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** Avenging Pegasus's defeat was Duke Devlin's original motivation for challenging Yugi to a high-stakes game of Dungeon Dice Monsters in the anime. In the manga, he's avenging the defeat of his [[Monster Clown]] father at the hands of Yugi's grandfather.
* In ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', Jin killed his master Mariya Enshirou in self-defense. Try telling that to Mariya's ''other'' students, who are hunting for Jin throughout the series to avenge him. Particularly notable is [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]] Ogura Bunta, who managed to hold his own against Jin when he finally encountered him. The shame of his defeat, however, caused Bunta to be [[Driven to Suicide]], according to Jin's [[Unknown Rival]] Yukimaru. For his part, Yukimaru doesn't care about their master, and just wants to kill Jin to absorb the reputation of the thousand man killer.
* Two of the [[Big Bad
* Brocken Jr., of ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' infamy, originally sought revenge against Ramenman for the death of his father, Brockenman. This is despite the fact that both Junior and Ramenman were "faces" and Brockenman a "heel." Brocken Jr.'s [[Image Song]] even has him acknowledge his father was a cheap fighter who got what he deserved, but he intends vengeance all the same. He changes his mind [[Defeat Means Friendship|after Ramenman defeats him]].
** Funnily enough, when Ramenman fought Brockenman he himsef was a monstrously brutal "heel". Not only did he needlessly kil Brockenman, he ''made him into noodles and ate him'', too. You can't blame a guy for wanting to beat the piss out of the man who murdered and ate his father for laughs.
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* Lucia has an offhand comment early in his role in ''[[Rave Master]]'' that makes it seem like part of his motivation is to avenge his father. Really, though, it's more that he's just lashing back at the world.
* In ''[[Nurarihyon no Mago]]'', the Hundred Tales Clan remnants seek vengeance for their leaders death by the Second.
* ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'': Rey Za Burrel's [[Cloning Blues|older brother]], Rau Le Creuset, was a [[Death Seeker]] and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] who died while [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum|trying to take everyone else with him]].
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': In the first anime, Wrath attacks Lust in a rage after {{spoiler|she helps the Elrics cripple Sloth, who he thinks is his mother. The two fight, and Wrath inevitably kills Lust.}}
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': If you want to consider Tomoe a villain, her brother Enishi fits the trope. Also, two of the other people Kenshin killed at the same night Tomoe died were the reason two of Enishi's allies were out for him. The previous group's leader had an apprentice who wanted to defeat Kenshin. Not for revenge as Sanosuke assumed but because killing the one who killed his master [[It's All About Me|was the only way to prove himself stronger than that master]]. The second one, a [[Sissy Villain]], played the trope straight. A friend of his, whith whom he liked to compare who killed more people, was killed by Kenshin.
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* ''[[Beowulf]]'' has to take on the mother of the monster Grendel immediately after killing him.
* A purely villainous example occurs in ''Mariel of [[Redwall]]''. Saltar the searat swears revenge on his leader [[Big Bad|Gabool]] because Gabool killed his brother. ''"There was never any love lost between me and Bludrigg, but he was my brother, and blood must be repaid with blood."''
** This is fairly
* In [[Patricia C. Wrede]]'s ''[[Enchanted Forest Chronicles]]'' series, after the primary antagonist [[Evil Sorcerer|Zemenar]] is killed, his son Antorell works to avenge
* The sole motivation of evil vampire Victoria during the second and third books of the ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' series is to avenge the death of her boyfriend, James. Victoria believes that since Edward killed the person she most cared about (James), she should get even with Edward by killing the person he most cares about (Bella).
** Ironically, it wasn't actually Edward who killed James in either the book or the film adaptation. It was some of the other members of the Cullen coven.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Many [[Role Playing Game
* In ''GURPS Cabal'', the Cabal in question has a tradition of vengeance. Every member has two other members that he is assigned to avenge should they die, and every member has two other members who will avenge him upon his death. So if anyone kills one Cabalist, he will have two others avenging that one. Killing those two will being ''four'' avengers, etc. (And since the Cabal is formed of mystics, sorcerers, monsters, etc., this can get scary real quick.)
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* Bowser Jr. in ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''.
** {{spoiler|The Elder Princess Shroob}} in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time]]''. Somewhat notable in that she seemed to care about her sister, despite {{spoiler|said sister not trying to [[Sealed Evil in a Can|reunite the Cobalt Star at all.]]}}
* ''[[Ultima]] II'' and ''III'' are built around this. In ''The Revenge of the Enchantress'', the current [[Big Bad]] is a disciple and lover of the [[Big Bad]] from the first game. In ''Exodus'', the titular [[Big Bad]] is a child of ''both'' [[Big Bad
* The [[Big Bad]] of the [[John Woo]] game ''[[Stranglehold]]'', Mr. James Wong, was the father of the original [[Big Bad]] from the movie ''[[Hard Boiled]]'', Johnny Wong. He's none too happy with Tequila on that score, even without his daughter falling in love with the [[Cowboy Cop]].
* [[Bonus Boss|Piastol]] from ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''; she thinks Vyse [[You Killed My Father|killed her father and sister]] and tries to kill him in return. {{spoiler|The party luckily manages to explain the real events to her, but since her arc was added to the remake, she never joins you to go defeat the real killer, who is the final boss.}}
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** However, this was subverted in ''Cybeast Gregar'' with the character of Ann Zap, the wife of Count Zap, who Lan defeated way back in the first game. She doesn't know who Lan is when she meets him, but when she figures it out, she actually ''thanks'' Lan for sending him to jail to pay for his crimes. Also, in ''Team Proto Man'', Mr Gauss' daughter Tesla starts off overjoyed at the fact that she can avenge her father, but quickly forgets about it and even joins the protagonists.
* Played straight, then subverted in ''[[Robopon]] 2'', Dr. Zeke is the previously unseen brother of the [[Big Bad]], Dr. Zero, from the first game. But rather than vowing to avenge his death, he goes back in time to save Zero so they can both destroy the hero.
* Parodied and Deconstructed in ''[[No More Heroes]]: Desperate Struggle'', the villains that are being avenged were either nameless [[NPC
* In the ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' expansion ''Cataclysm'', Vanessa Vancleef replaces her father Edwin Vancleef as the leader of the Defias Brotherhood, as well as the final boss of the Dead Mines. Revenge for her father's death is one of her primary goals.
** And while Deathwing didn't need much of an excuse to ravage the world, the fact that his daughter's head hung from the gates of Stormwind did draw that city his special attention.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', Belkar killed a kobold in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0348.html one early strip]. His son [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0357.html turns up] later to take revenge on Belkar. The trope is slightly twisted; while kobolds are a [[
** A more recent example: an Ancient Black Dragon shows up to menace one of the protagonists, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html revealing herself to be the mother] of a [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0186.html young black dragon the party had killed many, many strips earlier].
*** Vaarsuvius then took [[Disproportionate Retribution|rather extreme]] steps to [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0639.html prevent another such occurrence].
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