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{{quote|She was amazing. She was...I don’t know. Enchanting. A blossom of violence in a garden of sinners.|Wendy Cooldown|[[Magical Girl Noir Quest]]}}
This is where the villain or a morally ambiguous character becomes obsessed with a good person/protagonist due to their witnessing said character [[Unstoppable Rage|go berserk]] and kill in a very messy or bloody way. Many times, there will be scenes where the villain will be somewhere watching the character fight violently and [[Interplay of Sex and Violence|appear extremely turned on]], saying something along the lines of [[Your Approval Fills Me
If the villain / morally ambiguous character starts straight-out describing their euphoric emotions when they saw the good character massacre others, expect the good character to be ''very'' [[Your Approval Fills Me
This can lead to the villain becoming a [[Stalker
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* This is how Grell from ''[[
** Grell also fell for Sebastian because he is a sadistic demon.
* ''[[
* Main antagonist Gauron of ''[[Full Metal Panic
** Gauron is definitely the most extreme example in the series (getting aroused enough to have lamented about wanting to rape Sousuke after seeing the aftermath of all the people Sousuke calmly massacred). But Kurama, Gauron's partner in Amalgam, is shown to have started getting this way towards Sousuke as well. Although he initially shows annoyance and skepticism at Gauron's obsession and worship of Sousuke, when Kurama himself comes into confrontation with Sousuke, he starts to admire Sousuke more and more. After hearing that Sousuke massacred a bunch of his subordinates, he notes that "Mr. Iron was right. You are a very interesting boy."
* ''[[
** [[Word of God]] says he's turned on by anyone with a strong aura.
** It's especially obvious when he blushes during his fight with Gon in episode 5 of the 2011 anime remake and compliments Gon on how strong he is and how he loves his facial expressions.
* Yuji towards Kitano after being defeated by him in ''[[
* Grimmjow from ''[[
** This is actually a running theme in ''Bleach''.
* ''[[
** Upon seeing how much damage Kyuubi!Naruto can cause Orochimaru is shown smiling hugely and saying "This child...intrigues me to no end!"
** Later in the second part we find Sasuke to have defeated large amounts of foes (without killing them, but still) and Orochimaru looks very pleased.
** And possibly Kabuto. During a battle with Naruto in Part II Naruto hits him with a massive amount of chakra that sends Kabuto crashing into the forest. Kabuto's response to this is to smile widely and think (almost in awe) "He hit me with pure chakra..."
* Genkaku from ''[[
** This is the reason why Rinchinchou fell in love with Shiro.
* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (
* Izumo no Okuni from ''[[
* Kanou Shou from ''[[Kenichi:
** Kensei's {{spoiler|aka Isshinsai Ogata's}} interest in Kenichi is a somewhat milder example. The first time he met Kenichi he immediately sensed his potential and [[Evil Mentor|offered to train Kenichi and make him into the strongest man in the world]]. When he observed Kenichi's battle with Odin he realized that Kenichi was ''already'' talented and wanted to claim him as his disciple even more. And he would have then and there if it wasn't for the Ryouzanpaku masters' [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.
* Not actually in love, but Jin'Eh from ''[[
* Legato Bluesummers from ''[[
** And, manga Legato also has Knives to look to for {{spoiler|killing every single one of the people who had participated or been complicit in what appears to have been his repeated rape, leaving only little Legato alive. Of course, he didn't give a damn about the kid, but there's [[Freudian Excuse|a reason for hero worship and sociopathology]]}}.
** Another subversion in some of the Gung-Ho Guns [[Foe Yay]] with
* Diethard Ried from ''[[
* [[Depraved Bisexual|Muraki]] from ''[[
* Not a case of a berserker hero, but [[Ace Pilot|Graham Aker]] from ''[[
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* In the ''[[Blood+
** Carl to Saya in the anime.
* Alucard from ''[[
** He also implies that ''she'' has this with ''him''. She just tells him it's none of his business.
* In ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP
* Mukuro from ''[[
** Only when Tsuna goes into dying will mode and defeats Gokudera that Gokudera drops his accusations of Tsuna being a weak loser and takes to the idea of Tsuna being the tenth Vongola boss...and he becomes quite determined to be Tsuna's right hand man...
** Squalo's [[Ho Yay|undying devotion]] for Xanxus is later explained by Squalo as being due to his being fascinated by Xanxus' "rage" (which he saw initially in his eyes). Of course, it becomes increasingly obvious that this is probably because Squalo is a masochist that likes seeing Xanxus go berserk and beat people (including Squalo himself) up.
