Instances of people attempting to take Revenge by Proxy in Western Animation.
- In an episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, 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. 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.
- Avatar: The Last Airbender:
- 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 Ozai and Azula tell.
- Also hopefully suggested by the man who killed Katara's mother, since his mother is at best unpleasant. Katara doesn't go for it.
- After Batman: The Animated Series gave Mr. Freeze a redemptive send-off in the movie 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, reducing him to disembodied head in a glass case attached to his suit. He feels he can't return to his wife looking like this and figures that 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.
- 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:
- Zombozo forms an alliance with several other villains to attempt this on Ben in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien after the hero's identity has been made public. 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 One-Winged Angel 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 Sadistic Choice on Ben by kidnapping 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.
- Final Space:
- The 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 a flesh-sack for a flesh-sack!
- Ash, following her Face–Heel Turn and subsequent corruption by Invictus, pulls a majorly detestable Jumping Off the Slippery Slope 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 violently drains Mooncake's powers and possibly kills him, or otherwise leaves him separated across dimensions from Gary.
- The 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.
- In the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 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 genuine friend for her.
- The Simpsons:
- 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... 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 unwillingness to help him. With his dying breath, he vows to target their children in their dreams.
- In Sky Dancers, Sky Clone cannot get revenge on his brother Skyler for taking away his ability to fly because Skyler died trying 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 South Park episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die". To sum it up: Scott Tenorman tricked Cartman into buying his pubic hair. In revenge, Cartman constructed an 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 fed to Scott at a public event, after which, Radiohead (Tenorman's favorite band) arrived on Cartman's request to mock him mercilessly for crying about it. It's little wonder that many South Park fans consider this Cartman's supreme act of evil.
- Yellow Diamond from Steven Universe tries to get revenge on Rose Quartz for shattering Pink Diamond by destroying Earth and having all other Rose Quartzes decommissioned and bubbled. She would have shattered them, but Blue Diamond insisted on keeping them alive. Ironically, 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.
- Superman: The Animated Series: Subverted in "Superman's Pal". The leader of a group of thugs gloats that he's going to kill Superman's pal in revenge for Superman sending his to prison. Turns out, he was part of a test on Tina's part to make sure that Jimmy would make an effective hostage.
- In Total Drama Island, Courtney gets voted off in the same episode her and Duncan become an Official Couple. 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 Transformers: Armada. He ends up taking Sideswipe hostage to get back at Hot Shot for supposedly abandoning him.
