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* A ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' episode sees Otis dreading the arrival of an old bully. The bully turns out to be a duck ([[ActorAllusion voiced by Tom]] [[Film/BackToTheFuture "Biff"]] [[ActorAllusion Wilson]]), but he still terrifies Otis. When the other characters attempt to gang up on him in defense, the duck beats them all silly. Then the duck simply says that he has had therapy and just wanted to apologize to Otis for bullying him.

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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': Biff Tannen in the original timeline forced George [=McFly=] to help him with his schoolwork while he and his gang physically bullied him, and then Biff forced George to do his paperwork for him and is his employer. More so in 1985-A, where he's become a rich CorruptCorporateExecutive who went so far as to ''murder'' George to claim Lorraine as a trophy wife. Averted in the understood alternate timeline that Marty returns to at the end of the first movie. Biff, having been humbled by George, who in turn was made more confident due to Marty's guidance, is no longer Meek Office Drone George's evil cube farm boss, but an auto detailer who is waxing Acclaimed Sci-Fi Author George's fancy cars.

* Mayor Augustus Maywho (Jeffrey Tambor) in TheMovie of ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. A {{Jerkass}} as both a kid and an adult.

* The relationship between The Buddy System and "Better Than You" in SHINE. The latter spoiled the former's chances of becoming {{tag team}} champions, Forced Wrestling/SoloDarling to [[ForcedToWatch watch the breaking]] of Wrestling/HeidiLovelace's, showed up with their Valifornia [[PowerStable stablemates]] in tow to sabotage Solo's return to solo matches and then set the group's new brute on Darling just because [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez the intended target]] wasn't [[MisplacedRetribution around at the time]].

The Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up comes along when that character who made your life hell when you were in school grows up into a more formidable adult antagonist. If you were in grade school with him, then he was the MouthyKid. If you were in high school with him, then he was probably the JerkJock. If he is a "[[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife she]]", then she was the AlphaBitch. Either way, the character hasn't matured one iota, but can now do a lot worse damage.

* Inverted in ''Series/{{Brassic}}'', where the bully who grew up to be a criminal is the hero and the victim who grew up to be a cop is the villain. The series protagonist, Vinnie, was well-liked and popular at school but had a very difficult home life. He took out his feelings on Carl Slater; a friendless, obnoxious TeachersPet, and led other kids in tormenting Slater as well. As a result, Slater became vicious and spiteful basically as a defence mechanism, and joined the police so he could have power over others. Vinnie actually does really regret how he acted when he was younger and acknowledges that he played a big part in making Slater the officious creep he is today.

* A unique version on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' in episode ''[[Recap/ThirtyRockS3E5Reunion Reunion]]'' as Liz had spoken of her memories of being a picked-on nerd in high school. However, when she attends her reunion, she discovers that [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass everyone considered her the bully whose put-downs (which Liz remembers as defensive humor) were vicious insults and she's the most loathed person in her class]]. [[HeelRealization She attempts to make things up to them throughout the entire episode]], but by this point [[RejectedApology they refuse to accept any apology]] and treat her more coldly with each attempt. Eventually, they decide to get revenge by enacting the "Pig's Blood" scene from ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' on her, and while it fails, it makes Liz give up trying to make up for her actions to them; with her instead going back to mistreating and putting them down, only now it's intentionally rather than obliviously.

--> '''Johnny:''' Sorry, kid. Force of habit.

* Inverted in ''Series/{{Brassic}}'', where the bully who grew up to be a criminal is the hero and the victim who grew up to be a cop is the villain. The series protagonist, Vinnie, was well-liked and popular at school but had a very difficult home life. He took out his feelings on Carl Slater; a friendless, obnoxious TeachersPet, and led other kids in tormenting Slater as well. As a result, Slater became vicious and spiteful towards others basically as a defence mechanism, and became a police officer to have power over others. Vinnie actually does really regret how he acted when he was younger and acknowledges that he played a big part in making Slater the officious creep he is today.

