Hainsley, Magnus Hainsley, Tezcatcatl, Sam Lawson, Polo (a evil puppet) Drogyn, Marcus Hamilton and even one [[GreaterScopeVillain Senior Partner]]. This isn't even factoring in the numerous fellow (not as nice) vampires and various kinds of demons Angel brings down. |
| 157 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In addition to the numerous [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]] that have died by her hand, the eponymous character also slew almost every BigBad in the show. The only ones she didn't kill were Warren (who was killed by Dark Willow), Dark Willow (who was brought back to herself by Xander), Glory (who was killed by Giles) and the First Evil (who couldn't be killed). |
| 158 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor has built up a very impressive kill count (either by their own hand or by providing other characters with the means to destroy a villain) over the course of [[LongRunners almost seventy years of the franchise running]] and many serials and ExpandedUniverse stories. These include three thousand Sea Devils in "The Sea Devils", the Sycorax Leader in "The Christmas Invasion", a being [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane heavily implied to be]] Satan himself in "The Satan Pit", countless Cybermen and Daleks (although the latter [[JokerImmunity have a real hard time staying gone for good]]) and ([[TimeyWimeyBall although the real tale is complicated]]) they were assumed to have killed all of the other Time Lords in the Last Time War when they went full OmnicidalManiac to try to win. The result: by the current time, the Doctor has developed a reputation as TheDreaded, which hinders just as often as it helps them. |
| 159 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has numerous badass fighters, but the one who takes the cake in the number of sheer kills is the young ActionGirl Arya Stark. A young girl who [[TookALevelInBadass became so badass]] that she'd give Marvel anti-heroes a run for their money, she's earned herself the honor of having the highest kill count of villains in almost all of fiction. Her first major step towards this was when she [[spoiler: singlehandedly annihilated the men of the House of Frey, the infamous instigators of the Red Wedding, netting herself 51 kills in a single act]]. She eventually upped the ante in the final season [[spoiler: killing the series' BigBad the Night King with a single stab, and in doing so, killing his entire army of over 100,000 undead wights]]. |
| 160 | * ''Series/InspectorKoo'': Yi-kyung, TheSociopath, kills bad people--criminals and general baddies--not out of a sense of justice, but to slake her thirst to kill. |
| 161 | * By the end of any ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series, the titular hero is bound to have a hefty body count of all the MonstersOfTheWeek they've killed. |
| 162 | ** ''[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]]'' and ''[[Series/KamenRiderFourze Fourze]]'' are two aversions, as the monsters in those shows were originally humans and thus are {{de power}}ed rather than killed. Fourze in particular made a point of trying to befriend every villain he defeated. |
| 163 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is another aversion, as the monsters are humans who've been [[FaceMonsterTurn unwillingly transformed]], and thus are purified by Sento rather than destroyed. The only villain he intentionally kills is [[spoiler:the BigBad, Evolt]], who definitely [[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes had it coming]]. |
| 164 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 165 | ** The eponymous bounty hunter in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has one of the biggest bad guy body counts within the Star Wars canon having killed hundreds of a rival bounter hunters, Stormtroopers, giant Krayt Dragons and one Dark Trooper. [[spoiler: Mando is only one upped in the last account by Luke Skywalker who destroys all Dark Troopers effortlessly.]] |
| 166 | ** In ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Boba Fett has retired from bounty hunting to take over as the local mob boss, starting with [[KlingonPromotion 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). |
| 167 | * In ''Series/StrangerThings'' out of the heroes PsychicPowers Eleven and BadassNormal Hopper likely have slain the most antagonists, having killed numerous evil scientists' henchmen, one named evil scientist Connie Frazier (avenging Benny), numerous Demodogs, two Demogorgans, evil Russians (with Hopper killing ImplacableMan Grigori) and The Mind Flayer (though it's detable whether or not Eleven really "killed" Mind Flayer [[spoiler:since its a construct created by GreaterScopeVillain Henry aka Vecna not necessarily a living creature]]). |
| 168 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'', 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]]. |
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| 171 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' |
| 173 | ** Dante has killed countless demons and baddies from the underworld or from Earth. In ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 DMC1]]'' he kills Phantom, Nightmare, and Nelo Angelo/Vergil [[spoiler:(though he comes back)]]. In ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 DMC2]]'' he kills Jokatgulm, Nefasturris, Arius[[note]]Although he temporarily comes back and is killed by Lucia permanently in her campaign[[/note]] and Argosax the demon king. In ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening DMC3]]'' he kills Cerberus, Agni & Rudra, Nevan, Beowulf and Geryon [[note]] though you can argue he's simply turning them into weapons, not technically killing them [[/note]] and defeats his brother Vergil who is the aforementioned Nelo Angelo. In ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]]'' Dante kills Berial, Dagon, Echidna and Agnus. In ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]]'' Dante slays Cavaliere Angelo and King Cerberus. The [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries canonical anime series]] adds several other demons to Dante's body count, including the final villain Sid. |
