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** The first and second victims in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS5E1 Tainted Fruit]] tried to blackmail the murderer, who killed them instead.

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** The first and second victims in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS5E1 Tainted Fruit]] Fruit]]" tried to blackmail the murderer, who killed them instead.instead.
** Dominic Braun, the second VictimOfTheWeek in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS20E4 The Lions of Causton]]", is a blackmailer who has a photograph proving the killer was at the scene of the crime at the time of the murder. He makes the mistake of trying to blackmail the killer, and instead becomes their next victim.
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** When the Boys get video proof of Homelander's involvement in 9/11[[note]]He and Queen Maeve prevented the destruction of WTC, but the damage they did to the plane when trying to stop the terrorists (and Homelander deciding to LeaveNoWitnesses) led to it crashing and destroying the George Washington Bridge[[/note]] and try to blackmail him with it, Homelander responds threatening to go on a humongous killing spree to get rid of as many people who saw the video as he can. Considering he is the series' SupermanSubstitute, [[BewareTheSuperman the very thought of him doing that is so frightening]] that the only member of the team who keeps thinking it's a good idea afterwards is Billy Butcher, and by that point the plot had gone well out its way to showcase he was [[SociopathicHero extremely deep]] in the "anti-" part of AntiHero.

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** When the Boys get video proof of Homelander's involvement in 9/11[[note]]He and Queen Maeve prevented the destruction of WTC, but the damage they did to the plane In Season 3, when trying to stop the terrorists (and Homelander deciding to LeaveNoWitnesses) led to it crashing and destroying the George Washington Bridge[[/note]] and try Starlight tries to blackmail him with it, Homelander responds by threatening to go on a humongous killing spree to get rid of as many people who saw leak the video as he can. Considering he is footage of the series' SupermanSubstitute, Flight 37 incident, Homelander only pauses long enough to close the door to the room they're in before proceeding, [[TranquilFury with cold menace in his words]], to dare Starlight to go ahead and leak said footage [[TheUnfettered so that he'll have nothing to lose and be able to truly cut loose with his power]] and [[BewareTheSuperman cause all the very thought of him doing that is so frightening]] that the only member of the team who keeps thinking it's a good idea afterwards is Billy Butcher, chaos and by that point the plot had gone well out its way to showcase he was [[SociopathicHero extremely deep]] in the "anti-" part of AntiHero.destruction he's truly capable of]].
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** This trope tends to happen in the show a lot. It's telling that only a few blackmailers manage to avert this trope, one of whom does it by [[spoiler: using his position as a forensic scientist to tamper with the evidence against the murderer and frame an innocent delivery boy. This all but ensures that the killer ''needs'' this man to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou avoid being arrested]]]].
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* ''Series/TheGoodWife'': Kalinda threatens to get child services to take drug kingpin Lemond Bishop's son to force him to allow one of his dealers to testify to Cary's innocence in his drug trial. Bishop seemingly acquiesces, but then [[JuryAndWitnessTampering orders the dealer to falsely incriminate Cary instead]] to teach Kalinda a lesson, which leads to Cary deciding to plead guilty.
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** The first and second victims in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS5E1 Tainted Fruit]] tried to blackmail the murderer, who killed them instead.

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