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* The supposed god Tezcatlipoca in the manga version of ''[[Spriggan]]''.
* Sousuke Sagara of ''[[Full Metal Panic
** Another example is from the first episode of Fumoffu, when Kaname is kidnapped by some punks. Sousuke tortures one of the gang members to find out who every single member of the gang loves the most.
* The entire point of ''[[
** Light's followers are sometimes this, occasionally even more so than Light. Misa once murdered a cop simply for doing his duty as an officer of the law and trying to save people. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Light did not approve]] [[Hypocrite|despite the fact that he murdered several F.B.I. agents for the same reason.]]
** Can't forget Misa's [[Yandere|"If I see you with another girl, I'll kill them!"]]
* Dr. Hell from ''[[
* Lina Inverse, main character of ''[[
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
** [[Jerkass|Jerkass Seto Kaiba]] does this to an extreme in the manga version, where he traps Yugi and his friends (and a toddler one of them happens to be babysitting) in "Death-T", a gauntlet of murderous trials and challenges where failing could lead to death. Seriously, hiring professional assassins for a REAL laser tag, electric chairs powered by screams, hiring a SERIAL SLASHER... and the reason for all this? Because Yugi beat him in a card game (which Kaiba himself tried to cheat in.) The fact that he is [[Easily Forgiven]] is just insulting to the readers' intelligence.
*** Kaiba's revenge wasn't ''just'' for his defeat, it was because of the Penalty Game that the Pharaoh put him through after he lost. For the crime of stealing his card and threatening him for it, the Pharaoh trapped Seto in an illusion where he experienced his own death. This was actually perhaps the most ''merciful'' that the Pharaoh's Penalty Games have been. In this case, he ''meant'' for the experience to help change Kaiba's ways. What actually happened is that Kaiba was traumatized enough to have recurring nightmares about the experience. In fact, in order to make his revenge more complete, he built a technological version of the penalty game, using holograms, to subject Yugi to. Eventually, the Pharaoh got sick of all the revenge schemes, and just blew up the evil part of Seto's mind. He came out of it a sort of changed man. Granted, it put him into a ''coma'' for nearly a year, but still.
** Another had [[Mr. Fanservice|Duke Devlin]], a would-be game developer, challenge Yugi to a duel because he thought Yugi cheated to beat Pegasus (which is
*** Duke's reasons in the manga were a bit more justifiable, since he had to do it for his [[Monster Clown]] of a father in an act of vengeance for whatever Yugi's grandpa did to his face.
*** Duke's father is a much stronger example of this. He and Solomon Moto played the Devil's Board Game, whose cursed power aged him immensely when he lost. Thing is, they both agreed to play the game (for whatever insane reason), and the rules of the game<ref>take turns rolling a die moving a game piece that number of spaces towards the center of the board.</ref> are such that one's opponent has no bearing on who wins the game. Of course, one can't take revenge on the [[Random Number God]], so imprisoning, discrediting, and murdering Solomon's grandson, after forcing him to play the Devil's Board Game, was apparently the next best thing.
** Yami Yugi does have quite a [[Disproportionate Retribution]] thing going on, though, especially in the early manga before Yugi puts his foot down. Most of the people he challenges to Shadow Games are unpleasant, and the games are always fair (that's part of the rules) but still... look at Duel 6, Into the Fire. These guys stole Yugi's group's space and injured Yugi, so Yami blew their leader up with explosives. An extortionist bully threatens Yugi and cheats at the shadow game, so he's made to wallow in a pit of trash while thinking that there's nothing but money raining everywhere. A director uses his authority to lie about Yugi and his friends, so the Pharaoh ''blinds'' him (in an ironic way). Hilariously, Kaiba's [[Disproportionate Retribution]] is the result of one of the Pharaoh's most ''merciful'' Penalty Games. Sure, Kaiba was driven mad by the traumatic experience of feeling his own death, but at least he's still ''alive'' and functioning.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* Sara in ''[[
* One of ''[[Gundam Seed]]'''s main villains, Muruta Azrael, the leader of anti-Coordinator terrorist organization Blue Cosmos, was picked on by Coordinator bullies when he was little. His answer to that as a grown-up who should have known better? {{spoiler|To try and annihilate every single Coordinator from the face of the universe.}}
** While we're at it, how about ZAFT's reaction to the Junius 7 attack? Deploy [[Applied Phlebotinum|N-Jammers]] on the Earth and shut down every single power plant. That includes ''the ones belonging to ZAFT's allies on Earth''.
