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* In ''WebVideo/{{Empires|SMP}}: the Musical'', the song "The Stand-Off" is about Joey stealing Sir Strawberry, one of Lizzie's axolotls, and Lizzie taking revenge by kidnapping the Lost Empire's Tiger Blood Prince in return and declaring an exchange of kidnapees, while secretly hiring Sausage as an assassin to kill Joey at the exchange. [[spoiler:The revenge part is deconstructed as per canon, as Joey got the same idea and Sausage ended up killing ''both'' Joey and Lizzie at the exchange as their respective deals required; at the end of the song, Lizzie reflects that the double assassination was deserved as "[[RevengeBeforeReason in our selfishness we both forgot to self-preserve]]".]]

* In ''LetsPlay/{{Empires|SMP}}: the Musical'', the song "The Stand-Off" is about Joey stealing Sir Strawberry, one of Lizzie's axolotls, and Lizzie taking revenge by kidnapping the Lost Empire's Tiger Blood Prince in return and declaring an exchange of kidnapees, while secretly hiring Sausage as an assassin to kill Joey at the exchange. [[spoiler:The revenge part is deconstructed as per canon, as Joey got the same idea and Sausage ended up killing ''both'' Joey and Lizzie at the exchange as their respective deals required; at the end of the song, Lizzie reflects that the double assassination was deserved as [[RevengeBeforeReason "in our selfishness we both forgot to self-preserve"]].]]

He only had himself to blame\\

He had it comin'!

->''"My sister Veronica and I had this double act, and my husband, Charlie, traveled around with us. Now, for the last number in our act, we did these twenty acrobatic tricks in a row--1, 2, 3, 4, 5, splits, spread eagles, back flips, flip flops, one right after the other. So this one night before the show, we were down at the hotel Cicero. The three of us, boozin’ and havin’ a few laughs...and we run out of ice, so I go out to get some. I come back, open the door, and there’s Veronica and Charlie doing number 17--'''the spread eagle'''. Well, I was I such a state of shock, I completely blacked out. I can’t remember a thing. It wasn’t until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead."''
-->-- '''Velma Kelly''', ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}''

->''"You know how people have these little habits that get you down? Like... Bernie! Bernie liked to chew gum--no, not chew. '''Pop!''' So, I come home this one day and I'm really irritated and looking for a little sympathy, and there's Bernie. Lying' on the couch, drinking a beer and chewing--no, not chewing, '''POPPING!''' So, I said to him, I said "You pop that gum one more time..." And he did. So I took the shotgun off the wall and I fired two warning shots...''
->''Into his head!"''
-->-- '''Liz''', "Cell Block Tango", ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}''

* "Cell Block Tango" from ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' is the combined Revenge Ballad for the "Six Married Murderesses of the Cook County Jail", who all (but one) murdered their husbands or lovers and explain how and why here.

A single friend\\

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Can overlap with BreakupSong, GriefSong, or SanitySlippageSong. If a whole bunch of people participate, it may be an AngryMobSong. May involve BestServedCold, CrusadingWidower, TheDogBitesBack, RapeAndRevenge, RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and/or ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine.

* Music/KateBush's "The Wedding List" where [[VengefulWidow a pregnant bride]] tracks down and kills the murderers of her husband before committing suicide.

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