The Dog Bites Back/Web Original

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Examples of The Dog Bites Back in Web Original works include:

  • In Survival of the Fittest, Melina Frost rapes Beth Vandelinder and press-gangs her into the Poison Angels. True to the description, Beth later happens upon Melina trapped in quicksand and promptly stabs her to death. However, Melina then puts the trope in play again when she drags Beth down with her.
    • One year later, Dorian Pello shoots Danya dead and joins STAR.
  • The Nostalgia Chick has freely abused her best friend Nella. Cue Dark Nella's payback. To the Fridge!
    • It also leads to Dr. Tease's Sex Bot getting its revenge for Tease programming it with an intelligent and poetic mind when all she wanted it to do was menial tasks.
  • The Nostalgia Critic has managed this a few times, most noticeably by sticking a grenade up Douchey's ass for being such an abusive dick to him the entire episode.
  • The Freakonomics blog features a story about negotiation showing how setting the initial point of a negotiation can have a large influence on the final outcome. Specifically, the writer gives an example where he was served spoiled food at a restaurant, and the manager offered only waive the charge for drinks rather than the price of the whole meal. She gambled that the writer wouldn't make a public scene to demand further concessions. Sure enough, the manager won that round -- until the NY Times bestselling writer went on to publish the restaurant's name and address on his blog.