* [[Blood Knight|Ensuu]] from ''[[Hayate
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Noir (
* Tsukuyomi of ''[[
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** [[Wild Card|Kurt Godel]] himself does say this line to Negi:
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** In chapter 293, Tsukuyomi has a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c293/8.html typically weird and disturbing moment] when she gets all gooey over Negi's new level in badass, and it resembles nothing so much as somebody catching themself fantasizing about a friend's significant other.
* The "yankee (gangster) girl" in ''[[Wolf Guy
** Haguro is in love with Inugami's carnage, to the point he refuses to believe Inugami even has the ability to like normal people.
* In ''[[
** {{spoiler|In that Shiki completely slaughters him, yes.}}
* In ''[[Durarara
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** [[Blood Knight|Vorona]] has a similar reaction when she first encounters Shizuo.
** Shinra spent most of gradeschool and highschool fanboying Shizuo's crazy rage fits.
** Celty ends up fangirling Shizuo during his fight against Saika's 'children', much like how Shinra did when he and Shizuo were in highschool.
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** [[Yakuza|Akabayashi]] fell in love with {{spoiler|Sayaka, Anri's mother,}} after she handed him his ass and [[Eye Scream|gouged his eye out with a katana]]
* Liang Qi of ''[[
* Graham from ''[[Baccano
** Even more so when fighting Ladd Russo.
** Lua seems positively ecstatic when Ladd is giving his speech about murdering the other train passengers in the third episode. Not that Ladd is a paragon of virtue by any means, but Baccano! is [[Black and Gray Morality|that kind of series.]]
** When Ladd saw bodies massacred by Rail Tracer, he was dancing like a 5-years old child in a puddle of blood, laughing maniacally and screaming "I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET THE GENIUS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MASTERPIECE!"
* In the manga version of ''[[
* [[Psycho for Hire|Hiromi Kisiragi]] towards [[The Juggernaut|Rikiya Gaou]] in ''[[
* One of the reasons [[Psycho for Hire|Roberto]] shows such [[Undying Loyalty]] to his master, [[Monster (
* ''[[
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* ''[[
* ''[[Skip Beat
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* Revy from Black Lagoon is quite appealed by Genji even before he draws his sword. When he pulls off an actual bullet slice and proceeds to literally disarm Chaka, she begs him to fight her. In a tone that demonstrates pretty obvious arousal...for Revy, anyway.
* ''[[Tokyo Ghoul]]'': Tsukiyama's obsession with Kaneki grows after the Aogiri arc once Kaneki becomes even more deadly and cold hearted. He is delighted when Kaneki issues him a death threat. He also is very pleased with Touka for managing to injure him and states he initially became infatuated with her cold eyes.
== Comic Books ==
* Inverted in [[Jhonen Vasquez]]'s ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]''. Bystander Jimmy develops an infatuation with our villain Johnny when he witnesses Johnny's killing spree at a Taco Hell Outlet. He goes out of his way to imitate Johnny, and even tracks Johnny down to his house.
** {{spoiler|And then Johnny kicks his ass and guts him like a trout for being such a creepy fanboy and obsessing over such depraved acts.}}
* In ''[[
** ''Murder Messiah'' features a [[Serial Killer]] who has a similar obsession with Cassie, though he admits any attraction he feels towards her is secondary to his primary goal of figuring out how to become a slasher.
* [[Depending
* The ''[[
* Miek of the Warbound was in love with [[Incredible Hulk
* Bullseye in the eponymous arc of ''[[The Punisher
* The comic "Red Romance" tells the tale of two murderers that fall in love with each other's brutality. When their sadomasochistic love life and their collaborative team killing grows boring, they try to rekindle the fire with some help. Things get really romantic and [[Squick|messed up.]]
* This might be why [[Blood Knight|Overlord]] from ''[[Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' wants to fight Megatron so badly. Overlord first realized his love for battle and destruction when he saw Megatron fight way back when Megs was a gladiator.
* [[Green Lantern
* Shriek fell in...love?...with the [[
* [[Blue Beetle]] v3 has this with a little [[Interplay of Sex and Violence]] thrown in when [[Superman: The Animated Series
* In the Archie ''[[
== Film ==
* ''[[
* [[Big Bad|Shiwan Khan]] in ''[[The Shadow (
▲* ''[[Ichi the Killer (Manga)|Ichi the Killer]]'' has a poster boy for this: Masao Kakihara. He is actually shown getting stiffies when he sees the over-the-top carnage Ichi creates. Being a masochist, he stalks Ichi in the hopes that Ichi will torture him.
