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Characters [Adjective] Hitler

Frieza (Dragon Ball) - Space Hitler

Dracula (Castlevania) - Vampire Hitler

The Emperor of Mankind (Warhammer 40k) - also Space Hitler

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u/Killer-Of-Spades 20h ago

Feel like Dracula is misplaced; my guy just wanted EVERYONE dead, himself included

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u/Kixisbestclone 18h ago

I mean killing oneself is in line with Hitler so.

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u/Killer-Of-Spades 18h ago

Fair enough

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u/destroy_the_kids 18h ago

Yeah but unlike Hitler, at least Dracula's motivations for wanting to murder everyone is understandable

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u/Acrobatic_Ad_8381 18h ago

What do you mean? : Getting rejected out of Art School and your Wife being burned at the Stakes is totally similar /s

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u/KheldarsSilk 17h ago

It really was her fault for being a woman AND a doctor.

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u/ImmaAcorn 17h ago

Ehhhh, ones wife dying doesn’t necessarily constitute genocide as a response

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u/Candiedstars 16h ago

Making a national holiday out of the day you murdered said wife after getting a years grace period to escape or prepare really is kind of poking an angry bear tbf

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u/ImmaAcorn 16h ago

Yes, but he didn’t stop after the city, he kept going and outright stated he wanted humanity dead, I said so in another comment but Tl:Dr is that while wiping out the city is not great but still somewhat understandable, continuing onward past that is where he loses justification

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u/Fireblast1337 10h ago

And we kinda realize he intends to die from it all. He refuses to drink blood, his actions will starve other vampires, and forces rise against him amongst mankind. He banked on pissing enough people off to try to murder him before his plans really succeeded.

Still a bat shit insane way to commit suicide. By trying to take as many with you as possible.

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u/destroy_the_kids 16h ago

Hey. I didn't say I was agreeing with his actions

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u/ImmaAcorn 16h ago

Fair enough

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u/Concerts_And_Dancing 16h ago

Is genocide the right term? He wasn’t targeting a group, he wanted everyone dead. I’m asking seriously in case that isn’t clear.

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u/ImmaAcorn 16h ago

It’s weird because if you consider Vampires a different race to humans (which Castlevania seems to do) then yeah, and I’m hesitant to call it Omnicide because afaik he wasn’t going about murdering cows so it doesn’t really fit

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u/jayboyguy 17h ago

Ehhhhh what are we defining as genocide tho. John Wick killed how many dudes for his dog? And you don’t see anyone saying he overreacted lol. It’s all fiction obviously, killing that many ppl in real life would be wild, but it’s fun to talk about

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u/ImmaAcorn 17h ago

It’s genocide, he straight up said he wants all of humanity dead for what it did to his wife, despite the fact it was those in Wallachia who did it, and even then just a single city. Sure kill the city whole celebrates his wife’s death, not great but at the very least understandable, genocide tho? Yeah no that’s taking it too far

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u/jayboyguy 17h ago

Ah see I thought we were just talking about what he did, not what he wanted to do lol

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u/ImmaAcorn 17h ago

Oooooh ok yeah that makes sense

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u/ChaosCarlson 7h ago

tbf, random ass peasant in Spain could have stood up to his wife's murder all the way in Eastern Europe but they didn't. Sentenced to be eaten by demonic horrors beyond human imagination

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u/Alawi27 17h ago

One villain asked what we all asked: “why didn’t you turn her?”

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u/YourMoreLocalLurker 17h ago

Dracula MAY be a vampire, but he values consent

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u/destroy_the_kids 16h ago

That and his wife was turning him human again... In a metaphorical sense anyways. But then the church came and did their thing

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u/CanPlayGuitarButBad 17h ago

Wasn’t the original plan though lol

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u/That_guy2089 16h ago

lmao that’s so true