* The Creator/BenElton novel ''Past Mortem'' is all about the relationship and dynamic between bullies and victims when they're all grown up; the novel's serial killer, himself a bullied child in his past, uses the 'Friends Reunited' website to target former bullies based on the testimony of their former victims as posted on the website. Naturally, the main character, who is the investigating police detective, meets his own school bully, also a detective, who ends up spying on and interfering in the main character's investigation in order to try and get his rapidly failing career back on track. In a confrontation, the bully reveals why he picked on and hates the main character so much; the main character assumed it was because he was a bit of a dorky outcast at school, but the bully reveals that it was actually because, compared to the bully's own self-loathing and mixed-up insecurity (prompted by, amongst other things, his homosexuality), the main character was always self-assured, confident, and secure in his own skin, and never let anyone -- particularly the bully -- affect this. [[spoiler:The bully ends up becoming a victim of the serial killer himself.]]

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', Dog, who took pride in being able to catch any delivery person who came to the house, encountered a new mailman who proved to be too fast for him. This caused Dog to go into a deep depression, being reminded of when he was a pup and got beaten down by a paperboy that he was unable to touch. Eventually, Cat snapped him out of it, leading to a final showdown with the mailman, during which it was revealed that he was the very paperboy Dog encountered as a pup. In the end, Dog took a chunk out of his pants, regaining his drive and settling his childhood trauma.

* ''FanFic/MassEffectTheEquestrianEquation''; a major twist was that Fluttershy was once a bully in school and a particularly barbaric one at that. So what changed? [[spoiler: The Celestia AI [[MindRape Mind Raped]] her into being the LoveableCoward we all know and love, in an effort to keep her stable enough to guide Equestria according to Celestia's simulations]].

* In ''[[FanFic/UltimateSpiderWoman Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light]]'', high school student Harvey Broxtel was a violent, bullying thug who beat people up with everything from his fists to baseball bats. His attitude was that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney his wealthy father's money]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his father's connections]] would allow him to beat the rap. He was wrong, and he was eventually arrested and jailed. Unfortunately, he tried to escape from prison, and in the process got doused with an experimental superheated plasma that gave him [[PlayingWithFire the ability to manipulate and control fire.]] Now, as the flaming, psychotic Firebrand, Harvey is now a full-blown {{Pyro Maniac}}al psychopath. Oh, and his HairTriggerTemper combines with the fact that [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry his fires become hotter and deadlier as his rage increases.]]

* In the OriginsIssue of ''Webcomic/DragonBallReboot'', Gine signs up for a fighting tournament being held to determine which Saiyan gets to join Bardock's team. She is surprised when her first opponent turns out to be her childhood bully Aikon, who is eager for the chance to beat her up again.

* Subverted in ''Series/{{Brassic}}'', where the bully who grew up to be a criminal is the hero and the victim who grew up to be a cop is the villain. The series protagonist, Vinnie, was well-liked and popular at school but had a very difficult home life. He took out his feelings on Carl Slater; a friendless, obnoxious TeachersPet, and led other kids in tormenting Slater as well. As a result, Slater became vicious and spiteful towards others basically as a defence mechanism, and became a police officer to have power over others. Vinnie actually does really regret how he acted when he was younger and acknowledges that he played a big part in making Slater the officious creep he is today.

* A unique version on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' as Liz had spoken of her memories of being a picked-on nerd in high school. However, when she attends her reunion, she discovers that [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass everyone considered her the bully whose put-downs (which Liz remembers as defensive humor) were vicious insults and she's the most loathed person in her class]]. [[HeelRealization She attempts to make things up to them throughout the entire episode]], but by this point [[RejectedApology they refuse to accept any apology]] and treat her more coldly with each attempt. Eventually, they decide to get revenge by enacting the "Pig's Blood" scene from ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' on her, and while it fails, it makes Liz give up trying to make up for her actions to them; with her instead going back to mistreating and putting them down, only now it's intentionally rather than obliviously.

* In the OriginsIssue of ''Webcomic/DragonBallReboot'', Gine signs up for a fighting tournament being held to determine which Saiyan gets to join Bardock's team. She is surprised when her first opponent turns out to be her childhood bully Aikon, who remembers her very well.

