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* ''Film/VonRyansExpress'': Gortz is a ruthless and taciturn SS officer. He commands a detachment of crack troops whose sole purpose in the story is to hunt down the American and British airmen who got out of the Fascist Italian P.O.W. camp -- and either recapture them or kill them. American officer "Von" Ryan and his British counterpart and [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Best Bud]] Fincham hold off the Nazis before running for the train as it crosses into Switzerland. In a fit of TranquilFury, Gortz grabs a gun from one of his men and [[TheHeroDies shoots Ryan]] [[InTheBack in the back]] just before he gets aboard as a [[JustForPun parting shot]] to his escaping prey.
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* ''Film/VonRyansExpress'': Gortz is a ruthless and taciturn SS officer. He commands a detachment of crack troops whose sole purpose in the story is to hunt down the American and British airmen who got out of the Fascist Italian P.O.W. camp -- and either recapture them or kill them. American officer "Von" Ryan and his British counterpart and [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Best Bud]] Fincham hold off the Nazis before running for the train as it crosses into Switzerland. In a fit of TranquilFury, Gortz grabs a gun from one of his men and [[TheHeroDies shoots Ryan]] [[InTheBack in the back]] just before he gets aboard as a [[JustForPun parting shot]] shot to his escaping prey.
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** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A deleted scene from]] ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' would have taken this UpToEleven. In that movie, time-travel effectively creates an AlternateUniverse that branches off from the point you arrive there: one of the timelines created starts in [[spoiler:2014, just before ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''. Upon finding out about his death in the future, the Thanos of that timeline would have immediately headed to Earth and killed the Avengers four years early, in a fit of rage. To prove it, he would have opened the final battle by [[https://www.cbr.com/avengers-endgame-captain-america-decapitated-head/ throwing out Captain America's severed head.]]]]
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** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A deleted scene from]] ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' would have taken this UpToEleven. would've had an extreme case. In that movie, time-travel time travel effectively creates an AlternateUniverse that branches off from the point you arrive there: one of the timelines created starts in [[spoiler:2014, just before ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''. Upon finding out about his death in the future, the Thanos of that timeline would have immediately headed to Earth and killed the Avengers four years early, in a fit of rage. To prove it, he would have opened the final battle by [[https://www.cbr.com/avengers-endgame-captain-america-decapitated-head/ throwing out Captain America's severed head.]]]]
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** In the very first scene of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Comicbook/{{Thanos}} [[spoiler:impales Heimdall for allowing Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk to escape and warn Comicbook/DoctorStrange, and then violently strangles Comicbook/{{Loki}} to death after the trickster makes a HeelFaceTurn and tries to stab him]]. He later [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring sacrifices]] Comicbook/{{Gamora}} to obtain the Soul Stone]], [[VillainousBSOD albeit with regret]], and then [[spoiler: kills Comicbook/TheVision to get the Mind Stone]]. [[spoiler:And unlike the heroes killed by the Snap, those deaths all stick at the end of ''Endgame'']]. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins after successfully gathering all of the Infinity Stones and using them to complete the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos wipes out half of all life in the universe]], including Comicbook/BlackPanther, Doctor Strange, Comicbook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/ScarletWitch, Comicbook/NickFury, ComicBook/MariaHill, all of the remaining Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy except for ComicBook/{{Rocket|Racoon}}, and even Comicbook/SpiderMan. When the dust settles, the original six Avengers, Comicbook/WarMachine, Okoye, Nebula and the aforementioned Rocket are the only heroes confirmed to still be alive]].
