History Main / ReminiscingAboutYourVictims

* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "Deaths-Head Revisited", a Nazi likes to visit the ruins of the concentration camp where he used to work and reminisce about the suffering he caused.

* The ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story "Young Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend" serves as [[OmnicidalManiac Judge Death]]'s OriginsIssue. It's basically one long use of this trope as Death, being interviewed by a terrified journalist, happily recalls all the people whom he gruesomely murdered during his long career of killing every living thing.

* In ''Anime/{{K}}'', the Colorless King appears in the cell where Mikoto, the Red King, is being held, and taunts him about the murder of his closest follower, Totsuka. He then goes on to say he'll kill all of Mikoto's followers, one by one, and make him watch.

* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', while talking with Buttercup, the Man in Black tells her how Westley pleaded for his life before he killed him. Here it's used in a more respectful way, since the Man in Black hints at [[SympathyForTheHero being moved by Westley's sincerity and devotion]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted in that the Man in Black did not in fact kill Westley...he '''''is''''' Westley!]]

* In ''[[Film/CabinByTheLake Return to Cabin by the Lake]]'', Stanley Caldwell recalls Kimberly, his last succesful victim before his crimes were found out, quite well. He relays to Allison, a curious script writer, that she gave him "a good fight" and clawed at his arm as he daydreams about Kimberly.

* In ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'' (where Allan Quartermain got his start) the Zulu warrior Umslopagaas says that he wouldn't mind meeting and talking to some of the people he had killed in battle. In this case it isn't to show that Umslopogaas is evil but that though he is a BloodKnight he is also an honorable ProudWarriorRaceGuy who respects a WorthyOpponent.

* In ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' story "The Undertakers", a jackal, adjutant stork, and mugger crocodile chat on a river bank. The crocodile reminisces about the various humans he's eaten over the years.

'''Veronica''': ...It was kind of a let down.

* On ''Series/TheMentalist'', a man claims to be the SerialKiller Red John and tries to prove this by telling Patrick Jayne how nicely Patrick's wife and daughter smelled right before he killed them. [[spoiler: However, it does reveal he's close with the actual Red John, since he couldn't have acquired these specific details otherwise.]]

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' features this in the episode entitled "Quarry." The team believes they've unearthed another victim of a convicted murderer and pedophile. When presented with slew of Baseball Caps that belonged to the victims including the hat that belonged to the recently discovered one, the man is able to recall the full name of each person along with the day and year he committed the crime after giving every hat a momentary sniff. The recent addition is the only exception which is a pretty good indicator that he [[NotMeThisTime isn't responsible for that one]]. It's just as creepy as it sounds.

* Music/{{Kamelot}}'s song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49HcaDBqTwU The Zodiac]]'' is inspired by the Zodiac Killer, and in the lyrics he reminisces about breaking the neck of a woman.

--> "WHAT WAS HER NAME? [[Creator/DorisDay Doris]], Laura[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_(1945_song) another song parodied by Spike]][[/note]], Chloe[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlo-e_(Song_of_the_Swamp) yet another song parodied by Spike]][[/note]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pep_Boys Manny, Moe, Jack?]] ({{beat}}) [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne No, it coudn't have been Moe.]] I can't stand it, I tell you, this is driving me ''sane!''"

* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', Glados is quite happy to talk about [[spoiler:forcing you to kill CompanionCube]]

* At one point in ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands 2}}'', [[BigBad Handsome Jack]] will call you to complain about [[WhyWontYouDie how you just aren't giving up,]] which somehow leads into a segue about a man in New Haven who stupidly tried to attack him with a spoon. So he [[EyeScream scooped out the man's eyes]]. With the spoon.

--> "WHAT WAS HER NAME? Doris, Laura[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_(1945_song) another song parodied by Spike]][[/note]], Chloe[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlo-e_(Song_of_the_Swamp) yet another song parodied by Spike]][[/note]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pep_Boys Manny, Moe, Jack?]] ({{beat}}) No, it coudn't have been Moe. I can't stand it, I tell you, this is driving me ''sane!''

* Creator/SpikeJones' parody of "My Old Flame" presents the song sung by Creator/PaulFrees (imitating Creator/PeterLorre) as a psychotic killer who is trying to remember which one of his victims the song is about.

