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Top 20 Most Satisfying Revenge Kills in TV History


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guys i’m rebecca from WatchMojo and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 20 revenge kills in
television
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we’ll be looking at small screen kills
where bad guys face sweet sweet
vengeance naturally there will be plenty
of spoilers ahead so be warned alright
number 20 Akane kills the Shogun
Westworld
this Western sci-fi series features a
slew of deaths although not all of them
stick since the robot characters can
just be repaired and rebooted things
become a whole lot deadlier however when
the angry androids revolt unleashing
mayhem throughout West world and the
other parks in Shogun world the
malfunctioning Shogun captures a young
geisha named Sakura prompting an elder
geisha Akane
who may or may not be her mother to
am i under them people mad but the
Shogun sees through her plan and demands
that the two geisha dance for him then
in revenge Akane
uses the dance to get close to the
Shogun then brutally kills him by sawing
off the top of his head number 19 Aunt
Polly kills major Campbell peaky
blinders major Campbell is one of the
most ardent foes of this show’s
eponymous gang and one of the most
despicable you should know as of this
night Thomas Shelby is vanished after
the gang earns his ire in the first
season camel is willing to sink to any
depths to destroy them even blackmailing
the gang’s matriarch Aunt Polly into
having sex with him in exchange for her
Steele fittingly upon the conclusion of
the blinders deal with Campbell it’s
Polly rather than gang leader Tommy who
gets to take down Campbell cornering him
in a phone booth and shooting him
point-blank number 18 mr. Gould kills
tomara once upon a time the manipulative
mr. Gould makes plenty of questionable
decisions throughout once upon a time
but he’s often motivated by love for
those dear to him when his son’s fiance
Tamara seemingly murders her
husband-to-be Gould is heartbroken to
make matters worse tomorrow then kidnaps
chasing after them gold soon comes
across a wounded tomorrow giving him the
perfect opportunity for revenge so where
is he
Henry although gold first heals her
injuries and tomorrow begs him for
forgiveness he ultimately exacts his
revenge by tearing out her heart and
turning it to dust
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number 17 Dean Winchester kills Azazel
supernatural over the course of their
lengthy career as hunters of the
supernatural the Winchester brothers
have faced a wide variety of villains
but arguably their most personal foe is
the yellow-eyed demon
Azazel who killed their mother when they
were children and had a hand in their
father’s death as well dad at the end of
season two with the help of their
father’s ghost Dean manages to use the
mystical revolver known as the colt to
shoot down Azazel
in doing so he gets revenge for the
deaths of his parents as well as plenty
of other victims as well there’s nothing
quite so satisfying as killing a smug
overconfident demon who robbed you of
you son of bitch number 16 phil coulson
kills grant Ward agents of shield though
some fans were holding out for awards
redemption there’s no arguing that he’d
done some terrible things a spy for
Hydra he betrayed his team even dropping
Fitz and Simmons out of a plane
the crime that gets them killed however
is the murder of Phil Coulson’s new lady
love rosalind I know you watch someone
you care for bleed out right in front of
you and it still sounds funny when you
don’t say agent first
Coulson becomes a man on a mission and
pursues Ward with such fervor that he
actually sky dives through a portal to
an alien planet where Ward has traveled
to once there Coulson fights with Ward
and ends up crushing the traitors chest
with his robot hand for fans it was a
truly shocking end and one that inspired
a lot of debate number 15 Jessica Jones
kills killgrave Jessica Jones
super-powered p.i Jessica Jones spends
her first season facing off against the
deranged kilgrave a man who can control
other people’s minds through verbal
commands hi Hank
sorry I slipped sometimes the only one
immune is Jessica who broke free from
his control after months as his sex
slave which part of staying in 5-star
hotels eating in all the best places
doing whatever the hell you wanted is
rape the part where I didn’t want to do
any of it although she has opportunities
to kill him she tries in vain to bring
him to justice in a mostly legal way
however a final showdown with several
hostages including her adopted sister
Trish forces her hand do anything to
protect her would you
yes pretending to be controlled as she
was previously Jessica lols killgrave
into a false sense of security before
finally snapping the villains neck
although not done solely for vengeance
Jessica still had revenge on her
number fourteen Eric Northman kills
Talbot True Blood sometimes revenge
takes a while to achieve but this is
easily the longest on our list and
around 1,000 years Eric Northman was a
