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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PujUHjFb2_k Thankfully, Slappy Squirrel has no problem with kicking puppies. Or blowing them up. A rare example of Kick The Dog being applauded].
* In ''[[Rugrats]]'', Angelica Pickles plays this trope very well, especially when torturing Tommy and his friends in some episodes.
** ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'': Angelica Pickles, of course.
*** ''[[Rugrats in Paris]]'': Coco Labouche plays this trope too.
* Spoofed in one of the episodes of ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'', when the heroes pretend to be villains, up to a point where they are confronted and asked to literally [[If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten|eat some kittens to prove they are evil.]] They refuse, blowing the cover.
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', an evil corporate boss almost performs it literally. After saying his evil plans to instigate children to smoke out loud, he pets a dog and, seconds later, throws the dog out of the window and shoots it instead of kicking.
** Stewie however does do this to Brian when Brian fails to repay a debt to him.
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* [[Gorillaz]] bassist and [[It's All About Me|self-proclaimed mastermind]] Murdoc kidnapped their singer 2D to record the Plastic Beach album. That was cruel, [[Fridge Horror|vaguely disturbing]] and allover thoroughly unpleasant, but at least purposeful. However, in addition to assaulting and incarcerating him on the desert island, Murdoc also put 2D in an submarine basement complete with a huge porthole overlooking the open sea. [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Thing is, 2D has a pathological fear of whales, and now a gets wonderful view of them twenty-four seven.]] There was no real ''reason'' for doing this, other than to [[Break the Cutie|psychologically torture the poor guy,]] so the whole ordeal falls straight into [[Kick the Dog]] territory.
** The reason for the whale was so that 2D didn't escape (Murdoc was somehow paying it to watch him, apparently); the real [[Kick the Dog]] comes from his [[Curb Stomp Battle|fights]] with Murdoc, and he's even shown looking suitably bruised up [http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/19700000/2D-Plastic-Beach-gorillaz-19757813-500-536.jpg here]. Phase 3 has made many fans want to give him a massive hug.
* [[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'s stepsisters do this when they tore Cinderella's dress to prevent her from going to the ball, even after she kept her end of the bargain of doing all the house chores. What made this moment even worse was that all the materials used on Cinderella's dress were things that they considered "trash" and they still made a big fuss over it, just so Cinderella wouldn't be able to go to the ball.
** They learned well from their mother [[Wicked Stepmother|Lady Tremaine]]. She locked Cinderella up when she realized she was the one the Prince was looking for. And when Cinderella was able to escape with the help of her animal friends, she purposely tripped the footman carrying the glass slipper, causing him to trip and the slipper to break.
*** Bonus points for flashing an evil grin ''right after the duke implies that the king will have his head for this.'' Because, you know, she wasn't enough of a monster already apparently.
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'s'' parody of ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' advertises one of its features as "kick a puppy."
* Discord from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has a ''lot'' of these. In fact, ''everything'' he puts the Mane Cast through is simply for his own amusement, as he's a [[Reality Warper]] who could win with ease but just thinks making ponies suffer is ''fun''.
** In an earlier episode, Fluttershy bumps into Gilda the griffon while leading a family of ducks across the marketplace. Gilda flips out, mocking Fluttershy's apology and ''making her cry''. That is just not on, you bitch. "This calls for extreme measures... PINKIE PIE STYLE!"
*** Though what's sad is that if the episode ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E19 Putting Your Hoof Down|Putting Your Hoof Down]]'' is any indication, Fluttershy gets more crap from her neighbors on a regular basis.
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