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** In the very first scene of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Comicbook/{{Thanos}} ComicBook/{{Thanos}} [[spoiler:impales Heimdall for allowing Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk to escape and warn Comicbook/DoctorStrange, ComicBook/DoctorStrange, and then violently strangles Comicbook/{{Loki}} ComicBook/{{Loki}} to death after the trickster makes a HeelFaceTurn and tries to stab him]]. He later [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring sacrifices]] Comicbook/{{Gamora}} ComicBook/{{Gamora}} to obtain the Soul Stone]], [[VillainousBSOD albeit with regret]], and then [[spoiler: kills Comicbook/TheVision ComicBook/TheVision to get the Mind Stone]]. [[spoiler:And unlike the heroes killed by the Snap, those deaths all stick at the end of ''Endgame'']]. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins after successfully gathering all of the Infinity Stones and using them to complete the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos wipes out half of all life in the universe]], including Comicbook/BlackPanther, ComicBook/BlackPanther, Doctor Strange, Comicbook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/ScarletWitch, Comicbook/NickFury, ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/ScarletWitch, ComicBook/NickFury, ComicBook/MariaHill, all of the remaining Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy except for ComicBook/{{Rocket|Racoon}}, and even Comicbook/SpiderMan. ComicBook/SpiderMan. When the dust settles, the original six Avengers, Comicbook/WarMachine, ComicBook/WarMachine, Okoye, Nebula and the aforementioned Rocket are the only heroes confirmed to still be alive]].
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** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A deleted scene from]] ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' would have taken this UpToEleven. In that movie, time-travel effectively creates an AlternateUniverse that branches off from the point you arrive there: one of the timelines created starts in [[spoiler:2014, just before ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.'' Upon finding out about his death in the future, the Thanos of that timeline would have immediately headed to Earth and killed the Avengers four years early, in a fit of rage. To prove it, he would have opened the final battle by [[https://www.cbr.com/avengers-endgame-captain-america-decapitated-head/ throwing out Captain America's severed head.]]]]
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** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A deleted scene from]] ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' would have taken this UpToEleven. In that movie, time-travel effectively creates an AlternateUniverse that branches off from the point you arrive there: one of the timelines created starts in [[spoiler:2014, just before ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.'' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''. Upon finding out about his death in the future, the Thanos of that timeline would have immediately headed to Earth and killed the Avengers four years early, in a fit of rage. To prove it, he would have opened the final battle by [[https://www.cbr.com/avengers-endgame-captain-america-decapitated-head/ throwing out Captain America's severed head.]]]]
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** PsychoForHire Aurra Sing was a Dark Jedi BountyHunter who turned on the Order after being kidnapped and raised by pirates, and in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' is shown to have a particular hatred for Jedi while being a skilled lightsaber duelist who uses ones she collected from various victims similar to General Grievous.
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** PsychoForHire Aurra Sing was a Dark Jedi BountyHunter who turned on the Order after being kidnapped and raised by pirates, and in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' is shown to have a particular hatred for Jedi while being a skilled lightsaber duelist who uses ones she collected from various victims similar to General Grievous. In ''Literature/CoruscantNights'', Vader himself hires her to kill Jedi for him.
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** Darth Vader. In [[Film/ANewHope the first film]], he kills Obi-Wan Kenobi in a lightsaber duel and shoots down numerous Rebel pilots during their assault on the Death Star, including two squadron leaders and Luke's friend Biggs, along with dealing R2-D2 serious damage. In [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack the second]], he cuts off [[TheHero Luke's]] hand and has [[LovableRogue Han Solo]] [[HumanPopsicle suspended in carbonite]]. In the prequels, he double teams [[spoiler: Mace Windu]] with [[BigBad Palpatine]] [[spoiler: and slaughters a whole class of youngling Jedi]]. In ''Film/RogueOne'' [[spoiler:we get to see him do some heavy-duty [[PersonAsVerb Darth Vadering]] on a ship as he effortlessly shreds his way through an entire squad of Rebels in a moment that is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome made of awesome]] and ''[[OneManArmy downright chilling]]'']]. In the expanded universe he hunts down and defeats numerous Jedi as well.
