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== Video Games ==
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* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', after Cecil and Kain are tricked into burning down the village of Mist, young Rydia summons Titan in an attempt at a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] but mainly succeeds only in finishing the job.
** It doesn't end there, interestingly--at least in the DS version. {{spoiler|Scenes from much, much later in the game strongly imply that [[Death by Childbirth|orphan Cecil]] was himself born in Mist, meaning his first action in the game is to unwittingly and unwillingly destroy the place of his birth--at the command of Cagnazzo, who is himself at the command of Golbez/Theodor, Cecil's older brother, who spent his childhood in Mist as well}}.
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* Psycho Mantis from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' destroyed his home village during what can only be described as a psychic temper tantrum.
** {{spoiler|Discovering your father blamed you for your mother dying in childbirth, generally hates you, and harbours the secret desire to ''kill'' you, would make the resulting trauma amount to a bit more than a tantrum.}}
*** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' Laughing Octopus {{spoiler|was forced to participate in the massacre that killed everyone else in her hometown by personally torturing her entire family to death.}}
* From the backstory of ''[[The King of Fighters]]'', Leona [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|went loopy and murdered her entire village]] when [[The Dragon]] [[More Than Mind Control|awakened her Orochi powers.]]
* In the original ''[[Secret of Mana]]'', the hero is ostracized by his fellow villagers after his retrieval of the magical sword causes their town to become vulnerable to monster attacks. Oops.
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