Viking whose entire family was killed by
werewolves at the direction of vampire
Russell Edgington after becoming a
vampire himself Eric at last manages to
find his family’s killer in the
present-day ingratiating himself with
Russell and his husband Talbot
Eric sleeps with Talbot and stakes him
through the back during the act thus
eric brutally avenges his family by
taking away Russell’s Russell took my
family now I take it
he’d eventually finished what he started
by killing Russell – a few seasons down
number thirteen
Octavia kills pike the hundred in the
post-apocalyptic world of the hundred
there’s no shortage of grudges and
revenge killings though given the state
of things on future earth they make up
just a small fraction of the total
bloodshed a ruthless leader of the sky
people
Charles Pike ordered the killing of 300
grounders as well as Lincoln Octavia’s
love interest whom he executed
those circumstances force Octavia to
work with pike shortly thereafter as
soon as their battle is won
she takes the opportunity to avenge
considering Pike’s ruthless ways this
was payback that many fans had been
dying to see number 12 Mike Ehrmantraut
kills Fenske and Hoffman better call
saul stalwart fixer Mike Ehrmantraut
used to be a cop but even then he wasn’t
on the right side of the law his whole
precinct was dirty except for his son
Matty
after corrupt cops approached Matty Mike
urged him to accept a bribe but the cops
killed Matty anyway just for hesitating
Matty’s gone that’s really all there is
to it
it took Mike a while to figure out who
done it but when he did he did not mince
words pretending to be drunk he tells
frensky and hoffman that he knows what
they did when the cops lay out their
plan to kill him Mike turns the tables
and guns them down instead number 11
ragnar blood eagles yarl board Vikings
while he’s away raiding in England
Vikings series protagonist Ragnar
lothbrok returns home to find his wife
and children driven from their homes by
his former Ally Yael Borg your lands are
lost invaded by your book your family is
fled only the gods know where in
retaliation
Ragnar Burns borges men alive and
decides to execute Borg with the
legendary torture method the blood eagle
we will spare you the details but
suffice it to say it is hella grisly
although ragnar’s sons mete out the same
punishment to his eventual killer we had
to give it to the original blood eagle
because of the scenes haunting music and
atmosphere as well as the fact that
despite his treachery Borg somehow
manages to endure it all without
number 10 Michonne and Lily Chandler
killed a governor the walking dead an
unhinged dictatorial mass murderer
the governor terrorizes many people
during his reign including Michonne we
need to surprise him Canada during his
final assault on the prison our heroes
call home
Michonne manages to get her revenge by
stabbing him with her sword saving
Rick’s life in the process however she
doesn’t kill him instead leaving him to
die
then Lily the governor’s love interest
delivers the finishing shot killing the
man who had led them all to ruin and who
had reacted so callously to her
during his stint on the show the
governor was one of the most hated
characters on TV and fans hungrily
awaited his demise
number 9 Benjamin Linus kills Jacob at
the men in black suggestion lost a
Machiavellian figure at the best of
times
Benjamin Linus commits many
unconscionable acts throughout lost I’m
not coming out of this house so if you
want to kill her go ahead and do it when
he finally comes face to face with Jacob
whom Ben believes he’s done all these
horrible things for Ben is enraged the
Jacob doesn’t seem to care and so he
stabs him well
however the master manipulator behind it
all is actually Jacob’s brother the man
in black in the guise of John Locke the
immortal shapeshifter has been playing a
long game to engineer Jacob’s death to
get revenge and finally free himself
from the island it is a convoluted
revenge killing but one that fits
number eight Hector Salamanca and Walter
White kill Gustavo Gus fring Breaking
Bad phew rivalries on TV can compete
with that of Walter White and his boss
slash and nemesis Gustavo Fring
the finale of Breaking Bad’s fourth
season sees Walter backed into a corner
with nowhere to turn but to an old enemy
Hector Salamanca I know you despise me I
know how badly you want to see me dead
but I’m willing to bet that I know a man
whom you hate even more although the
pair despise each other
Hector hates Gus even more than Walter
does given that Gus has helped
orchestrate the deaths of Hector’s
family and fellow cartel members
including Don Eladio another revenge
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Hector gets his own back though
when he lures Gus to his nursing home
and activates a bomb made by Walt
killing himself and Gus in an explosive
iconic scene number seven
willow destroys Warren Buffy the Vampire
Slayer one of the most terrifying
revenge kills on this supernatural show
happens at the hands of one of its
heroines when violent genius Warren
Mears attacks Buffy a stray bullet
