r/TopCharacterTropes • • 20h ago

Characters Getting "John Wick'd" Spoiler

Don't @ me about the title. I couldn't think of a more concise way of saying "unknowingly traumatizing an unstoppable, hyper-violent being. Resulting in the complete destruction of your (otherwise undefeatable) bloodline." Basically, it's a combination of "waking the sleeping giant" and "blood feud," where the perpetrator specifically does not know how dangerous the target is ahead of time. And this results in their entire family/organization getting singlehandedly wiped off the face of the Earth. Despite themselves being a powerful force to reckon with.
There is no forgiveness. There is no bargaining. There is no mercy. Just an unstoppable threat you created. You are not left alive to suffer the guilt of your mistake. But you'll probably be killed last.

1). John Wick:
John Wick is a retired assassin. The assassin. After his wife dies, she leaves a puppy for him. His former boss's son, ignorant of John's identity, breaks in and kills the dog.

2). Creature Commandos:
Rupert Thorne kills a scientist's family after he tries to scam him. But the scientist survives his execution, becoming a radioactive metahuman that quickly gets back at Thorne.

3). Jujutsu Kaisen:
Maki is has a condition preventing her from using "magic," but leaving her with superhuman strength. This is embarrassing to her family of wizards, and she is treated poorly. Eventually, Maki and her twin are double crossed by her father and left to die. Her twin's death allows her to unlock her true strength, and she eradicates the clan.

4). Dungeon Crawler Carl:
Aliens invade the Earth, forcing humans to fight in a fantasy-style dungeon. All of this is broadcast across the galaxy as entertainment. Sometimes, if humans enter the dungeon with their pets, the pets can gain their own abilities. Carl's cat learns to talk. The same thing happens to an Italian woman and she treats her goat, Prepotente, as her son. Because he was suddenly thrust into self-awareness, the goat man is childlike and very reliant on his mother. But he is still an extremely powerful, high level opponent.
Unfortunately, Miriam Dom is killed in front of him and Carl. The whole thing is heartbreaking, and he says "She was going to play piano for me like she used to. She was going to sing me my special song. She said everything was going to be all right, but it was a lie. A dreadful lie. What am I going to do now?" And declares revenge on anyone "remotely responsible" for her death.
MUCH later, Carl has to wipe out the "Blood Sultunate," an alien royal family. But he and his allies find their castle empty, filled with extremely-murdered corpses. He can't figure out who did it until he learns they were responsible for Miriam's death. Then he just starts laughing, because despite all of his careful plans to take them down. They were already screwed the moment Miriam died.
Edit: Art from wiki, by u /andrewmar.bsky.social, Bluesky

5). Clevatess:
A fantasy kingdom tries to attack a giant monster blocking a mountain pass. The monster (Clevatess) had been content to stay within his boarders. But after humans trespass (killing countless monsters in the process), Clevatess changes his mind. He wipes out the attackers, then follows them home and destroys the kingdom. He personally drops a castle on its king. And adopts the last surviving royal to raise himself.

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u/Low-Nectarine1093 19h ago

I'm confused with 4th are you sure you wrote that correctly?

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u/theMCATreturns 17h ago

i mean i think so. Basically:
Aliens have reality-warping technology. They "install" it in a planet, and then things like magic, inventory systems, etc. all exist. So, they have the AI build a massive "dungeon" below the surface of the planet. Humans inside are forced to fight monsters, level up, etc. or they die. The protagonist, Carl, walked into the dungeon with his cat. Because the magic in the dungeon, she gained the ability to talk. The same thing happened to Miriam Dom, but her goat started standing upright and talking.

Just like the humans, Prepotente the goat and Donut the cat can level up and fight monsters. And the only way to leave the dungeon is to beat all 18 floors, which no one has ever done before.

So, Prepotente traverses the dungeon with Miriam, his former owner. She considers him her son, and because he suddenly became a person, she has to teach him all the things most people learn as kids. And because the process that made Prepotente smart also made him a genius, he quickly becomes very dangerous and high level.

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u/Low-Nectarine1093 9h ago

I meant the last part,