Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred: Difference between revisions

* There was a [[Superman]] story arc where [[Nineties Anti -Hero|Manchester Black]], a "superhero" from ''waaaaay'' down the cynical end of the scale messes with Superman's life in an attempt to get him to admit that idealism has its limits. Culminates with him (apparently) killing Lois Lane right in front of Superman, willing to accept the consequences because if Superman snaps and kills him that means he was right all along.

* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3460966/1/Difficult_to_Fight_Against_Anger Difficult To Fight Against Anger]'', Warren Mears taunts {{spoiler|Willow}} by suggesting that, when he was raping {{spoiler|Tara}}, he got the impression that she {{spoiler|[[Post -Rape Taunt|isn't all the way gay]]}}. This is completely intentional, to get {{spoiler|her}} to lash out at him {{spoiler|with magic}}, so he can {{spoiler|[[Mega Manning|absorb her spells]]}}. He even says "[[Shout -Out|Strike me down with all of your hatred!]]" at one point. This ''is'' [[Geek|Warren]], after all.

* [[Trope Namer|Named]] for Palpatine doing this a lot, including saying the exact trope name, to Luke in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. Given he had years to work on Anakin and mere minutes with Luke, he must have been damn good to almost succeed too. In fact, he ''would'' have succeeded, if he had shut his mouth [[Villain Ball|for just five minutes]]. It's worth noting that this is explicitly not a [[Thanatos Gambit]]; the real plan is to get Luke to [[Self -Made Orphan|kill Vader]], giving [[The Emperor]] a fresh, young apprentice rather than a crippled (and [[Bastard Understudy|dangerously ambitious]]) [[The Dragon|Dragon]].