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Proxy noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
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Note that if the actual wrongdoer is unavailable, the trope is Sins of Our Fathers; to be Revenge By Proxy, the attacker has to be able to attack the original instead, and choose a different victim.
Source: Revenge by Proxy - Similarly, his disciple and proxy late in the series has the last name Mikami, the pronunciation of which can mean "eye god" or "seeing god" (though unlike Light's last name, this meaning is concealed by different kanji symbols).
Source: Steven Ulysses Perhero - There are many different types, some of them self-explanatory: "That Was Awkward": A clip that ends with at least one person (and/or by proxy the viewer) feeling a bit — but not too — uncomfortable.
Source: Series / Intentional Talk
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