*** Speaking of Gundam, there's also Camille from ''[[Zeta Gundam]]''. His career as a pilot started because some space-fascists made fun of his name. In real life, there are a few extreme examples of kids who got pushed around and then took a gun and shot up the school. Camille takes a Gundam and shoots up an entire space colony!
*** Then there's Char Aznable from [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] who takes it upon himself to avenge his father's death by killing all of the Zabi family, despite no full proof evidence coming forth that Degwin really did murder Zeon Deikun. Of course, it can be argued that Gihren was a [[Complete Monster]] and Kycilia was [[The Baroness]]. However, the murder of Garma Zabi, Char's own best friend, definitely counts. Seeing that Garma was actually [[Anti
**** For what it's worth, one of the ''original'' unaired episodes of MSG (specifically the ones that were removed due to the series being shortened) depicted Degwin meeting Revil aboard the White Base to discuss armistice, only to encounter Sayla and, upon recognizing her as Artesia Som Daikun, go into a frenzy ''begging her for forgiveness for murdering her father''.
**** Hell, you think Garma's death is bad, try Char's actions in ''Char's Counterattack'': he dropped asteroids on Earth and tried to cause nuclear winter (which ran counter to his father's ideals of preserving the Earth) simply to have a final battle with Amuro Ray. Of course, that doesn't stop [[Fan Dumb|Zeon fans]] from claiming Char was in the "right" throughout, either through the Earth having it "coming" over the OYW and beyond (Note: Nine times out of ten, the Zeeks are usually the ones to start said wars) or Char was legitimately trying to bring peace to the Earthsphere. The latter conveniently omits both [[Humans Are Flawed|human nature]] and the fact there were other militarized spacenoid factions besides Char's Neo Zeon, namely the Jupiter Empire and Buch Kozern (the latter of which would later become the Crossbone Vanguard). And that's not discounting the fact Char would have killed the [[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn|Zeon remnants]] on Earth alongside everything else.
* This is woven into the premise of ''[[
* ''[[Ranma
** The case: Ranma has shown up at the Tendo Dojo and plunged it into chaos by revealing he's a boy who's been cursed to turn into a girl when splashed with cold water. The crime: in response to Akane's various derogatory comments, primarily accusing him of being a pervert for seeing her in the nude when she walked in on him taking a bath, Ranma declares it's no big deal for him to see a naked girl, as he can just turn into one anyway, and then adds in an off-hand matter that his female form is better built than Akane is. The response: Akane grabs the table and belts Ranma over the head with it from behind, knocking him out cold.
** The case: Ranma, in female form, has been kissed by [[Handsome Lech|Mikado Sanzenine]]. The crime: Ranma is actually a straight boy, with Mikado not knowing either that it was Ranma's first kiss or Ranma's true identity. The response: Ranma (who, keep in mind, has enough [[Super Strength]] that he can split boulders without trying too hard) turns into a male and hits Mikado over ''500'' times leaving Mikado unconscious on his feet.
*** To be fair, it's not as if Mikado can't defend himself and wasn't actively fighting back.
**** Also, grabbing an uncooperative woman and then forcing intimate contact with her against her will—which is exactly what Mikado did—is called "sexual assault", and when someone tries that and their intended victim ends up beating the shit out of them most people will agree that they had it coming.
