Asshole Victim: Difference between revisions

For [[Kick the Dog|dog kickers]] who kick an asshole (not necessarily fatally), it's [[Kick the Son of A Bitch]]. Can also be an invoked [[Take That Scrappy]] moment. See also [[Disposable Fiance]], which is similar in several respects. When the victim was as asshole for things they did in the process of trying to survive, it's [[Death By Pragmatism]].

 

 

 

Not to be confused with [[Ass Shove|people whose posteriors get violated.]]

* From ''[[Dark Times]]'', Dezono Qua.

* Tommy Monaghan, the titular protagonist of [[Hitman (Comic Book)|Hitman]], only takes contracts out on those he considers to be "bad" people.

 

== Fan Works ==

* Eleven-year-old Zacharias Smith in the Harry Potter fanfic ''The Best Revenge''. Notable in that his killer, the horcrux in Tom Riddle's diary, gets off scot-free in a fic that otherwise has a far lower body count than canon.

* Ace Swift in ''[[Turnabout Storm (Fanfic)|Turnabout Storm]]''. A pegasus athlete that had rumors about him saying that he reached his victories by less-than-honest methods, which turn out to be true. He blackmailed every opponent that had a chance of beating him into dropping out of the race so he could keep both his victory streak untouched and the money from the numerous bets on his favor.

 

* Scotty, in ''The [[Evil Dead]]''. As well as the two rednecks in ''[[Evil Dead]] II''.

* In 2008's ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', Bruce Banner is harassed by some greasy co-workers because he stopped them from sexually harassing a female co-worker. When he's on the run from Blonsky and General Ross he's cornered by them and beaten up a bit. What ensues may be the most satisfying moment in a Marvel movie: he Hulks out and throws them through walls to their death.

* ''[[The Ring]]'': Thanks for killing [[Smug Snake|Dr. Emma Temple]], Samara.

* In ''[[Dogville]]'', the viewer actually feels relieved when mobsters kill the whole goddamn population of the titular town, including the children. They're just ''that'' awful.

* [[Invoked Trope]] in ''[[Shoot Em Up (Film)|Shoot Em Up]]'', in which the hero deliberately singles out which car to steal because he'd seen its able-bodied driver park in a handicapped spot. No, he doesn't kill the guy, but he explicitly calls him a prick, establishing a similar justification for targeting his vehicle.

* In ''[[Psycho Beach Party]]'' Rhonda spends her days being incredibly rude and insulting everybody so watching her die was rather satisfying.

* Mitchell Laurio in ''[[X 2]]''. He's a thug who's shown to enjoy beating up an old man stripped of any powers that would allow him to fight back, so no one minds too much when Mystique sets him up for a death allowing Magneto to escape.

* Harry Prebblie in ''[[The Blue Gardenia]]'' tries to rape Norah, and is promptly killed {{spoiler|just not by her.}}

** In Season 5, Dexter kills Stan Liddy for no other reason than to avoid getting caught. However, Liddy was a corrupt former cop and conducting an illegal investigation, so it's easier for the audience to forgive. Also, Liddy had just tasered and abducted him. That was probably a factor.

*** At the beginning of that season there was also the random guy in the boathouse whose only crime (that we know of) was being generally an asshole and insulting Rita to Dexter's face while he was still trying to process her death.

** Davros' assistant, Nyder. It's hard to feel sorry for him when the Daleks kill him carrying out an order of Davros against their will.

* Mark Goodson from the ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' episode "Small Worlds". We don't particularly mind that he's stalked and murdered, because the first time we see him he's trying to kidnap and rape a little girl.

* Most of the episodes of the TV series ''[[Ellery Queen]]'' would qualify.

* "Goodbye, Earl" by the Dixie Chicks.

* "Janie's Got A Gun" by Aerosmith is about [[Rape As Drama|a teenage girl who shoots her father after being raped by him.]]