* In the OriginsIssue of ''Webcomic/DragonBallReboot'', Gine signs up for a fighting tournament being held to determine which Saiyan gets to join Bardock's team. She is surprised when her first opponent turns out to be her childhood bully Aikon.

* In the OriginsIssue of ''DragonBallReboot'', Gine signs up for a fighting tournament being held to determine which Saiyan gets to join Bardock's team. She is surprised when her first opponent turns out to be her childhood bully Aikon.

* Gideon from ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' bullies Judy in the [[AMinorKidroduction Minor Kidroduction]]. When he meets Judy again as an adult later on in the film, it's a subversion, as he immediately apologises to her for his past actions and explains how he's been to therapy to help him deal with the anger issues he had as a child. He even gives Judy a EurekaMoment that helps her crack the case wide open.

* This is at the core of ''Series/CobraKai,'' a sequel to ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'' with Johnny Lawrence as the protagonist. Daniel [=LaRusso=] is still around as well, but while Johnny has become a JadedWashout, Daniel found great success and has everything Johnny doesn't. Johnny is constantly torn between his old feud with Daniel and the realisation that he really was a JerkAss back when he used to beat Daniel up and he needs to rise to become a better man if he wants to revive the Cobra Kai dojo, not helped by the fact that Daniel hasn't let go of the old grudges either and is out to stop him.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Pre-School" from season 8, a bully who the boys had sent to juvenile detention for an offense they committed returns a hardened criminal and bent on revenge. Fortunately for the boys, they find a way to pin another offense on him and get him sent away again. To be fair, Trent Boyett wasn't so much a bully as he was a tough loner. And the crime that was pinned on him was so heinous (accidentally lighting a sweet preschool teacher on fire and turning her into a paralyzed, catatonic wreck) that you can't really blame Trent for wanting to dole out a few "titty-twisters." (The infamous [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment "Texas Chili Bowl"]], however, is another story....)
** Actually, Trent was already a known troublemaker, given the teacher asking what did he do now. The offense was more than the boys wanted to play fireman so they asked Trent Boyett to light something on fire and the boys tried to pee on it to put it out. While it was an accident, the boys did play the whole thing as if it was his whole fault (and to be fair, he did ultimately start the fire). He became much worse out of juvie given his rampage. Furthermore, he probably would've gone back to juvie for getting his revenge (given he gave Butters, the only other kid who knew what happened as a bystander, a trip to the hospital.)

* ''FanFic/MassEffectTheEquestrianEquation''; a major twist was that Fluttershy was once a bully in school, and a particularly barbaric one at that. So what changed? [[spoiler: The Celestia AI [[MindRape Mind Raped]] her into being the LoveableCoward we all know and love, in an effort to keep her stable enough to guide Equestria according to Celestia's simulations]].

* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'', the bully from ''Literature/TomBrownsSchooldays'', gets his own series where he is, unusually for this trope, the protagonist. In the early books he's a bullying VillainProtagonist and a DirtyCoward, but after karma catches up to him enough for it, he eventually grows up into a [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] and [[LovableCoward charming]] AntiHero.

* In ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', the main characters recount the bullies who have plagued them in their youth. When Doug Penhall recounts his particularly bitter memories of such a tormentor, a friend suggests he seek the bully out and confront him. However, when Penhall does just that by finding the bully's current home, he learns that the bully is now a pathetic unemployed loser with an unhappy marriage to a shrewish wife. Delighted at this turn of events, Penhall decides not to speak to him and returns home quietly gloating how he got the classic best revenge by living well.

* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', "The Speckerman Reoccurence", Leonard's high school bully contacted him on Facebook and asked to get drinks. When they meet up, Speckerman was very polite, praised Leonard for his accomplishments, and seemed to not realize he tormented Leonard, who left him with a list of offenses. Later, Speckerman showed up drunk at Leonard's apartment and apologized for everything he's done, with Leonard letting him stay the night so that he won't drive drunk. In the morning and sobered up, he immediately reverts to his high school bully ways but by this time, Leonard was no longer afraid of him, unfortunately not realizing he still can't match him on a physical level. The episode ends with Sheldon and Leonard running from the guy.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': An episode has Frasier and Niles' two bullies (also brothers) from high school show up as plumbers and of course don't recognize the Crane brothers. Niles is intent on some kind of vengeful confrontation, but Frasier urges him to be the bigger man and rise above doing anything juvenile or malicious. Niles is reluctant but quickly discovers that his bully has turned out to be a [[ReformedBully pretty normal, decent guy]]. He's now a successful business owner and family man. Niles reveals their connection and does make him confront his past actions but the man is remorseful and Niles actually ending up giving him free therapy, working together to understand ''[[FreudianExcuse why]]'' he was a bully and the two become amicable. Meanwhile Frasier is trying the same tact with the second one, however, the guy is unrepentant about the abuse he dished out to other kids, essentially blaming them for being such easy targets. He begins fondly reminiscing about all the horrible things he used to do to his favorite victim in school, not realizing that his victim is right in front of him. Eventually Frasier can't take it anymore and gives him a swirly in his toilet.

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Al Bundy is a rare protagonist example who by his own admission ''was'' the big dumb bully of his school. As an adult he lives a life of pathetic mediocrity but still loves getting into fights and picking on others.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': Alice Hiiragi, a famous fashion designer suddenly snaps as soon as people talk about her crush, forces a TV host to confess to her in front of public view and steps on her manager in a hallway because he dared try to stop her, and she even brags that she bullied her previous manager in the same way and made him not leave his house. In a similar tangent, Mariko Hiyodo orders her civil wards to do absurd things no distingused politican will order anyone to do, such as watching the flowers 24 hours a day. These happen because [[spoiler:EMMA traps the Monarch's Shadow Self in Bird Cages, which prevents them from moving away from their traumas, causing the real-world Monarchs to act in a PayEvilUntoEvilMentality reflective of what their oppressors did to them. Since Alice's trauma is being stepped on by a bully jealous of her looks and Mariko's trauma is being discredited over a political corruption scandal framed on her, the former replicates the exact same abuse her school bullies put her through, and the latter starts overworking her civil wards for petty reasons to stamp out corruption.]]
* The third vid-comic in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' reveals that Captain Qwark and Dr. Nefarious go way back to Qwark's 9th grade Biology class, in which he used to pick on Nefarious for his headgear, among other things. A wedgie for old times' sake sends Nefarious careening into a pit, temporarily ending Dr. Nefarious' reign of terror but turning him into a robot. However, Qwark happened to be [[HeldBackInSchool 26 years old and three times Nefarious' size at the time]].

* ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' had an example in the ''Dan Danger'' short "Danger 101", where Dan Danger makes an appearance at his old school and finds out that he has to make up for a day of gym class he missed in his youth and that his bully Robert ([[HeldBackInSchool who's still there because of his inability to pass the seventh grade]]) intends to clobber him. When Dan stands up to Robert in the end, Robert is so impressed that he doesn't go through with beating Dan, realizes what a jerk he has been and instead asks Dan to sign his yearbook.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' episode "School Mates," an old classmate of Ren's named Chuck comes to visit him, but he is appaled to hear Ren is living with Stimpy, who is a cat. Over the course of a few flashbacks however, it is revealed Chuck is Ren's bully and he humiliated him at every opportunity and made him miserable.

** Actually, Trent was already a known troublemaker, given the teacher asking what did he do now. The offense was more than the boys wanted to play fireman so they asked Trent Boyett to light something on fire and the boys tried to pee on it to put it out. While it was an accident, the boys did play the whole thing as it was his whole fault (and to be fair, he did ultimately start the fire). He became much worse out of juvie given his rampage. Furthermore, he probably would've gone back to juvie for getting his revenge (given he gave Butters, the only other kid who knew what happened as a bystander, a trip to the hospital.)

* ''VideoGame/LostJudgment''; the plot revolves around the murder of Hiro Mikoshiba, a man who was involved in a bullying related suicide four years prior when he was a student and seemed to be going for a repeat performance during his time as a student teacher. [[spoiler: The BigBad has a gang of them that he blackmailed into helping him in his BullyHunter crusade (which also targets these kinds of people for murder), and while they hate what they're doing now none of them show remorse for their actions as students.]]

