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** It did justify her shooting him at the end, though.
** It also may have been an attempt to prevent him from getting the [[Draco in Leather Pants]] treatment in spite of all of the above crimes. By all accounts, it didn't take.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'':
** [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] in ''History of [[Power Rangers]]'' pointed this out about Rita Repulsa, who, in between moments of actual villainy and plots to take over the world, tends to use her evil sorcery just to ruin the Rangers' day, citing an instance where she sent a team of putties down to ruin a model of a parade float Kimberly was making, ''just to make Kimberly feel bad.'' Though in fairness, it's part of a larger attempt to destroy the entire parade (which is to promote World Peace, something Rita doesn't want.) Kimberly is being targeted personally because she's a Ranger.
*** Here's a thought that casts Rita's actions in a darker light: She's trying to destroy them psychologically by attacking their personal lives repeatedly. Most people would crack under that kind of pressure.
** Lord Zedd was, at times, even worse. His motive (in the episode "Welcome to Venus Island") for kidnapping Trini's neighbor Hallie and using her as bait to lure the Rangers to Venus Island was because Trini had mocked the Putty Patrolers.
*** He was even worse when he appeared in ''[[Power Rangers: Dino Fury]]''. Shortly after being restored to life, he used one of his old tricks, brainwashing one of the Rangers to turn him against the others; but why did he target Ollie for that? Because Ollie called him "Radiator Face".
* When ever Satan drops by to check on Ezekiel Stone in ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]'', he will engage in some petty prank of anonymous evil. Such as ticketing a legally parked car or loosening a salt shaker.
* As season 5 of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' goes on, more and more characters start to point out that, for all his wisdom and power, in trying to {{spoiler|bring on the Apocalypse, Lucifer}} is being little more than a bratty child throwing a tantrum because he didn't get a second serve of ice cream. [[It's All About Me|He doesn't listen]].
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