** The case: any outsider woman has defeated a female member of the Joketsuzoku. The crime: defeating the female equivalent of one of the closest things ''Ranma 1/2'' has to a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]. The response: a symbolic [[Kiss of Death]], followed by the defeated Joketsuzoku pursuing the outsider all over the world until one or the other of them is dead.
** The case: Ranma has distracted Happosai, causing him to get hurt. The crime: Ranma's interference in one of Happosai's pantyraids allowed the angry women to catch and beat up the [[Dirty Old Man]]. The response: Happosai burns a moxibustion on Ranma's back that leaves him weak as a baby, then distributes fliers about how Ranma is weak all over town, gloating to Ranma that this means his various enemies will seriously hurt and perhaps even kill him, without Happosai needing to lift a finger.
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*** Subcrime: Ranma grows steadily more enamored with Ryoga. The response: Ryoga bundles the sleeping Ranma up in a bag and wanders off into the woods, digging a grave and getting ready to kill Ranma and bury the body here so Ryoga can both be free of Ranma's flirtations and have Akane to himself.
** The case: when Ranma reveals the magic of the Koi Rod is so strong that she can only think [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] and will let Ryoga kill her if that's what he wants, Ryoga hesitates. The crime: Ranma takes Ryoga's hesitation to deliver the death blow as a sign of affection and gently kisses him. The response: Ryoga resumes trying to kill Ranma.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** Hokuto Shinken, due to its horrific effects when it is used to kill, can often be seen as disproportionate for many of the bad guys that Kenshiro uses it on. Though to be fair, quite a few of these bad guys are not above doing horrible things to innocent people, which is Kenshiro's general [[Berserk Button]].
* A flashback in ''[[
** {{spoiler|Actually, it was less the lie than the thought of Kouta expressing romantic feelings towards someone else. After hearing Kouta say the cousin he was going with was a boy, Lucy thinks to herself that she would have killed Yuka in a fit of jealously if she'd known she was a girl. So regardless if whether Kouta had spoken the truth or not, someone was still bound to get killed.}}
* In ''[[
** Another one would be Tousen. His closest friend was killed by her shinigami husband. So what does he want to do? {{spoiler|Get rid of all the shinigami, all who have pretty much ''nothing'' to do with his friend's death}}.
*** The main reason for Tousen's revenge may have been that the Central 46 did not sentence to death the man that killed his best friend over something petty and so he wants to take down the entire Shinigami system through the most bloodless way possible: {{spoiler|letting Aizen, a traitor, take over the throne to Soul Society.}}
* Sumire/Shiwasu Mina in ''[[
* Many [[Shoujo]] manga have this, where the protagonist attracts the attention of the [[Bishonen|"School Prince"]], causing all of the female students in the school to [[Yoko Oh No|kidnap her and attempt to beat and cut her up]].
* More of a villainous example, but in ''[[
* ''[[One Piece]]'':
**
** It is disproportionate in that everybody but {{spoiler|Robin}} was blown to smithereens, including non-researchers, but the subject matter did contain some information which the World Government didn't want out. It's implied that the government didn't put much effort into hiding their displeasure of Ohara's research.
** Near the beginning of the series, Morgan decreed that anyone who tried to feed a prisoner tied to the cross in the courtyard would be punished for the prisoner's crime. A little girl, not eight years old, would have been executed for trying to feed Zoro if Luffy hadn't defeated Morgan.
** {{spoiler|In the flashback to Luffy's childhood, Saint Jalmack sinks Sabo's boat and possibly kills him for cutting in front of the ship the World Noble was on. He could have justified it with Sabo's pirate flag, but he gave the crossing paths excuse higher priority. Hence this trope.}}
** When Luffy punches a World Noble named Charlos for shooting Hachi, Charlos's father calls in the Marines, including Admiral Kizaru, to the island, and then declares his intention to starve the men of the crew to death while working them as slaves and have the women stuffed, overlapping this with [[Knight Templar Parent]] and [[Moral Myopia]].