| 174 | ** Dante's nephew Nero is no slouch either, killing Sanctus the BigBad of ''[=DMC4=]'' along with Goliath, Artemis and Malphas in ''[=DMC5=]''. |
| 175 | * The Doomguy (later known as Doom Slayer) of ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' when it comes to TheLegionsOfHell may have the highest bad guy body count of any video game character '''period'''. He has killed the Spider Mastermind, countless Barons of Hell, the Cyberdemon, Sabaoth, Iron lich, Maledict, Mother Of All Demons, Vagary, the Icon Of Sin, the Khan Maykr, the Seraphim and the Dark Lord of Hell himself on top of thousands, ''likely millions'' of imps, pinkies, cacodemons, hell knights, revenants, and zombies. |
| 176 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'': This is what gives Hawke their reputation from the middle of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' into ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. Hawke kills dozens of rogue mages and criminals, defeats the Qunari Arishok in single combat, and then defeats a red lyrium-empowered Knight-Commander Meredith of the Templars. Unlike the Warden or, later, the Inquisitor, they have no special circumstances that make them TheOnlyOne that can defeat the foes in question. Hawke is simply one of the strongest fighters of their time and the entire world knows it, thanks to Varric embellishing some of their feats in his ''Tale of the Champion'' book. |
| 177 | * Any playable character in a ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors'' style game can become a gameplay Villain Killer once they become strong enough. Any character can mow through mooks, but as characters grow stronger, captains and bosses become little more than cannon fodder enemies that have stronger attacks. |
| 178 | * [[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. |
| 179 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the [[PlayerCharacter Warrior of Light]] ends up accumulating a very large villain body count throughout the stories and expansions; this includes various generals and Legati of TheEmpire, powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Voidsent]] such as Diabolos, several godly avatars called Primals, the powerful, incredibly hard to kill [[GreaterScopeVillain Ascians]], a MechanicalAbomination from another planet, several massive dragons, etc. After a certain point, most of the main cast is fully confident of the Warrior of Light's ability to pull through, considering the absurd feats of power they managed to pull off. The Omega Raid storyline takes this to its logical conclusion, allowing you to fight and defeat villains from ''other games'' in the ''Final Fantasy'' Franchise, including [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Chaos]], though as digital recreations rather than the real deals. |
| 180 | * Cloud Strife of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', while not quite prolfic as Warrior of Light, has still slain a fair share of his universe's villains. As a rookie, infantryman he impales WorldsStrongestMan Sephiroth with the [[{{BFS}} Buster Sword]] and then tosses him into Mako reactor essentially killing him (unfortnately for everyone, Seph CameBackStrong); after that, Cloud kills Hojo (with help), Bahamut Sin and Kadaj. He also manages to take down Sephiroth again twice, albeit with his friends's help the second time, and it's inferred Sephiroth [[ResurrectiveImmortality will always come]] back due to the Lifestream. |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': Kratos has quite the body count of villains under his belt as he has killed many monsters, almost every Greek god and a number of the Norse gods such as the Furies, Castor and Pollux, Altheia, Charon, Persephone, Ares, Erinys, Thanatos, Ceryx, Theseus, Perseus, the Sisters of Fate, Icarus, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Helios, Perses, Hermes, Hercules, Cronos, Hephaestus, Hera, Zeus, Gaia, Magni, Baldur, Heimdall, took part in killing Odin and killing the Valkyrie queen Gna. Considering the series isn't over yet, Kratos killing villains is only going to continue growing. |
| 182 | * In ''VideoGame/HiFiRush'', Chai winds up killing most of Vandelay's executive board along with trashing hundreds of robots over the course of his adventures. Of the Vandelay bosses, the only ones who don't explode are [[spoiler:Korsica, who has a HeelFaceTurn, Zanzo, and Roquefort. The latter two suffer UncertainDoom and are never seen again after their defeat, with Zanzo going down in one hit and Roquefort getting buried under his own PooledFunds.]] |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/MassEffect'': The reason Commander Shepard is so highly regarded and feared is that, against all odds, they are known for being able to do whatever it takes, defend the galaxy, and stop threats. While they already had this reputation as an [[SuperSoldier [=N7=] Marine]], and later a [[EliteAgentsAboveTheLaw SPECTRE]], they became a LivingLegend for being the first and only known person to successfully kill a [[AbusivePrecursors Reaper]]. In the next games (regardless of player morality or choice), they would then go on to destroy the Collectors, a faction of renegade geth, other rogue [=N7s=] and [=SPECTREs=], ''more Reapers'', and even an EvilDoppelganger of themselves. |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': This is a staple of many boss fights across the series. |