* [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s filk "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night." The Countess, a talentless would-be musician, dies in a locked tower to which her husband has the only other key. But she was such an unpleasant person that:

{{quote| And one fact most astounding to them quickly came to light--<br />

* Subverted in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]''. The [[Big Bad]] has been killing people, and you've been following him in the hopes of putting a stop to it. The previous victims have all been high-profile, usually the most important people in their respective towns. Enter Dominico, who clearly is the most important man in Arcadia and seems certain to be the next target. Dominico is also a complete douchebag to everybody in general, but to his servant David in particular, heaping humiliation after humiliation on the doggedly loyal young man, even forcing him to taste for poison in his dog's food. You already know nobody's going to regret this guy's death. Except, it's the eminently likable David who turns out to be the target, rather than Dominico, who isn't quite as important as he thought he was.

* The first victim of the supernatural serial killer in ''Phantasmagoria 2 - A Puzzle of Flesh'' is the bullying asshole of a coworker at the protagonist's work place, causing Curtis a lot of concern as to whether or not he may have killed him during a psychotic black-out. Of course, then the people he ''likes'' start dying, and the otherworldly antagonist gets a lot less subtle.

* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'', the player character gets the chance to solve a murder. Turns out the victim was having an affair with one suspect's wife, and had been in a fight over business with the other suspect.

** Later in the game, the PC gets to do play detective/lawyer again, but this time the trope is completely inverted: though the victim is a Dark Jedi -- and as such, no girl scout -- her murderer is even worse. And infuriatingly vital for the Republic's war effort.

*** In the third case, the victim {{spoiler|was an infamously greedy sculptor apparently [[Only in It For The Money]], who forced his own son to kidnap the son of his former partner so that he could have an easier time betraying and blackmailing him, which... did not go as he had planned. The killer himself ''also'' became a victim in the case, albeit nonfatally.}}

*** Then, {{spoiler|in the final case, the victim (who had been met way back in the first case) turns out to have been ''much'' more assholish than had been initially suspected--he was in fact a former body double for the head of state who had arranged the man's assassination, taken his place, fabricated his own kidnapping to defraud the country of millions and killed or tried to kill anyone who could have exposed his real identity. By comparison the game's actual [[Big Bad]] comes off as downright sympathetic, who would probably have been seen as justified if he hadn't [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|jumped off the slippery slope]] while [[He Who Fights Monsters|fighting the monsters]] who had terrorized him for most of his life.}}

* Matou Shinji in [[Fate Stay Night]], Heaven's Feel route. Considering that this is the [[Complete Monster]] who RAPED his SISTER for years, treats his Servant like a dog even when she remains unflinchingly loyal to him and tried to RAPE Rin when she was tied up and unable to resist, nobody is exactly shedding any tears for him when he kicks the bucket courtesy of a stab through the chest by the very sister he was again attempting to rape.

** And if you wanted his anime counterpart dead too, don't worry. That happens too.

* ''[[Something Positive]]'' has the completely evil Avagadro Pompey, who actually did die of natural causes, although nobody believes [[Jerkass|Kharisma]] when she said that, although she really was trying to kill him, all her murder attempts failed.

** And then you had Avagadro's former sex slave, Pepito. Once freed from Avagadro's clutches, he proved every bit the [[Jerkass]] Avagadro was. And then [[Cruel and Unusual Death|he was torn apart by rabid anime fangirls]].

* ''[[Drow Tales]]'' has several examples, one being Miir'kin Vel'Vlozress, who by all counts was a pretty big jerk, even attempting to murder the protagonist in cold blood, but the way he goes out is still pretty gruesome. Then there's Rikshakar, who gets killed by a demon in a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], but this was just ''after'' he'd tried to rape a little girl after kidnapping her (though he ''did'' try to force her to shape-shift into a more mature form first, meaning he's not necessarily a pedophile, but still a jerk).

* In [[Kevin and Kell]], many of the prey species (and occasionally, predators) that get themselves eaten are often established as jerks, and often die as a result of their transgressions. For example, one [[Jerry Springer]] parody character tries to get Kell to eat Kevin by bringing up his online affair, but when it [[Milholland Relationship Moment|turns out to be with her]], and he persists in trying to provoke her, she eats him.

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