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** Darth Vader. In [[Film/ANewHope the first film]], he kills Obi-Wan Kenobi in a lightsaber duel and shoots down numerous Rebel pilots during their assault on the Death Star, including two squadron leaders and Luke's friend ChildhoodFriend Biggs, along with dealing R2-D2 serious damage. In [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack the second]], he cuts off [[TheHero Luke's]] hand and has [[LovableRogue Han Solo]] [[HumanPopsicle suspended in carbonite]]. In the prequels, he double teams [[spoiler: Mace Windu]] Windu with [[BigBad Palpatine]] [[spoiler: BigBad Palpatine and [[MoralEventHorizon slaughters a whole class of youngling Jedi]].Jedi]] along with Jedi Master Shaak Ti. In ''Film/RogueOne'' [[spoiler:we get to see him do some heavy-duty [[PersonAsVerb Darth Vadering]] on a ship as he effortlessly shreds his way through an entire squad of Rebels in a moment that is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome made of awesome]] and ''[[OneManArmy downright chilling]]'']]. In the expanded universe ExpandedUniverse he hunts down and defeats numerous Jedi as well. well.
** General Grievous is known for being a prolific Jedi hunter, but this ends up being an InformedAbility as across the films and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' he's only killed ''[[AdaptationalWimp one]]'' Jedi on screen. In deleted scenes for ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' he was originally intended to kill [[SacrificialLamb Jedi Master Shaak Ti]] but that honor ended up going to Vader in the end.
** PsychoForHire Aurra Sing was a Dark Jedi BountyHunter who turned on the Order after being kidnapped and raised by pirates, and in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' is shown to have a particular hatred for Jedi while being a skilled lightsaber duelist who uses ones she collected from various victims similar to General Grievous.
** General Grievous is known for being a prolific Jedi hunter, but this ends up being an InformedAbility as across the films and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' he's only killed ''[[AdaptationalWimp one]]'' Jedi on screen. In deleted scenes for ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' he was originally intended to kill [[SacrificialLamb Jedi Master Shaak Ti]] but that honor ended up going to Vader in the end.
** PsychoForHire Aurra Sing was a Dark Jedi BountyHunter who turned on the Order after being kidnapped and raised by pirates, and in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' is shown to have a particular hatred for Jedi while being a skilled lightsaber duelist who uses ones she collected from various victims similar to General Grievous.
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** In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', [[spoiler: [[FallenHero Scarlet Witch]] kills off ComicBook/TheIlluminati, meaning ComicBook/MisterFantastic, [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]], [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 Captain Carter]], ComicBook/BlackBolt, and AlternateUniverse Captain Marvel all die at her hands (and in rather [[BodyHorror horrific manners]]).]]
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** In the very first scene of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Comicbook/{{Thanos}} [[spoiler:impales Heimdall for allowing Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk to escape and warn Comicbook/DoctorStrange, and then violently strangles Comicbook/{{Loki}} to death after the trickster makes a HeelFaceTurn and tries to stab him]]. He later [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring sacrifices]] Comicbook/{{Gamora}} to obtain the Soul Stone]], [[VillainousBSOD albeit with regret]], and then [[spoiler: kills Comicbook/TheVision to get the Mind Stone]]. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins after successfully gathering all of the Infinity Stones and using them to complete the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos wipes out half of all life in the universe]], including Comicbook/BlackPanther, Doctor Strange, Comicbook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/ScarletWitch, Comicbook/NickFury, ComicBook/MariaHill, all of the remaining Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy except for ComicBook/{{Rocket|Racoon}}, and even Comicbook/SpiderMan. When the dust settles, the original six Avengers, Comicbook/WarMachine, Okoye, Nebula and the aforementioned Rocket are the only heroes confirmed to still be alive]].
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** In the very first scene of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Comicbook/{{Thanos}} [[spoiler:impales Heimdall for allowing Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk to escape and warn Comicbook/DoctorStrange, and then violently strangles Comicbook/{{Loki}} to death after the trickster makes a HeelFaceTurn and tries to stab him]]. He later [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring sacrifices]] Comicbook/{{Gamora}} to obtain the Soul Stone]], [[VillainousBSOD albeit with regret]], and then [[spoiler: kills Comicbook/TheVision to get the Mind Stone]]. [[spoiler:And unlike the heroes killed by the Snap, those deaths all stick at the end of ''Endgame'']]. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins after successfully gathering all of the Infinity Stones and using them to complete the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos wipes out half of all life in the universe]], including Comicbook/BlackPanther, Doctor Strange, Comicbook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/ScarletWitch, Comicbook/NickFury, ComicBook/MariaHill, all of the remaining Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy except for ComicBook/{{Rocket|Racoon}}, and even Comicbook/SpiderMan. When the dust settles, the original six Avengers, Comicbook/WarMachine, Okoye, Nebula and the aforementioned Rocket are the only heroes confirmed to still be alive]].