| 185 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': [[spoiler:Snake's battles with FOXHOUND end with most of them dying. The exceptions are Revolver Ocelot, who goes on to become a recurring character throughout the series, and [[TheUnfought Decoy Octopus]], who dies in disguise from the FOXDIE virus inside Snake.]] |
| 186 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': Naked Snake's battles with the Cobra Unit end like this, with their deaths being very over-the-top compared to the more somber ones seen in the game. |
| 187 | ** Raiden is no slouch either. In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', he kills [[MadBomber Fatman]] and [[BigBad Solidus Snake]]. ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' adds to his body count as he kills every member of Desperado all the way up to their leader [[spoiler:Armstrong]]. |
| 188 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': |
| 189 | ** Liu Kang, the Champion of Earthrealm, is a zig-zagged version. While his arcade endings often depict him killing the main villains, it is very rare for him to actually kill in main canon. Which makes sense since Liu Kang is supposed to be a Shaolin monk and often avoids killing. In fact, Liu Kang was the only character in the first game who didn't have a lethal finishing move. ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' is when this trope is played straight: after becoming Fire God Liu Kang, he kills Kronika's entire army, Revenant Jade, Kung Lao and Kitana, and then Kronika herself. ''Aftermath'' retcons this, but in the "good" ending, Fire God Liu Kang reveals himself as TheChessmaster that "allowed" all of this to happen before he finally kills Shang Tsung and ascends to omnipotent godhood. |
| 190 | ** Raiden, especially in his [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Dark Raiden]] persona, kills off villains right and left. By sacrificing himself in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'', he kills off Shang Tsung and Quan Chi in the old timeline. It was his manipulation that finally resulted in Shao Kahn being killed by the Elder Gods in the new timeline, and he later beheads the defeated Shinnok to make sure he can no longer be a threat. He also kills Frost and her Cyber Lin Kuei, traps Geras in a bottomless ocean, and finally merges Remnant Liu Kang with his younger self to birth Fire God Liu Kang. Once again, most of these accomplishments are undone in ''Aftermath''. |
| 191 | * ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'': It doesn't matter if they are human, beast or demon, Ryu Hayabusa ''will'' kill any villain unfortunate enough to cross paths with him if it is within his capabilities (which is quite often). |
| 192 | * Nintendo has four franchise examples: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario & Luigi]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], and Franchise/{{Kirby}}. All four of these characters in their respective game franchises fight several different epic bosses, making each of them this trope by default. However, just having them fighting their games' various {{Final Boss}}es really make them this trope, as the finales to their games usually have them defeating and killing enemies comparable to {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. |
| 193 | ** Mario has fought and killed Bowser and his various underlings many times, but they always find ways to come back to life. In fact, Mario has fought alongside Luigi, Bowser, Peach, and other side characters at different times against greater evils that they destroy. Among them are [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga an evil witch that wanted to steal the power of the Beanstar]], [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory an evil bean wielding the power of an eldritch monstrous black star]], [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor a millennia-old demonic shadow's soul]], and [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario an evil clown with dimensional powers that tried to destroy the multiverse]]. |
| 194 | ** Link has reincarnated many times across the ''Zelda'' timelines, but in many of the games, he has fought Ganon/Ganondorf Dragmire alongside Zelda herself, and in some instances, they have killed him. The most notable case of this was in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', where Zelda and Link work together to stop Ganondorf, and Link fully and completely kills him. However, in other games, he fights other villains that he usually kills. Some of these monsters include [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink a dark shadowy version of himself]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask a malevolent apocalyptic mask that tried to drop the moon on the world]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass a life force-sucking squid-like monster with unnaturally placed eyes]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword the progenitor of every monster in the franchise before Hyrule was even created]]. |
