This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Kilyle: Pusher is one of my favorite episodes; am I recalling it wrong? Modell orders Mulder to shoot himself, then Modell (or vice versa), both of which he does. Then Modell orders Mulder to shoot Scully, and Mulder fights it every inch of the way, but the command appears to be working... until in a burst of willpower Mulder turns the gun on Modell and fires the bullet that would have killed Scully. And then keeps firing and firing, despite the gun being empty.
Mattock: I was wondering, has there ever been an example where the gun was empty, but the testee didn't stand stock still in surprise as the bad guy wasted him? Possibly even earning extra macho points for pistolwhipping the bad guy with the empty gun?
Burpcycle: Shouldn't this trope be renamed to "Shoot Your Friend?" The fact is that while "Shoot Your Mate" works fine for non-Americans, it means something very different in America, and a non-trivial portion of the site is American. "Shoot Your Friend" means exactly the same thing to everyone who speaks English. I realize it's explained in the trope description, but from a glance the trope means something different than what it actually means to an American, and there's no disadvantage to naming it "Shoot Your Friend."