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* Appropriate for a DarkerAndEdgier installment in the Film/JamesBond franchise, ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' has two examples.
** The first was [[spoiler: Logan Ash, a member of the CIA partnered with recurring character Felix Leiter.]] Unfortunately, it turns out he was a DoubleAgent working for the BigBad, and when he's found out [[spoiler: he proceeds to shoot Felix in the stomach and sink his boat, leading Bond to escape without him.]]
** The second was [[spoiler: the BigBad himself, Lyutsifer Safin. His plan may have been foiled and he ultimately died, but his last act before death was to infect James with a special strain of [[NanoMachines the Heracles project]] specifically targeted to Madeleine Swann's DNA, ensuring that he can never see his wife or daughter again without killing them. As such, [[HeroicSacrifice James elects to stay on the island he called a missile strike on to guarantee Heracles be destroyed for good]].]] It may have been a PosthumousVillainVictory, but he still managed to do the impossible: [[spoiler:remove James Bond's PlotArmor and ''[[KilledOffForReal successfully kill him]]''.]]
** The first was [[spoiler: Logan Ash, a member of the CIA partnered with recurring character Felix Leiter.]] Unfortunately, it turns out he was a DoubleAgent working for the BigBad, and when he's found out [[spoiler: he proceeds to shoot Felix in the stomach and sink his boat, leading Bond to escape without him.]]
** The second was [[spoiler: the BigBad himself, Lyutsifer Safin. His plan may have been foiled and he ultimately died, but his last act before death was to infect James with a special strain of [[NanoMachines the Heracles project]] specifically targeted to Madeleine Swann's DNA, ensuring that he can never see his wife or daughter again without killing them. As such, [[HeroicSacrifice James elects to stay on the island he called a missile strike on to guarantee Heracles be destroyed for good]].]] It may have been a PosthumousVillainVictory, but he still managed to do the impossible: [[spoiler:remove James Bond's PlotArmor and ''[[KilledOffForReal successfully kill him]]''.]]
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* The titular ''Film/{{Alien}}'' was a Meta-Example, as well as an In-Universe one: originally, [[spoiler: Dallas]] was scripted to be the film's protagonist; most of the audience concurred - [[DecoyProtagonist thanks to clever writing, first-billing in cast order, and camera shots]] - up til the product film's midpoint when [[spoiler: he]] was KilledOffScreen and EatenAlive by [[SuperPersistentPredator the Xenomorph]]. In-Universe, it claimed the [[AnyoneCanDie lives of all crew]] [[spoiler:except the film's true protagonist - [[FinalGirl Ellen Ripley]]]].
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** In ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' the Deviant Kro is responsible for the deaths of [[spoiler:two Eternals, Ajak and Gilgamesh. The Eternals had survived just fine for thousands of years before then and were nearly successful in killing all the Deviants.]]
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** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Hela immediately establishes how much of a threat she is by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim casually killing Fandral and Volstagg]], two of Asgard's finest warriors, as soon as she steps out of the Bifrost. She then follows this up by utterly decimating the Asgardian army in a CurbStompBattle, which ends with her impaling Hogun, the only remaining member of the Warriors Three from the [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome previous movies]]. In the backstory (seen via flashback), Hela also personally massacred the Valkyries, the Asgardian elite force made up of ActionGirls, with the last surviving member reduced to an apathetic, alcoholic mess by the ordeal.
