Revenge Before Reason: Difference between revisions

 

Contrast [[Forgiveness]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Sasuke Uchiha of ''[[Naruto]]'' has allowed revenge to motivate almost every single action he takes. ''Everything'' he does in the first half and most of the second half of ''[[Naruto]]'' is done to become strong enough to face Itachi. These actions include charging in half-cocked to fight Itachi when he was nowhere near ready, getting excessively jealous when a "failure" starts surpassing him, [[Face Heel Turn]]-ing to the enemy, ''killing'' said enemy and absorbing his powers, and gathering his own team to help him. You would think that Sasuke might chill out a tiny bit after he finally succeeds, but nooooo. When Sasuke learns {{spoiler|his (now late) older brother did everything he did for ''Sasuke's'' sake}}, he sets out on a ''whole new'' rampage of revenge, this one {{spoiler|directed at the Leaf Village itself and the current aspirant for Hokage (Danzo) in particular. You know it's bad when Danzo, not exactly a saint himself, calls him on it and has a valid point.}} Gets even worse when he abandons his new team because he's too impatient to wait for them to catch up, and {{spoiler|stabs through Karin simply because Danzo took her hostage and it was too much effort on his part to help her. Remember, she is his only medic at this point.}}

 

 

* When Hal Jordan came back from the dead some of the people he tried to kill prior to his death wanted revenge. This trope comes into play when you consider that they discover upon his resurrection that Jordan had been possessed by a cosmic parasite and there was nothing he could do to stop it.

* The [[Word of Dante|Yves Rodier]] finished version of ''[[Tintin]] and the Alph-Art'' has {{spoiler|Rastapapolous so willing to kill the titular character (who continuously screwed up his plans and operations) that his plan to do so would also inevitably lead to [[Taking You with Me|killing himself in the process.]]}}

 

== Film ==

* [[The Captain|Captain Picard]] in ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''. He gets over it.

** {{spoiler|In an overlap with [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]], he could have just taken his ship to Romulus after escaping from the Klingons ([[Deleted Scene]]), even after capturing [[The Spock|Spock]]. Then he could have given the future tech to his people, and they could have taken on the Federation and the Klingon Empire, thus assuring the safety he wanted.}}

** {{spoiler|He probably ''would'' have beforehand, except that some time between Kirk's birth and the rest of the movie he got captured by Klingons and his crew had to rescue him.}}