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** This is turned on its head in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|Batman Begins]]'', in which the corrupt psychiatrist, when his "clients" cease to be useful to him, uses a neurotoxin to render them ''legitimately'' insane.
** The ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' episode "Trial" has the ''villains'' putting Batman on trial for ruining their lives. Of course, even they end up admitting that they had problems, some self-inflicted, before Batman became involved. Being villains, they attempt to follow up the verdict of innocence with an execution, regardless.
** Roman Sionis a.k.a. Black Mask also had an abusive childhood. Whenever he suffered an accident that should have him taken to some hospital, his parents were more concerned with their image and covered the incidents. Despite hating the Waynes and not hiding it from Roman, his parents forced him to befriend Bruce for the sake of being connected to one of Gotham's elite families. When Roman started dating a secretary from his father's company, they opposed it. That was the last drop for Roman, who burned down the family home [[Self
* Has been used at times to explain the motives of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villains, and to possibly contrast them with Spidey himself, who did not exactly have the best childhood. The worst example was when Venom was given a cliched tragic backstory (complete with the drunk, abusive father) as part of a bad idea to turn the character into a hero.
** This was actually addressed in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', where Nick Fury reveals that the reason he had given Spidey such a hard time was because he has assumed, due to the tragedy in his life, Peter was almost certain to become a villain.
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