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** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Hela immediately establishes how much of a threat she is by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim casually killing Fandral and Volstagg]], two of Asgard's finest warriors, as soon as she steps out of the Bifrost. She then follows this up by utterly decimating the Asgardian army in a CurbStompBattle, which ends with her impaling Hogun, the only remaining member of the Warriors Three from the [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome previous movies]]. In the backstory (seen via flashback), Hela also personally massacred the Valkyries, the Asgardian elite force made up of ActionGirls, {{Action Girl}}s, with the last surviving member reduced to an apathetic, alcoholic mess by the ordeal.
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** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Hela immediately establishes how much of a threat she is by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim casually killing Fandral and Volstagg]], two of Asgard's finest warriors, as soon as she steps out of the Bifrost. She then follows this up by utterly decimating the Asgardian army in a CurbStompBattle, which ends with her impaling Hogun, the only remaining member of the Warriors Three from the [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome previous movies]].
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** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Hela immediately establishes how much of a threat she is by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim casually killing Fandral and Volstagg]], two of Asgard's finest warriors, as soon as she steps out of the Bifrost. She then follows this up by utterly decimating the Asgardian army in a CurbStompBattle, which ends with her impaling Hogun, the only remaining member of the Warriors Three from the [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome previous movies]]. In the backstory (seen via flashback), Hela also personally massacred the Valkyries, the Asgardian elite force made up of ActionGirls, with the last surviving member reduced to an apathetic, alcoholic mess by the ordeal.
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* The titular ''Film/{{Alien}}'' was a Meta-Example, as well as an In-Universe one: originally, [[spoiler: Dallas]] was scripted to be the film's protagonist; most of the audience concurred - [[DecoyProtagonist thanks to clever writing, first-billing in cast order, and camera shots]] - up til the product film's midpoint when [[spoiler: he]] was KilledOffScreen and EatenAlive by [[SuperPersistentPredator the Xenomorph]]. In-Universe, it claimed the [[AnyoneCanDie lives of all crew]] [[spoiler:except the film's true protagonist - [[FinalGirl Ellen Ripley]]]].
* In ''Film/BodyguardsAndAssassins'' the final assassin is a highly skilled martial artist before whom all the bodyguards, all capable fighters in their own right, can only desperately throw themselves in his way in an attempt to buy time.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has a straight version of this trope in the form of ComicBook/TheJoker. He outright murders former GCPD officer Brian Douglas (one of the vigilantes wearing a Batman costume), kills several known Gotham City cops and other law enforcement [[spoiler:including Commissioner Loeb and Rachel Dawes, and finally causes Dent to slide off the slope of sanity, leading to several more deaths, including Dent's own]].
* ''Film/{{Eragon}}'' has [[TheDragon Durza]]. Alongside his original deeds in the books of hastening Eragon's journey by poisoning Arya, he takes the Ra'zac's role of the character that [[spoiler:kills [[TheMentor Brom]]]], slaughters dozens of Varden soldiers, and creates a GiantFlyer made out of smoke that grievously wounds Saphira.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise, a {{Kaiju}}'s badass rating is generally measured by how long it can last against Godzilla and how much trouble it can give the King of the Monsters before dying. With that in mind, the few monsters who have actually taken down Godzilla, to any degree, get a special mention.
** King Ghidorah normally comes close, but never quite manages to defeat Godzilla. ''Mecha''-King Ghidorah, however, managed to fight Big G to a MutualKill.
** Destoroyah is the living personification of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla, In its first appearance as a kaiju, it killed Godzilla Jr., and in ''Rulers of Earth'', managed to knock Godzilla unconscious in a one-on-one fight.
** The Heisei Mechagodzilla goes above and beyond by defeating both Godzilla and Rodan together. Only Rodan's HeroicSacrifice allowed Godzilla to return to life with enough power to finally defeat his mechanical opposite.
* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', the Kurgan hunts other immortals to steal their power. All of the immortals are potential hero killers, but the Kurgan stands out among them.