** Katakuri, [[The Dragon]] to Big Mom during the Whole Cake Island arc, is very sensitive about his mouth, which is overly large and full of sharp teeth. He always covers it with a scarf except when he eats, and he does ''that'' in private. When Luffy witnessed him eating, Katakuri flew into such a rage that, in addition to attacking Luffy, he murdered his own chefs for no reason at all.
* In ''[[
** And it seems that {{spoiler|Uchiha Sasuke}} is following after his ancestor in the 'disproportionate retribution' department. How? Well, after {{spoiler|Finding out that Itachi was under orders by Danzou, Sarutobi, Koharu, and Homura to execute the Uchiha clan for treason and an attempted coup that would result in a costly civil war}}, he apparently decides to {{spoiler|'''MURDER EVERYONE!''' Danzou, Homura, Koharu, the villagers of Konoha (who had no idea about the attempted coup, much less that Itachi's genocidal actions were sanctioned), innocent samurai who are only doing their job, etc.}} Apparently the only way to make everything better is to go on a {{spoiler|genocidal rampage that would make Pain green with envy.}}
** Also, on one occasion when Jiraiya was caught peeping on Tsunade bathing in his younger years, she proceeded to break both of his arms, six of his ribs, and ruptured a number of his organs as punishment. Yamato even said Jiraiya came very close to dying that day.
*** In fact Jiraya himself admits that's one of TWO times he came close to die, with the other being Naruto losing control of his [[Super
** Danzo could be a [[Well
* People who got sent to Hell in ''[[
** A few episodes of Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (Hell Girl 2nd season) portray this trope. Also happened in an episode of Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae (Hell Girl 3rd season).
** One target in the third season literally gets sent to hell so the client can avoid potential minor embarrassment.
* ''[[
* ''[[Excel Saga (
* An older boy in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (
** And it must be remembered that this was before Yubel's "corruption" by the Light of Destruction, which only served to increase the scope of Yubel's crazed actions, affecting their core nature not at all.
* Lelouch has his moments in ''[[
** Rolo had killed an OSI agent named Victor for [[Berserk Button|touching the locket Lelouch gave him]], and as mentioned later kills {{spoiler|Shirley for suggesting reuniting Lelouch with Nunnally}}.
** The part where {{spoiler|Charles basically kills his brother V.V. for lying to him for the second time}} seems like disproportionate retribution, even considering the pact they had, but doesn't seem so disproportionate once you find out {{spoiler|what V.V. lied about the first time.}}
* ''[[Kenichi:
* [[Monster (
* In ''[[
** It should be noted that the consequences of the above were that {{spoiler|Friend was symbolically executed and everyone pretended he was dead. This was done so thoroughly that, as adults, everyone from that clique thought he was really dead.}} Which should be considered [[Disproportionate Retribution]] as well.
* Both the grievance and the response are delivered accidentally in ''[[Kyou no Go no Ni]]'''s first episode. When Yuki and Megumi get hit on the head (accidentally) by two high-bouncing "Superballs", and then hit again on the upbounce of another round, cue an argument ending with Yuki accidentally slipping on said superballs in such a way as to deliver a perfect [[Groin Attack]] to Ryouta. Needless to say the matter is considered settled after that.
* ''[[
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[
* One fight in ''[[
* ''[[Pokémon (
** It's even worse in Japanese, where his reaction is to her ''[[Verbal Tic]]''.
** Dawn has ended up in a similar experience with one of her rivals, Ursula. Why does Ursula have a vendetta against Dawn? ''One of Dawn's Pokémon'' didn't like Ursula's Poffins.
** No mention of Paul, who feels the best way to prove himself a better trainer than his brother (who lost to Pyramid King Brandon in a [[Curb Stomp Battle]]) is to crush the morale of everything he can possibly reach?