* ''[[
▲* [[Big Bad|Shiwan Khan]] in ''[[The Shadow (Film)|The Shadow]]'' had a.. thing for Ying Ko's homicidal rampages. [[That Man Is Dead|However, that's not his name anymore]].
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▲* ''[[The Dark Knight Saga (Film)|The Dark Knight Saga]]'': Joker, towards Batman. The Joker's entire reason for terrorizing Gotham is to see how close Batman will come to breaking his one rule of "never kill".
* ''[[
▲{{quote| [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"Come on, I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me."]]}}
* [[Big Bad|Palpatine]] in ''[[
▲* ''[[The Toxic Avenger (Film)|The Toxic Avenger]]'': The [[Jerk Jock|obnoxious cool kids]] who torment Melvin, [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|causing him to become our titular hero]], early in the movie [[Kick the Dog|hit a kid on a bike with their car]], and [[Chunky Salsa Rule|run over his head]], then [[Crosses the Line Twice|take Polaroids]]. Later, one of the girls is [[Fan Disservice|masturbating to the pictures]], when [[Karmic Death|Toxie shows up]]...
* ''[[
▲* [[Big Bad|Palpatine]] in ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]'' cackles, grins, and eggs on Luke Skywalker as he unleashes a rage-fueled [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] on Darth Vader, both because he enjoys watching it and because he wants to turn Luke to [[The Dark Side]]. He also does this with every other fight we witness where one 'good' character is going berserk. Some (not all) other 'evil' (not necessarily Sith) characters also do that, specially in the expanded universe (Dark Forces series antagonists for example... they love when the player go in a murderous rampage, with a particularly interesting example in the game Jedi Academy where the antagonist encourage the player to kill an annoying character that was supposed to be a friend and is a traitor, and players are likely to do it, just because that character IS ANNOYING)
* ''[[Repo!
▲* ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'', the [[Big Damn Movie]] of ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'': The page quote is arguably a subversion, as Mister Universe is a [[Playful Hacker]] who cites the fact that he married his [[Sex Bot]] as evidence that he is no longer lusting after [[Action Girl|Zoe]].
▲* ''[[Repo the Genetic Opera (Film)|Repo the Genetic Opera]]'': During the song "Night Surgeon", Luigi seems a bit too excited once Nathan starts remembering who he was. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EebrYNwLCZs Enjoy.]
* ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]'': As the protagonist use more and more inventive ways to massacre the antagonist army (like attaching ropes and then pulling sideways the towers designed to climb walls), the antagonist (Saladin) is clearly seen smiling, the more his troops get massacred, the more he smiles, like if he was thinking along the lines: "Cool! I should use this in my next battle..."
* Inverted in ''[[
== Literature ==
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[
** This takes a pretty creepy turn when they try to manifest Darquesse by {{spoiler|attaching a Remnant to Valkyrie}} and the results cause them to ''panic''... all except for that first one, who goes so far as to cripple the ones who try running away.
== Live-Action TV ==
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** "...and if you start my heart, it's just the way you slash and burn."
** Callisto does her fair share of this too, although some of it's probably tied to her half-hearted death wish.
* Many of the vampires in ''[[
** Apparently several vengeance demons were very impressed by Willow's [[Heroic BSOD]] after Tara's death to the point that their leader D'Hoffryn has a standing offer that Willow can join them whenever she wants. He also mentions that one of the VD's has a framed picture of her flaying Warren alive, considering it a work of art.
*** D'Hoffryn already had his eyes on Willow when she accidentally cursed her friends in "Something Blue".
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Master, having missed the end of the Time War, is intrigued to learn that the Doctor has destroyed both Gallifrey and Skaro.
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'''The Doctor''': Stop it!
'''The Master''': You must have been like God. }}
* An episode of ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[True Blood]]'', the vampire Godric observed the Viking warrior Eric Northman's prowess in battle, and was so impressed that he turned Eric into a vampire so that he could fight forever.
== Music ==
* [[
* "Violence Fetish" by [[
* "Beautiful Dangerous," [[Black Eyed Peas
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We can live forever, I can be your pagan angel, angel
[[Title Drop|Beautiful Dangerous!]]'' }}
== Theatre ==
* ''[[
==
* Ocelot from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' expresses pseudo-romantic admiration for Big Boss when he hears that Big Boss so easily defeated the members of the Cobra. Volgin notices, asking Ocelot if he's "fallen for him" because of this. Not to mention how he saw Big Boss in a [[Gaussian Girl]] manner after Big Boss massacred his entire Ocelot unit.