* The ''Velociraptors'' of ''Film/JurassicPark'' are a rare [[SuperPersistentPredator animalian, reptilian]] example. They flirt their Protagonist-murdering potential within the first five minutes of the film after they rip a full-grown man from the grip of the Park's Warden and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath tear him]] [[EatenAlive to shreds]] [[SoundOnlyDeath inside their pen]]. This potential matures by the film's Third Act, as, at this point, all three of them have escaped their pen and have begun offing humans -- for territorial reasons, for competitive reasons, for hunger, [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent or for one or two or all of those reasons]]. The first person to be preyed and eaten is [[spoiler: Mr. Arnold in the basement]], but by far the most frightening execution is that of [[spoiler: Robert Muldoon -- he who knew their nature better than anyone]].
* [[MusicalAssassin The Harpists]] in ''Film/KungFuHustle'', who kill off Coolie, Tailor and Donut after the three prove themselves to be Pig Sty Alley's resident badasses (and forcing the Landlord and Landlady to drop their CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass facades to take them down.)
* [[BigBad Magua]] from ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans''. Aside from being a powerful, skilled leader, (he's the only one who lasts more than several seconds against the film's main characters), he personally kills [[spoiler:Uncas]] and is indirectly responsible for the death of [[spoiler:Alice, who chooses to fall to her death after Magua kills Uncas.]]
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
** [[Comicbook/BuckyBarnes The Winter Soldier]] is introduced with this reputation in [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier the film of the same name]]; [[spoiler:he nearly kills Comicbook/NickFury, shoots Cap three times, and generally gives the protagonists the toughest fight of their lives, but they survive the movie]]. He also gave Comicbook/BlackWidow serious injuries several years previously. Then ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'' shows [[spoiler:that he's a hero killer just the same, since one of his missions was to assassinate Howard and Maria Stark]].
** Though not as successful as his comics counterpart, Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' gets credit for being one of the few villains to kill an Avenger permanently: [[spoiler:Quicksilver.]]
** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Hela immediately establishes how much of a threat she is by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim casually killing Fandral and Volstagg]], two of Asgard's finest warriors, as soon as she steps out of the Bifrost. She then follows this up by utterly decimating the Asgardian army in a CurbStompBattle, which ends with her impaling Hogun, the only remaining member of the Warriors Three from the [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome previous movies]].
** In the very first scene of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Comicbook/{{Thanos}} [[spoiler:impales Heimdall for allowing Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk to escape and warn Comicbook/DoctorStrange, and then violently strangles Comicbook/{{Loki}} to death after the trickster makes a HeelFaceTurn and tries to stab him]]. He later [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring sacrifices]] Comicbook/{{Gamora}} to obtain the Soul Stone]], [[VillainousBSOD albeit with regret]], and then [[spoiler: kills Comicbook/TheVision to get the Mind Stone]]. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins after successfully gathering all of the Infinity Stones and using them to complete the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos wipes out half of all life in the universe]], including Comicbook/BlackPanther, Doctor Strange, Comicbook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/ScarletWitch, Comicbook/NickFury, ComicBook/MariaHill, all of the remaining Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy except for ComicBook/{{Rocket|Racoon}}, and even Comicbook/SpiderMan. When the dust settles, the original six Avengers, Comicbook/WarMachine, Okoye, Nebula and the aforementioned Rocket are the only heroes confirmed to still be alive]].
** For an added gut punch, one of the [[TheStinger Stingers]] in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' reveals that [[spoiler: Comicbook/TheWasp and her newly-reunited parents (Hank and Janet, who were the original Ant-Man and Wasp) were also among those who died when Thanos snapped using the Infinity Stones]].
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A deleted scene from]] ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' would have taken this UpToEleven. In that movie, time-travel effectively creates an AlternateUniverse that branches off from the point you arrive there: one of the timelines created starts in [[spoiler:2014, just before ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.'' Upon finding out about his death in the future, the Thanos of that timeline would have immediately headed to Earth and killed the Avengers four years early, in a fit of rage. To prove it, he would have opened the final battle by [[https://www.cbr.com/avengers-endgame-captain-america-decapitated-head/ throwing out Captain America's severed head.]]]]