* The ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story "Young Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend" serves as [[OmnicidalManiac Judge Death]]'s OriginsIssue. It's basically one long use of this trope as Death, being interviewed by a journalist, happily recalls all the people whom he gruesomely murdered during his long career of killing every living thing.

* In {{Comicbook/Sandman}}, an imposter Bogeyman at a "[[UnusualEuphemism Collector's]] Convention" is found out when someone blurts out a number and he doesn't immediately talk about eyes. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Things do not go well for him afterwards.]]

WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied and the PostRapeTaunt are common parts of this. Contrast ButForMeItWasTuesday, where the villain doesn't remember their victims. Compare and contrast AntagonistInMourning. Can be an excellent EstablishingCharacterMoment, particularly if a character is meant to be established as AxCrazy.

* El Indio of ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' sometimes listens to the chime from his pocket watch and reflects on its previous owner, a young woman ([[spoiler:[[ItsPersonal bounty hunter Col. Mortimer's sister]]]]) whom killed herself with his gun after he murdered her lover and raped her. He wistfully dwells on her as if she were "the one that got away," a touch of humanity that ironically makes him seem even ''more'' loathsome than if he were recalling it with sadistic glee of a CardCarryingVillain.

** El Indio of ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' sometimes listens to the chime from his pocket watch and reflects on its previous owner, a young woman ([[spoiler:[[ItsPersonal bounty hunter Col. Mortimer's sister]]]]) whom killed herself with his gun after he murdered her lover and raped her. He wistfully dwells on her as if she were "the one that got away," a touch of humanity that ironically makes him seem even ''more'' loathsome than if he were recalling it with sadistic glee of a CardCarryingVillain.

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' features this in the episode entitled "Quarry." The team believes they've unearthed another victim of a convicted murderer and pedophile. When presented with slew of Baseball Caps that belonged to the victims including the hat that belonged to the recently discovered one, the man is able to recall the full name of each person along with the day and year he committed the crime after giving every hat a momentary sniff. The recent addition is the only exception which is a pretty good indicator that he[[NotMeThisTime isn't responsible for that one]]. It's just as creepy as it sounds.

* ''Fanfic/CommonSense'': A non-lethal and non-AxCrazy version: one of Team Rocket's favorite ways to HoldTheFloor for their schemes and DrawAggro from Ash Ketchum is to smugly remind him of the many (and that is ''[[KnightOfCerebus many]]'') defeats he's had to them throughout the story.

* Creator/SpikeJones' parody of "My Old Flame" presents the song sung by Creator/PaulFrees imitating Creator/PeterLorre as a psychotic killer who is trying to remember which one of his victims the song is about.

* Creator/SpikeJones' parody of "My Old Flame" presents the song as sung by a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Creator/PeterLorre as a psychotic killer who is trying to remember which one of his victims the song is about.

* In the second chapter of ''Fanfic/OldWest'', set an year after the ending of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', [[AntiHero Rattlesnake Jake]] remembers with sadistic satisfaction how he killed [[spoiler:Tortoise John for his betrayal]].

* In ''ThereWillBeBrawl'', [[spoiler:Kirby]] particularly enjoys taunting Luigi with his murder of Daisy: "I can only imagine how you must have felt...when I ate ''your'' princess, I wore her head like a hat and danced through the streets..." Fitting because he is directly inspired by Hannibal Lecter, he enjoys messing with Luigi, and [[spoiler:doing just that was most of his point in [[VillainsActHeroesReact instigating the series]]]].

* ''LesInnommables'' has a pair of panels where the ghosts of Chinese victims are surrounded by fire, then cut to Colonel Lychee, who's dozing happily at the memory.

* ''Fanfic/CommonSense'': A non-lethal and non-AxCrazy version: one of Team Rocket's favorite ways to HoldtheFloor for their schemes and DrawAggro from Ash Ketchum is to remind him of the many (and that is ''[[KnightOfCerebus many]]'') defeats he's had to them throughout the story.

** In {{Comicbook/Sandman}}, an imposter Bogeyman at a "[[UnusualEuphemism Collector's]] Convention" is found out when someone blurts out a number and he doesn't immediately talk about eyes. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Things do not go well for him afterwards.]]