* ''Manga/LiarGame'': [[BigBad Yokoya]], who essentially turned his entire school into his playground, including the authority figures. In the actual series, he is the deadliest competitor of the titular Liar Game, still every bit as manipulative as ever, and is backed by the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Liar Game Tournament Office]] itself.
* ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'':
** The cheerfully sadistic, pro-wrestling-loving bullies Yanbo and Mabo grew up to be [[spoiler:charitable, good-natured people with a... somewhat ''rose-colored'' view of their 'playing' with the neighborhood kids]].
** [[spoiler:Friend]] fits the DisproportionateRetribution part of the trope. [[spoiler:Particularly the second Friend, though he was also the target of bullying.]]

* Subversions occur at least twice in ComicBook/ArchieComics, both times with the gang hearing about an old friend returning to town, and then they (or at least Archie specifically) get freaked out thinking that the guy's gonna whomp 'em but good. These two stories are of the few times that ''Archie'' specifically tied its mythology to ''Little Archie'':

* In the ComicBook/{{Batman}} story ''Street Demonz'', there is a flashback of young Bruce being accosted and beaten by the titular gang. In the modern day, he confronts the gang again as Batman and even gets to punch out the guy who had beaten him up years ago (even quipping that the guy hasn't changed at all).
* In Franchise/TheDCU, Cliff Carmichael was the intellectual tormenter of Ronnie Raymond (the teenager who would become the hero ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}). Carmichael eventually became the supervillain the New Thinker.
* Subverted with Brittany, who bullies the title character in ''Earthboy Jacobus''. By the time she grows up, she is not only on better terms with Jacobus but [[spoiler:HappilyMarried to him as well]].

* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were vicious bullies towards David Xavier when they were kids. Now they are grown up, and still fight against Xavier's new kids, the X-Men.

* The ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9565191/1/An-Old-Foe-Returns An Old Foe Returns]]'' gives us a unique version in the form of Mastermind, who used to be [[spoiler:Bobo the Chimp, the Camp Wannaweep mascot that drove Ron to fear all things monkey and ape. After encountering him, Kim realizes that Ron's fear of monkeys made more sense than she thought]].
* In the comedic-yet insane [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] fanfic ''Fanfic/{{MLPFML}}'' [[TheCutie Fluttershy]] of all people is this. To the point where when her former victim [[spoiler: Gilda]] sees her for the first time in years, ''she's still outright TERRIFIED of her''.
* ''FanFic/MassEffectTheEquestrianEquation''; a major twist was that Fluttershy was once a bully in school, and a particularly barbaric one at that. So what changed? [[spoiler: The Celestia AI [[MindRape Mind Raped]] her into being the LoveableCoward we all know and love, in an effort to keep her stable enough to guide Equestria according to Celestia's simulations]].

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* In ''Film/YouAgain'', the protagonist Marnie finds out to her horror that her brother is getting married to her former high school bully Joanna, who herself keeps brushing off every cruel thing she did to Marnie in the belief that they should just leave it all behind it in the past and start over. However, it turns out Joanna [[ReformedBully really did turn over a new leaf]] in the years since and part of the reason why she refused to acknowledge any of her actions was that she felt genuinely [[IHatePastMe ashamed of her past behavior]].

* ''Film/CityOfGod'': Li'l Dice is an EnfantTerrible of his pack of child gangsters, but grows up to be Li'l Ze, the feared boss of the favela.
* ''Film/TheGift2015'': Inverted, in which the bully is the protagonist. Simon was a bully growing up, and when he was in high school, [[spoiler:he and his best friend lied that they saw Gordo getting raped by an older man simply because they could, utterly ruining Gordo's life.]] As an adult, Simon continues to mock Gordo behind his back, and when his wife confronts him about his past actions, he shows no remorse for what he did. [[spoiler:As such, it's hard to feel bad for Simon after his life gets destroyed, much like how he destroyed Gordo's life.]]

* Literature/{{Flashman}}, the bully from ''Literature/TomBrownsSchooldays'', gets his own series where he is, unusually for this trope, the protagonist. In the early books he's a bullying VillainProtagonist and a DirtyCoward, but after karma catches up to him enough for it, he eventually grows up into a [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] and [[LovableCoward charming]] AntiHero.

