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* Mad Emperor Yuri of Barrayar from the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' attempted to kill off everyone else who might have a claim to the Imperium, but he missed Aral Vorkosigan. (He did get Aral's mother and older brother, though.) He also didn't bother trying to kill Aral's father, Piotr Vorkosigan, who wasn't in the line of succession. (Since Piotr was the premier general of his generation, this is further evidence of just how mad he was.) Piotr threw his support behind Yuri's brother, who was also missed, and started the civil war that took Yuri down. Two years later, Aral, aged thirteen, got to take the first cut in the long drawn out execution of the ex-emperor.
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* Mad Emperor Yuri of Barrayar from the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' attempted to kill off everyone else who might have a claim to the Imperium, but he missed his goons only missing Aral Vorkosigan. (He Vorkosigan by dumb luck (they did get Aral's mother mother, sister, and older brother, though.) though... which left an impression long term) He also didn't bother trying to kill Aral's father, Piotr Vorkosigan, who wasn't in the line of succession. succession (Since Piotr was the premier general of his generation, generation and just saw his wife and two of his kids murdered at his dinner table, this is further evidence of just how mad he was.) Piotr threw his support behind Yuri's brother, cousin[=/=]brother-in-law, who was also missed, and started the civil war that took Yuri down. Two years later, Aral, aged thirteen, got to take the first cut in the long drawn out execution of the ex-emperor.ex-emperor (which furthered the aforementioned impression) and decades later was the triggerman in a plot to murder Yuri's nephew (selected mainly because of that impression).
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* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' (the film) reveals this is back story of the titular character. The antagonist heard a prophecy that he would be killed by a native of a certain planet, and so wiped them all out. [[spoiler:Riddick was found with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, tossed in a dumpster.]] That will mess you up for life, which would go a ways to explaining Riddick's borderline sociopathic behavior.
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* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' (the film) reveals this is the back story of the titular character. The antagonist heard a prophecy that he would be killed by a native of a certain planet, and so wiped them all out. [[spoiler:Riddick was found with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, tossed in a dumpster.]] That will mess you up for life, which would go a ways to explaining Riddick's borderline sociopathic behavior.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': Hades sends his minions Pain and Panic to turn Hercules mortal and then kill him, so that the child can't foil plot to conquer Olympus in eighteen years. Unfortunately for Hades, Pain and Panic are interrupted before the task is complete, so Hercules is still alive and has superhuman powers, even though he is indeed mortal. Guess what happens.
* The villainous Shen does this in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''. It goes as well as you'd expect.
* The villainous Shen does this in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''. It goes as well as you'd expect.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': Hades sends his minions Pain and Panic to turn Hercules mortal and then kill him, so that the child can't foil his plot to conquer Olympus in eighteen years. Unfortunately for Hades, Pain and Panic are interrupted before the task is complete, so Hercules is still alive and has superhuman powers, SuperStrength, even though he is indeed mortal. Guess what happens.
*The villainous Shen does this in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''. It ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': After the Soothsayer predicted that "a warrior of black and white" would stop Shen's [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitions]], he [[spoiler:led the wolves to massacre the pandas, guessing that one of them was the subject of the prophecy]]. He then triumphantly returned home, expecting his parents to be proud of him for [[ScrewDestiny averting his supposed destiny]]. Instead, they were ''[[EveryoneHasStandards horrified]]'' and [[TheExile banished him]]. Years later, it goes as well as you'd expect.
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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', Hades sends his mooks to turn Hercules mortal and then murder him, so that the kid can't derail his takeover plot in eighteen years. But the mooks are interrupted before the task is complete, so Hercules is still alive and has superhuman powers, even though he is indeed mortal. Guess what happens.
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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': Hades sends his mooks minions Pain and Panic to turn Hercules mortal and then murder kill him, so that the kid child can't derail his takeover foil plot to conquer Olympus in eighteen years. But the mooks Unfortunately for Hades, Pain and Panic are interrupted before the task is complete, so Hercules is still alive and has superhuman powers, even though he is indeed mortal. Guess what happens.
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* In ''[[Literature/NightWatchSeries The Last Watch]]'' by Sergei Lukyanenko, it's revealed that Merlin's [[MoralEventHorizon example]] (yes, ''that'' Merlin) is what caused [[spoiler:his [[HeelFaceTurn switch from Light One to Dark One.]]]]
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* In ''[[Literature/NightWatchSeries The Last Watch]]'' by Sergei Lukyanenko, it's revealed that Merlin's [[MoralEventHorizon example]] (yes, ''that'' Merlin) is what caused [[spoiler:his [[HeelFaceTurn [[FaceHeelTurn switch from Light One to Dark One.]]]]
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[[JustForPun Not to be confused]] with NiceJobBreakingItHero, or the trope's inversion, CreateYourOwnVillain. However, it ''can'' be related to NiceJobFixingItVillain
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'': Burn succeeds in killing the [=SkyWing=] egg who was supposed to hatch into one of TheChosenMany, foiling the prophecy and forcing the guardians raising the prophecies dragonets to use a substitute that doesn't fit the prophecy at all, [[spoiler:because the prophecy was made up in the first place.]]
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* The ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' movies are all pretty much Skynet's attempts at doing this. Further, in the [[Film/TheTerminator first film]], the Terminator hunts down everyone it can find named Sarah Connor. Ultimately, John Connor wouldn't have even been ''born'' if it weren't for Skynet's attempts to kill his not-yet-mother, as the Resistance sent back the man who would be his father to protect her from. Whether it was a StableTimeLoop all along or the TimeyWimeyBall is at play is iffy.
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* The ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' movies are all pretty much Skynet's attempts at doing this. Further, in the [[Film/TheTerminator first film]], the Terminator hunts down everyone it can find named Sarah Connor. Ultimately, John Connor wouldn't have even been ''born'' if it weren't for Skynet's attempts to kill his not-yet-mother, as the Resistance sent back the man who would be his father to protect her from. Whether it was a StableTimeLoop all along or the TimeyWimeyBall is at play is iffy.
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* An example of this occurred in the ''[[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Wheel of Time]]'' series, where the prequel novel ''New Spring'' described attempts by the forces of the Dark to find and kill Rand right from the day he was born. Since they weren't entirely sure how old he was at the time, they went around killing pretty much every young male who showed signs of being a channeler. An interesting little WordOfGod statement mentions that this royally pissed off BigBad Ishamael badly enough that he messily killed the head of the Black Ajah at the time.
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* An example of this occurred in the ''[[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Wheel of Time]]'' series, where the prequel novel ''New Spring'' described attempts by the forces of the Dark to find and kill Rand right from the day he was born. Since they weren't entirely sure how old he was at the time, they went around killing pretty much every young male who showed signs of being a channeler. An interesting little WordOfGod statement mentions that this royally pissed off BigBad Ishamael badly enough that he messily killed the head of the Black Ajah at the time.
