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* This is invoked in ''[[Gastrophobia]]'': when Bambikles seeks to avenge his mother by killing [[Humans Are Bastards|the monster]] who took her life, he's told that "To ''kill'' a monster, you must ''become'' a monster." So he does.
* Arguably, Baron Klaus Wulfenbach from ''[[Girl Genius]]'', if not personifying this trope, certainly straddles the line. He is referenced on many occasions as being capable of acting very ruthlessly and, if need be, wiping out whole cities, but does it because the previous anarchy of the Long War between the Sparks of Europa was evidently worse.
** Of course, he was quite unhinged about anyone and anything that could have anything to do with whatever had anything to do with Lucrezia... so eventually he ran out of the slippery slope.
{{quote|'''Gil''': The worst of it is, it sounds so horribly close to whatever it is Lucrezia did to Agatha - and the ''last'' thing I need is for it to get out that the Empire has stooped to a version of the ''Other's mind control!'' }}
* As is usual, ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' gives us quite the [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/11/ atypical example.]
* The Vatican and Aesir churches of ''[[Cry Havoc]]'' level cities to destroy a handful of daemons. Although, seeing as the last time their foes congregated, a decade long war that killed half of the worlds population occurred, they may be more justified than most.
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'''Riku''': Damnit Sora! Get out of the [[Symbol Swearing|%$#@^&]] abyss! }}
* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'': After years of taking [[Tsundere]]-ish abuse from Lucy, Mike finally shall we say, "gets her back" by not only {{spoiler|turning her down, but eventually ''[[Kick the Dog|brutally and deliberately destroying]]'' any trace of their relationship, professional or otherwise}}. The problem is, {{spoiler|Lucy has already gone through ''extreme'' [[Character Development]] by this point, so Mike's actions [[Despair Event Horizon|cause her to spiral into a deep, near suicidal depression,]]}} [[Took a Level in Jerkass|which makes him as bad, if not WORSE to her than she ever was to him.]]
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