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== Comic Books ==
* During the [[Batman|Knightfall Saga]], the Scarecrow sprays Batman with one of his fear skulls and forces him to relive the memory of the Joker killing Jason Todd. Batman, who has already run himself ragged capturing many other criminals that night, responds with rage by knocking out the Scarecrow with a single headbutt and beating the Joker (who's partnered up with Scarecrow) within an inch of his life, calling Jason's name all the while.
* In ''[[DMZ (Comic Book)|DMZ]]'' a military commander that main character Matty Roth hates taunts Matty at one point by {{spoiler|teasing Matty about his dead reporter girlfriend}}.
* For both her parents and Chase, never bring up Gert's sad fate from ''[[Runaways (Comic Book)|Runaways]]''. Chase gets violent. Her parents start a small scale genocide.
 
 
== Film ==
* ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]'': when Scar thinks that Simba is at his mercy he tries to twist the knife by whispering: "''I'' killed Mufasa.".
* In [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] movie, ''[[Quantum of Solace (Film)|Quantum of Solace]]'', Camille does it after the general says "I knew your family, I must have been the last person to see them alive..."
** Not to mention the General saying that the look on her face was just like the [[Rape Asas Drama|look of fear on her mother's.]]
* Memorably used in ''[[Gladiator (Filmfilm)|Gladiator]]'', except with less of the beatdown effect and instead just provoking Maximus' [[Implacable Man]]. Commodus cements his [[Moral Event Horizon]] by casually bringing up Maximus' wife's gang-rape and the crucifixion of his son while Maximus is surrounded by the Praetorian Guards. The facial expressions of the Praetorians don't budge, but they allow Maximus to leave without Commodus' permission and give him a small nod of respect as he goes. {{spoiler|And then in the final [[Duel to Thethe Death]] the Guards [[Give Me a Sword|refuse to give Commodus a sword]] after he gets disarmed by Maximus.}}
* In [[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]], [[Big Bad|Darth Vader]] threatens to turn [[The Hero|Luke Skywalker]]'s [[And Your Little Dog, Too|sister Leia]] to the [[The Dark Side|Dark Side]]. Luke reaches the [[Rage Breaking Point]], flies int [[Unstoppable Rage]], and [[Curb Stomp Battle|defeats him]]. Cue [[What Have I Done]] and an internal [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]].
** And with Anakin's motives for turning to the dark side in the first place explored in the prequels, it also counts as a [[Not So Different]] moment; it was the fear of losing his only remaining family (wife and child for Anakin, sister for Luke) that drove both of them.
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{{quote| '''Jane:''' Before you go, for the record? I ate your monkeys. ''Aw'', I bet you wish you could smack me with your widdle magic now!}}
** No prizes for guessing [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=071221 what Gwynn does next].
* As part of [[Evil Twin|Nale's]] backstory in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', he once tried to usurp power from [[The Man Behind the Man|his father]]. During the conflict, Nale killed several children of his father's friend/adviser Malack. When the two run into each other again, Nale's first comment to Malack is "Malack. How's the family?" Malack [[Curb Stomp Battle|goes]] ''[[Unstoppable Rage|berserk]]''.
 
 
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