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Usually goes well with [[Gorn]] with a side of [[Ludicrous Gibs]] for in-your-face action. Contrast [[Bloodless Carnage]].
[[The Other Wiki]] tells us that the Trope Namer, but not an actual example of the trope, is [[w:Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford|Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford]]'s drunken entry into Melton Mowbray on April 6, 1837, in which he and his companions stole paint and ''literally'' painted Melton Mowbray's doors red after the tollkeeper asked them to pay the toll to enter the town. The tollkeeper and a constable were also painted red, but not killed.
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