accidentally strikes Tara the girlfriend
of Buffy’s friend willow you’re sure
unfortunately for Warren willow is a
witch who’s been struggling with an
addiction to dark magic and Tara’s death
has her literally seeing red
willow embarks on a rampage of revenge
finally capturing Warren and torturing
him with the bullet that killed Tara
before fleeing him alive and
incinerating him number 6 Sansa Stark
feeds Ramsay to his hounds Game of
Thrones few characters in Game of
Thrones are as reviled as the gleefully
sadistic bastard Ramsay Bolton no you
have to run remember those are the rules
delighting in torture rape and murder
Ramsay’s final hours season engage in a
battle of the bastards with Jon Snow
however it’s Ramsay’s wife and rape
victim John’s sister Sansa who gets the
real vengeance
although Jon does get to beat the smug
once he’s behind bars since the sets
Ramsey’s own starving hounds on him as
he’d done in the past to his own victims
and the vicious creep finally reaps what
he sowed number five Frank Castle kills
William Rollins The Punisher Frank
Castle better known as The Punisher is
basically revenge incarnate his whole
reason for becoming a violent criminal
killing vigilante is the murder of his
wife and children at the hands of
criminals although it was tempting to
include his various kills of the men
directly responsible for their deaths
like Carson wolf or the blacksmith
ultimately we gave it to Frank’s brutal
killing of the mastermind behind it all
William Rollins also known as agent
orange
Deadman after Rollins tortures Frank and
pumps him full of adrenaline
Frank’s former friend Billy sets him
free bleeding Frank to beat the
ever-loving crap out of Rollins stab him
and finish by gouging out his eyes
number four Tony Soprano kills Ralph
Cifaretto The Sopranos as a show about
mobsters The Sopranos is no stranger to
revenge kills however this particular
revenge kill has an unusual motive a
horse
shortly after Ralphie Cifaretto son ends
up in a coma
pie-o-my the horse he shares with Tony
Soprano and which Tony loves dies in a
fire Tony delivers the news to Ralphie
Ralphie does not appear nearly as upset
as Tony expects talking instead about
his son’s condition Burns obeyed that
Tony accuses Ralphie of setting the fire
to collect the insurance they had on the
horse and during their ensuing
the scenes intensity and the ambiguity
of Ralphie’s guilt make it very
memorable indeed number three Jack Bauer
kills Nina Myers 24 throughout this
series agent Jack Bauer faces down a
plethora of terrorists and other threats
to the US but one of the villains that
arguably hurts him the most is Nina
my wife and daughter almost died today a
colleague with whom he was having an
affair while estranged from his wife
Nina turns out to be a double agent as
if that weren’t enough she also kills
Jack’s wife over the first few seasons
Nina remains a perpetual thorn in Jack’s
side while captured and under
interrogation Nina escapes and is
confronted by Jack and his daughter
after deducing that Nina has no more
useful information
Jack kills her finally avenging his wife
number two
Dexter kills Arthur Mitchell Dexter
though he would later get to help his
friend lumen get revenge later on
Dexter’s own revenge killing was an
unknowing one in most cases Dexter
Morgan murder serial killers as soon as
he possibly can however Dexter befriends
the Trinity Killer real name Arthur
Mitchell to learn more about him and
eventually though Arthur Mitchell ends
up on Dexter’s table just like the
others this kill is so effective because
Dexter is ignorant of the knowledge that
would have made him want to exact
revenge Arthur killed
Dexter’s wife Rita it’s only after
returning home from killing Arthur that
Dexter discovers her body before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions I gave you everything
now you are destroyed number one
avenging the red wedding Game of Thrones
this series is packed with revenge kills
from Tyrion killing his father to Cersei
poisoning olaria daughter to Jon hanging
his own murderers but we had to go with
this one the infamous red wedding was a
shocking traumatic event for both the
characters and the audience
when Walder Frey betrays and butchers
Robb Stark his pregnant wife Talisa and
mother Catelyn Arya Stark swears revenge
after training with a group of
face-changing assassins the first thing
she does upon returning home is kill
Walder Frey’s sons and feed them to him
before slitting his throat the last
thing you’re ever going to see is a
stock smiling down at you as you die she
then takes on his appearance and poisons
the rest of the phrase it may have taken
years but arias deed finally proved that
revenge can be a dish served any old
house as long as it’s worth a smile
tells me the north from Memphis
tell them when to came for House Frey
dude
Game of Thrones is literally just people
getting vengeance on other people
constantly how could it not be number
one anyway I will be in the comments to
defend the rank although that is a
pretty solid list to be honest and to
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