** James has shades of this. He ''really'' likes his bottle cap collection. When it had been (accidentally) stolen by a trash-collecting robot, he tried to ''steal the Sunnyshore Tower''. In other words, he tried to '''steal a bloody skyscraper'''. What truly seals the craziness is that that ''was'' Team Rocket's evil-plan-of-the-week...and Jessie and Meowth were ''still'' freaked out at James' sudden gung-ho attitude!
*** One that doubles as [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: One episode saw a pack of baby Pokemon (including James' own Mime Jr.) in danger. James [[Pet the Dog|agreed to help out almost immediately]]
* In ''[[
* Lucia of ''[[
* In ''[[
* In the first episode of the second season of the ''[[Black Butler
* Manabizaki of ''[[
* ''[[
* The King of Midland in ''[[
** And ''then'', after Guts returns and the Hawks regroup and rescue their former leader, the King decides to send in the Black Dog Knights, the worst rapists, murderers, and all-around scum Midland has to offer, led by a truly nasty piece of work of an Apostle, in order to kill them all.
* Natsumi of ''[[
** In response, Keroro himself sometimes goes into this when he plans revenge against Natsumi. One episode has her throw soybeans at him and call him an oni, which is admittedly
* In one of the most disgusting examples of this trope, an abusive man in ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In the second, 80s ''[[
* {{spoiler|Izaya}} from ''[[Durarara
* In ''[[
** Actually, the "only room for one captain" line is dub only. In the original? The guy's first-run tryout pose isn't quite up to snuff. [[Sarcasm Mode|OBVIOUSLY a far better reason to kill someone.]]
** Broly from the eighth movie hates Goku with a murderous passion because shortly after they were both born, ''Goku's crying bothered him.''
*** It gets to the point where he so hates Goku, that he's willing to ''murder Goku's sons'' in his second movie because he thinks they're both Goku!
* ''[[
** Consider this: Sailor Moon looked ''utterly horrified'' at Mimet's fate, and it's implied Mimet could have easily killed all the heores in one shot.
* In ''[[
* {{spoiler|Nakago}} from ''[[
** Also Suboshi. After {{spoiler|Amiboshi}} dies, he blames the Suzaku warriors and to 'get his revenge' he {{spoiler|kills Tamahome's family}}.
* ''[[Ro
* The fate of several girls in ''[[
** {{spoiler|Natsume and Miko's grandfathers killed the families of Aya's parents, so they started the Martial Hearts tournament specifically to target their children. One generation later, Natsume and Miko themselves, upon learning what the fuck had gone down, orchestrate the aforementioned copycat crime ring just to get back at Aya for what had happened to ''their'' mothers. This fucks up her brain ''so badly'', the series ends with her trying to put an end to the [[Cycle of Revenge]] once and for all before it gets any worse than ''just'' "an eye for an eye [leaving] everybody blind".}}
* ''[[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]'': Haguro beat his [[Noble Demon]] subordinate Chiba within an inch of his life, biting off his tongue, and then raping him for good measure to the point that Chiba ends up dying from a combination of ruptured organs, blood loss, and broken ribs. Thankfully, Inguami gave Chiba some of his blood which ended up bringing Chiba back to life. Why did Haguro do such a thing? Because Chiba ended up encountering Inugami out on the streets and talked to him for maybe 15 minutes when Haguro wasn't around.
* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Zeus' insane punishments are made all the more clear by the [[Double Standard]] treatment certain angels get. Shiva leads a demon into heaven to kill Shin and gets a warning. Judas and Luca start a war against Zeus and get banished to hell. Those three angels who happened to be really arrogant? Purged, and their resentful ghosts trapped in a dark pit.
* ''[[Captive Hearts]]'': Because a thief tried to rob the Kougamis centuries ago, his descendants were forced to serve the Kougamis for the next hundred generations.
* In ''[[Higanbana no Saku Yoru
*In ''[[The Garden of Words]]'', Aizawa ruins {{spoiler| Yukari's}} reputation with vicious rumours just because of speaking to her boyfriend.
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