| 195 | ** Samus Aran is an intergalactic bounty hunter, and she lives up to her reputation by accomplishing tasks thought impossible. Her villain body count includes [[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy a Metroid mutated with Phazon to become a massive spidery monster that could imitate her armor to save its life]], [[VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus the destruction of the Metroid species in its entirety]], and [[VideoGame/Metroid1 two]] [[VideoGame/SuperMetroid counts]] of detonating a Space Pirate base (the latter taking [[EarthShatteringKaboom the entire planet it was on with it]]). [[TheDreaded There is a reason that Samus is feared throughout the galaxy.]] |
| 196 | ** Kirby has fought numerous enemies and has in fact killed several of them, many times by himself. Among the monstrous foes he's fought include [[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad evil star-shaped monsters that can possess people]], [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies a malevolent monster that can take a form that looks like Kirby himself]], [[VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse an evil witch that turned Kirby into a sphere and cursed the land to resemble paintings]], and [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror a fiery eyeball wearing a knight's armor that wanted to conquer the mirror dimension]]. |
| 197 | * Aya Brea of ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' fame like the RE protags below has killed a massive amount of monsters and mutated villains within her game and sequels. In the first game alone Aya kills BigBad Mitochondria Eve and shortly after kills the UltimateLifeForm Eve gave birth to and in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Aya slays Truebred Eve albeit with her sister Maya's help. |
| 198 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Just about any main protagonist has racked up a large body count of villains, monsters and zombies but a few stand out enough to qualify for this trope. |
| 199 | ** Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine are the original protagonists of the series and have taken down a large number of zombies and mutants. [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 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]]. |
| 200 | ** Leon Kennedy is no slouch himself. After surviving the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' (where he killed the Tyrant Mr X), Leon TookALevelInBadass, becoming a highly skilled government agent tasked with dangerous and important missions. Leon has killed [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles Cartel boss Javier Hidalgo]], [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 wiped out the entire Los Illuminados cult]] [[OneManArmy almost single-handedly]] and killed [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 Derek C. Simmons]], the corrupt National Security Advisor with help from Ada Wong and Helena Harper. The CGI animated movies only added to Leon's considerably high body count and he even helped Chris in the aforementioned killing of Glenn Arias. In ''Anime/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness'' Leon kills the mutated Jason with a little help from Claire. |
| 201 | ** Claire Redfield (Chris’s sister) has got a large body count herself. She kills the mutated William Birkin by stabbing him in the eye with a steel pipe in the ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake Resident Evil 2 Remake]]'' [[note]] [[AnotherSideAnotherStory although Leon can do same]] [[/note]] and in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' TakingALevelInBadass Claire takes down an entire Umbrella squad in the opening by [[ShootTheFuelTank shooting a gas tank]], kills Nosferatu aka Alexander Ashford and mortally wounds his son Alfred shortly after. She also kills the mutated Neil Fisher in the BadEnding of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' and helps Barry kill Alex Wesker (Albert’s sister) in the GoldenEnding. |
| 202 | ** "Separate Ways", Ada's playable section in ''4'', has her taking on an entire battleship of 400-500 soldiers and killing them all. She also slays Krauser, Wesker's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. In ''6'', it is Ada who kills [[spoiler:Carla Radames]], the BigBad of the game. |
| 203 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' introduces new protagonist Ethan Winters whose search for his wife Mia brings him into conflict with the Bakers, a family of sadistic murderers. After killing most of the antagonistic Bakers, Ethan confronts and kills Eveline, the genetically-modified human responsible for corrupting the Bakers. In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', Ethan, [[TookALevelInBadass courtesy of some training from the BSAA]], has become a OneManArmy capable of taking on an entire village of monsters to save his daughter and ends up killing every single member of the Four Houses before [[spoiler:putting down their leader Mother Miranda]]. What makes Ethan so impressive is that he didn't start out as a cop, a soldier or government agent; he was just a regular guy with a civilian job who wanted to save his family. |
| 204 | * ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2'' and [[VideoGame/SniperEliteIII it's]] [[VideoGame/SniperElite4 prequels]] have series protagonist [[OneManArmy Lt. Karl Fairburne]] as this, responsible for killing hundreds of German, and later, rogue Soviet, soldiers, as well as numerous high-ranking Nazi officers and important scientists, several of whom were either an ArcVillain or that campaign's respective BigBad. In fact, he's responsible for the destruction of at least ''five'' [[StupidJetpackHitler Nazi wonder-weapon prototypes]], two of which have come ''remarkably close'' to targeting and killing important Allied officials. In fact, to German veterans of the North African Campaign, he's in fact TheDreaded and is nicknamed "The Desert Ghost", and "The Shadow" amongst other Axis units. |