* In ''[[Fallout 3]]'' Mr. Burke will make comments such as "natural selection at its finest!" if you stealthily kill someone in his presence. Though attacking him causes crybaby screams of how you're a masochist.
* [[Samurai Warriors|Noh]] is already quite [[Ax Crazy]] by herself, so her dialogue scenes with [[Oda Nobunaga]] gets downright kinky.
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* Grimnaw from ''[[
* Tira from the [[
* HK-47 in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
{{quote|
'''Exile''': If you have a long-winded explanation for why, indulge me.
'''HK-47''': Statement: Just when I believe my photoreceptors have recorded the last potential aspect of your cruelty to my memory core, you commit a new atrocity that leaves me analyzing its impact for days.
'''HK-47''': You are like a delightful random cruelty generator, master, poisoning all you touch with your presence. You are a testament to all organic meatbags everywhere.
'''Exile''': Stick with me - you'll pick up a few things.
'''HK-47''': Statement: I have already learned a great deal, master, and I am anxious to learn more about lying, betrayal, and new ways to harm innocents. }}
* In ''[[Manhunt (
* Villainous/Anti-Heroic version: The now-infamous taunt from ''[[Super Smash Bros
* In ''[[The Suffering]]'', Hermes, Blackmore, Copperfield, and the Creeper all take their turns in praising Torque for committing violent acts. Indeed, one of the final levels of the second game is devoted to a review of Torque's decisions during the game, conducted by three of the Ghosts. Ironically, should you take the evil path all the way, the Creeper stops complimenting you when he realises that you're a danger to his reputation; a [[Boss Battle]] follows.
* In ''[[Sacrifice]]'', [[Affably Evil|Charnel]] will offer boons to Eldred during the campaign for acts of particularly wanton cruelty... Even if you're not currently working for him. In one case he'll even reward you for killing one of his own minions, because the person was only giving him lip service anyway and seeing you kill him was ''so'' much more entertaining.
** On a larger scale he denies the accusations of orchestrating [[The End of the World
* Ares in ''[[God of War (
* In ''[[
* Though not a romantic example, as far as we know, [[Monster Clown|Kefka]] has this attitude towards [[Half-Human Hybrid|Terra]] in ''[[
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** What's interesting is that this motive wasn't even hinted at in the original game and is rather more similar to Sephiroth's assertion that he controls Cloud's fate. Really, it's present with several Dissidia characters. The Emperor tries to seduce Warrior of Light and Firion to his side, remarking that they're "intriguing" or "pawns better off surrendering to me."
*** The Emperor is even implied to have that same view towards Terra, as seen in one of his pre-liners if they face one another in a fight, though the specific line can also have [[Mind Control|other]] connotations.
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* Leon from ''[[Star Fox (
* The announcer from [[
* In ''[[
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* In ''[[
* Similar to what happened with Luke in ''[[
* Inverted in PC98-exclusive ''[[
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* Shiki of ''[[Togainu no Chi]]'' gets quite excited whenever Akira puts up a fight and appears to get stronger.
* In ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'', Sergei's reaction when {{spoiler|Wrath Asura impales him right through his midsection with his hand}} ''reeks'' of this. He thinks that {{spoiler|Asura's wrath}} is "glorious".
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
* Belkar in ''[[
* Bort the mongrelman from ''[[
* [[Persona 3
* In ''[[Marilith]]'', [[Big Bad]] Valentino first becomes interested in the [[Hitman
* ''[[
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* ''[[
* In ''[[
== Web Originals ==▼
* An odd, ''mutual'' example occurs in ''[[Survival of the Fittest (Roleplay)|Survival of the Fittest]]'' where [[Dark Action Girl|Clio Gabriella]] and [[Evil Brit|Maxwell Lombardi]] (two of the top killers) meet each other, and... start to become really fond of one another. It's implied that Clio felt like Maxwell was one of the few people to understand her actions, but it still has undertones of this trope on both sides.▼
▲* An odd, ''mutual'' example occurs in ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Teen Titans (
** He's also..."very impressed" to learn Raven is the daughter of the king of demons destined to bring said demon to Earth and cause [[The End of the World
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
== Real Life ==
* [[Hybristophilia
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