* A variation is found in Andrew Robinson's novel ''Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineAStitchInTime''. The Cardassians that seem to delight the most in oppressing Bajorans during the Occupation are the same ones that bullied Garak while he attended the Bamarren Institute.
* Creator/StephenKing
** ''The Body'': During the main character Gordon's narration of his childhood relationship with his friends, they were often bullied beyond mere sadism by Ace and his gang of thugs. Despite none of his friends surviving past young adulthood, there's a little satisfaction for the reader in the end when Gordon meets Ace, who has become a broken shell of a man and doesn't recognize him.
** ''Literature/NeedfulThings'': Ace, who became a drug dealer and gunrunner, is employed by the story's BigBad, Leland Gaunt, [[spoiler:and eventually gets shot by a police officer.]]
** ''Literature/{{It}}'': Acting as a puppet for the book's titular character, Henry Bowers escapes from a mental institution to get revenge on the kids who kept escaping from him twenty-seven years ago.
* ''Literature/ThePowerOfOne'': the Judge (i.e. how Peekay knew the bully) is partnered with Peekay as his diamond-driller in the Northern Rhodesian mines.

* [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Al Bundy]] is a rare protagonist example who by his own admission ''was'' the big dumb bully of his school. As an adult he lives a life of pathetic mediocrity but still loves getting into fights and picking on others.

* A unique version on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' as Liz had spoken of her memories of being a picked-on nerd in high school. However, when she attends her reunion, she discovers that [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass everyone considered her the bully whose put-downs (which Liz remembers as defensive humor) were vicious insults and she's the most loathed person in her class]]. [[HeelRealization She attempts to make things up to them throughout the entire episode]], but by this point [[RejectedApology they refuse to accept any apology]] and treat her more coldly with each attempt. Eventually, they decide to get revenge by enacting the "Pig's Blood" scene from ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' on her, and while it fails, it makes Liz give up trying to make up for her actions to them; with her instead going back to mistreating and putting them down, only now it's intentionally rather than obliviously.
* In ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', the main characters recount the bullies who have plagued them in their youth. When Doug Penhall recounts his particularly bitter memories of such a tormentor, a friend suggests he seek the bully out and confront him. However, when Penhall does just that by finding the bully's current home, he learns that the bully is now a pathetic unemployed loser with an unhappy marriage to a shrewish wife. Delighted at this turn of events, Penhall decides not to speak to him and returns home quietly gloating how he got the classic best revenge by living well.

* This is at the core of ''Series/CobraKai,'' a sequel to ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'' with Johnny Lawrence as the protagonist. Daniel [=LaRusso=] is still around as well, but while Johnny has become a JadedWashout, Daniel found great success and has everything Johnny doesn't. Johnny is constantly torn between his old feud with Daniel and the realisation that he really was a JerkAss back when he used to beat Daniel up and he needs to rise to become a better man if he wants to revive the Cobra Kai dojo, not helped by the fact that Daniel hasn't let go of the old grudges either and is out to stop him.

* ''VideoGame/LostJudgment''; the plot revolves around the murder of Hiro Mikoshiba, a man who was involved in a bullying related suicide four years prior when he was a student and seemed to be going for a repeat performance during his time as a student teacher. [[spoiler: The BigBad has a gang of them that he blackmailed into helping him in his BullyHunter crusade (which also targets these kinds of people for murder), and while they hate what they're doing now none of them show remorse for their actions as students.]]

* As much as she is painted as one of the good guys, ''Webcomic/ElfBlood's'' Shanna Whittle is in no way a pleasant person. At school, she apparently bullied Gipsy (although this was justified in Shanna's mind as Gipsy stole a boyfriend of hers), she bullied TKO (while the two were out on their graduation mission), and she stole Carlita's lunch money (vengeance for which was exacted with brutal precision). Even today, she still prefers to deal with things with force and fists than reasoning and talking.
* in ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal,'' we find out what's worse than being murdered, being murdered by [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1788 your former bully.]]