| 205 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Sonic and Shadow have racked up a number of villain kills either as a duo, as individuals, or with a little help from friends. Granted, many of these villains are mindless monsters, but maybe Dr. Eggman should feel lucky that he has JokerImmunity. |
| 206 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'': The FinalBoss, the Biolizard, is killed by Super Sonic and Super Shadow. |
| 207 | ** ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'': Shadow uses the Eclipse Cannon to vaporize [[BigBad Black Doom and the rest of the Black Arms]] in the game's true ending. |
| 208 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'': The Babylon Guardian is destroyed by Sonic. |
| 209 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'': Super Sonic, Super Shadow and Super Silver destroy the time god Solaris together, which is then promptly [[RetGone erased from history]] by a time-traveling Sonic and Princess Elise. |
| 210 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries'': In ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'', 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 ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'', 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: |
| 211 | --->'''Merlina:''' If you remove that sword and defeat King Arthur with it, you shall forever be the worst of knights, slayer of kings...\ |
| 212 | '''Sonic:''' [[PragmaticHero Guess I can't be the hero every time.]] |
| 213 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'': Super Sonic kills Dark Gaia. While Dark Gaia has CompleteImmortality and is eventually reborn after millions of years, it still counts. |
| 214 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': Yuri Lowell is a former Imperial Knight who eventually [[DefectorFromDecadence came to despise]] the way that the wealthy and powerful got away with their crimes while forcing the lower classes to suffer injustices. He became a KnightErrant and {{Vigilante|Man}} willing to help others. During the game, Yuri and the group see this firsthand, with two completely unrepentant villains repeatedly getting away with their crimes because of their status, after which Yuri himself would target said villain and kill them. Flynn, Yuri's best friend and a high ranking knight who hopes to [[InternalReformist change things from within]], eventually finds out and the two duel, but the two come to an agreement that Flynn needs to remain TheParagon that inspires hope in the system while Yuri works as his [[TheCowl "darker" counterpart]] who works outside of the law. |
| 215 | * ''Franchise/TombRaider'': The rebooted version of Lara Croft is a OneWomanArmy who is almost completely unstoppable to anyone and anything that gets in her way. In [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 her very first adventure]], she had taken down a Japanese sorceress queen with power over weather, her maniacal lackey, and her army of undead samurai warriors, and her lackey's army of fanatical murderers. In her [[VideoGame/RiseOfTheTombRaider second adventure]], she fought off an entire branch of the AncientConspiracy Trinity, killing an entire branch of their forces and the cowardly younger brother of that branch's leader, though Lara didn't kill said leader herself. In [[VideoGame/ShadowOfTheTombRaider her final conflict against Trinity]], she eventually [[spoiler:killed their leader while he ''possessed the power of a Mayan god'']]. And all of that was in her first major conflict with a huge group. |
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| 219 | * 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 an additional two who had already left the program prior to Cell's arrival (Nappa and Cui) who were also killed by him. |
| 220 | -->'''Cell:''' No wonder Vegeta had an overinflated ego - you all fed him! |
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| 224 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'': The titular Phantasm is a vigilante who systematically murders multiple mob bosses throughout Gotham City. [[spoiler:This is because The Phantasm is Andrea Beaumont, whose father was killed by the mafia and has come back to Gotham City to avenge him by killing them all.]] |
| 225 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'': Trevor, Sypha and Alucard have killed a colossal amount of monsters: Cyclops, Blue Fang, the Minatour, Malphas Gaibon, Slogra and The Visitor as well as villains such as: Dragoslav, Zufall, Sharma, Raman and Chō (three of which Sypha killed), Dracula (though he let it happen), Ratko, four Necromancers, Dragan [[spoiler: and even Death.]] The only villain who they don't kill or even meet is Carmilla [[spoiler:who takes herself out trying to kill Isaac]]. |
| 226 | * Megan Williams from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' G1 has the highest kill count of the heroes, having killed Tirac, Squirk, and Crank. |
| 227 | * The park crew from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', especially Mordecai and Rigby, have a track record of killing almost every villain they encounter, intentionally or otherwise. The Season 4 special [[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep01Exit9B Exit 9B]] brings back the villains they've killed up until that point, which are enough to form an entire ''army''. |
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