15 Things Created As Revenge

Growing up, we're taught that things like "pettiness" and "vengeance" are for bad people. But if those traits are reserved for those types of individuals, then some pretty bad people have come up with some pretty awesome shit.

Of course it helps when you are a megawatt star, a famous artist or an incredibly talented and successful director. There are some real wild tales in here though.  Though, what’s truly impressive is the sheer length of time some of these people are able to hold grudges and formulate plots for ironic and tasteful revenge. Maybe more heartwarming is the fact that a little adversity can motivate such incredible feats.  

We have to wonder what would have become of the cast of Freaks and Geeks if the show hadn’t tanked originally. Pro tip: it’s probably a bad idea to mess with the writers room from the golden age of the Simpsons.

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Nick Fury is an iconic and enduring Marvel character. HE WAS CREATED AND NAMED) TO SPITE CRITICS. Nick Fury is the leader of The Avengers, which is an

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Looney Tunes has a dazzling array Of characters. THE BEST ONES WERE INVENTED TO SPITE ONE GUY. Eddie Selzer was a Warner Bros. producer who reportedly

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Siskel and Ebert weren't fans of Roland Emmerich. SO EMMERICH PARODIED THEM IN GODZILLA. He wasn't subtle about it, either. In the 1998 movie, Mayor E

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Angelina Jolie didn't like her character in Wanted. So SHE INSISTED THAT FOX COMMIT SUICIDE. Jolie didn't think that her character - an assassin manip

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The Buffy episode Hush had almost no dialogue. How do S lgt my JOSS WHEDON LEFT IT OUT TO SPITE HIS CRITICS. Whedon's detractors felt that dialogue

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Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is their best album. FLELTWOODMAD RUMOURS AND IT'S PACKED WITH PITE-FILLED SONG LYRICS. At the time the band was recording the

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A producer insisted on the cheesy ending of Nightmare on Elm Street. So THE DIRECTOR PUT HIM IN FULL BONDAGE GEAR. Writer/director Wes Craven had plan

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In '94, Fox asked The Simpsons to dump Itchy and Scratchy. SO THEY DEVOTED AN ENTIRE EPISODE TO THE PAIR. The writers of one of the most popular shows

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Capitol Records refused to give Sinatra his own label. Frank Sinatra Come swing with me Sinatre a shings FRANK SINATRA NLLY MAY SO HE RELEASED HIS OWN

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Judd Apatow was pissed when Freaks And Geeks was canceled. SO HE MADE ITS CAST INTO SUPERSTARS. Freaks And Geeks had a cult following on NBC, but, in

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Stephen King hated the hype around Carrie. SO HE PUBLISHED SEVEN BOOKS USING A FAKE NAME. King hated the idea that his books were popular because of t

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DC Comics introduced a villain named Superdoom. 4OM6THNS 0o you KoNOW COMINO OUT DE WHAT IAMP THe AN UN'STOPPABLE WUAT THr HSLE KMLED FRANCHISE THATO

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Leo Dicaprio got violently sick while filming The Wolf Of Wall Street. IT WAS JONAH HILL'S REVENGE FOR THE BEATINGS. DiCaprio thought it'd be hilariou

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Michael Moore is a suicide bomber in Team America. MATT STONE STUCK HIM IN THERE FOR REVENGE. Moore interviewed Stone, best known for his work on Sout