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== Anime and Manga ==

* A villain does this to Jubei in ''[[Ninja Scroll]]: The Series'', however he is lying, and just trying to piss Jubei off to help him kill a parasite in him.

* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', after incapacitating Goku, Frieza lies to Gohan and claims that Goku died begging for mercy and crying like a baby.

** Arriving on the battlefield after his resurrection, Goku sees the dead bodies of his friends, but there is missing one. Cue [[The Brute|Nappa]] gloating about how one fighter (Chaotzu) [[Superpower Meltdown|blew himself up in a futile attempt to defeat him]]. This is the moment which inspires the [[Over Nine Thousand]] [[Memetic Mutation|meme]].

 

== Film ==

** Needless to say, since Riggs is a [[Determinator]], and this revelation is essentially Riggs' [[Berserk Button]], it doesn't turn out well.

* Frank Nitti tells Elliot Ness how he killed Jim Malone in ''[[The Untouchables]]''. It doesn't end well for Nitti.

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara]]''. [[The Dragon|Cree Bega]] puts Ahren Elessedil through this during the lead-up to their final [[Knife Fight]], asking him if he'd like to know what happened to his crush, Ryer Ord Star, after she was handed over to Cree Bega and his henchmen.

{{quote|''She took ssso long to die, little Elvesss. Ssso long it ssseemed that it would take forever...''}}

 

== Live-Action TV ==

** The Boston Reaper threatened to do this {{spoiler|to Jack: "I'm going to find that little bastard son of yours and show him your dead bodies and tell him it's all your fault."}}

* In the ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' episode "Innocent Man", Sheriff Crowley does this to Duncan MacLeod: "Your friend died on his knees, begging for his life."

* Happens in the ''[[Tracker]]'' pilot. Rhee gloats that Cole's daughter "went slowly", and Cole responds with "So will you" and proceeds to make the life force collection very slow. Apparently it's more painful when done slowly.

* In [[Supernatural]], Azazel's purpose in ordering the killing of Sam's girlfriend Jessica was to drive Sam to [[The Dark Side]], and this works better if he admits to Sam that he was responsible, sooner or later. The demon who did the actual killing, Brady, also brags about having done so, and his motive appears to be significantly more about [[For the Evulz|evil for its own sake]] than his master's.

 

* In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', [[Complete Monster|Swami]] {{spoiler|tells Altair that, right before Altair's son, Sef, was killed, Swami told Sef that it was on his Altaïr's orders, so that he died thinking his father had betrayed him.}}

* Fuminori does this to Kouji in ''[[Saya no Uta]]''.

{{quote|Pigma: Daddy screamed real good before he died!}}

 

* In [[Order of the Stick]], V does this to the Ancient Black Dragon during their confrontation.

{{quote|'''Ancient Black Dragon:''' Did you...did you really think a Disintegrate spell would kill me?

*** It was clearly [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|not supposed to be V's finest moment]].

*** It's worth noting that [[Mama Bear|Vaarsuvius]] had just arrived to interrupt a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], and the black dragon had hunted down Vaarsuvius's family to torture them, kill them, and steal their souls. Not that that justifies [[Disproportionate Retribution|what Vaarsuvius did]] after [[Deader Than Dead|defeating the dragon...]]

 

== Web Original ==

* The soldiers in ''[[Broken Saints]]'' do this to Oran just before the fight.

* Taken to extremes with Dark General Argon in ''[[Sailor Nothing]]''. For additional measure, he takes the time to [[Hannibal Lecture|deconstruct the heroes' motives in the process]]. {{spoiler|As it turns out, he is intentionally trying to make the hero as enraged as possible because it's the only way [[Death Seeker|she'll ever be able to kill him]].}}

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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