* ''Film/TheMatrix'': The Agents are designed to stop and kill members of the resistance and have superhuman abilities in the Matrix far beyond even what the enlightened humans can achieve by "hacking" it. They have superior SuperStrength as well as SuperReflexes that allow them to almost always DodgeTheBullet, and are NighInvulnerable. Besides of this, [[FightingAShadow they're not programmed to actually die even if you kill their current body]]. You may be able to run from them, but no-one can fight one. This is also a plot point in that only [[ChosenOne The One]] could possibly hope to beat an Agent.
* ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'': Anton Chigurh, [[JustifiedTrope whose participation in the plot accounts single-handedly for almost every terrifying moment in the film]]. One example: [[ParanoiaFuel he hides in the bathroom of a crime scene with a loaded shotgun]] as [[{{Deuteragonist}} Detective Bell]] despondently investigates the complex.
* Part of Rita Repulsa's {{Adaptational Badass}}ery in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' involved being a member of a past team of [[TheNameless Power Rangers]] that she turned on and wiped out but for Zordon, who, in the face of defeat, chose to [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled call a meteor down on his own location]] and [[TakingYouWithMe try to catch her in the blast radius]]. The fact that she was strong enough to take down a full Ranger team on her own increases the urgency of the new team's training when she re-emerges, as Zordon's surviving consciousness is perfectly aware of what she's capable of and knows the new Rangers have to be as strong as possible to survive against her, let alone stop her from conquering the world.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Darth Vader. In [[Film/ANewHope the first film]], he kills Obi-Wan Kenobi in a lightsaber duel and shoots down numerous Rebel pilots during their assault on the Death Star, including two squadron leaders and Luke's friend Biggs, along with dealing R2-D2 serious damage. In [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack the second]], he cuts off [[TheHero Luke's]] hand and has [[LovableRogue Han Solo]] [[HumanPopsicle suspended in carbonite]]. In the prequels, he double teams [[spoiler: Mace Windu]] with [[BigBad Palpatine]] [[spoiler: and slaughters a whole class of youngling Jedi]]. In ''Film/RogueOne'' [[spoiler:we get to see him do some heavy-duty [[PersonAsVerb Darth Vadering]] on a ship as he effortlessly shreds his way through an entire squad of Rebels in a moment that is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome made of awesome]] and ''[[OneManArmy downright chilling]]'']]. In the expanded universe he hunts down and defeats numerous Jedi as well.
** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Kylo Ren has this reputation among the First Order as he was responsible for [[spoiler:the destruction of the new Jedi Order]]. He later earns it in full when he kills [[spoiler:his father, Han Solo]], showing that he's even more evil than Vader, as Vader couldn't bring himself to [[spoiler:kill a member of his own family]]. The film also ends with [[spoiler:Finn]] in a coma after Ren nearly kills him.
** In ''Film/RogueOne'', the [[EliteMooks Death Troopers]] demonstrate that ''these'' [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy stormtroopers]] are not to be fucked with by killing [[spoiler:Lyra Erso, Chirrut Imwe, and Baze Malbus]] and non-fatally shooting [[spoiler:Cassian Andor]]. Not to mention the ''scores'' of Rebel redshirts whom they chew up like lawnmowers.
* The various Franchise/{{Terminator}}s were created for this purpose, but [[spoiler:only the T-800 in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' was successful in killing John Connor whereas [[Film/TheTerminator the original T-800 sent back to kill Sarah]] (though he ''did'' kill Kyle Reese) and [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay the T-1000]] failed. [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines The T-850]] also killed John in the future before being reprogrammed and sent back to protect him and Kate, and [[Film/TerminatorGenisys the T-5000]] turned John into a T-3000]].
* ''Film/VonRyansExpress'': Gortz is a ruthless and taciturn SS officer. He commands a detachment of crack troops whose sole purpose in the story is to hunt down the American and British airmen who got out of the Fascist Italian P.O.W. camp -- and either recapture them or kill them. American officer "Von" Ryan and his British counterpart and [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Best Bud]] Fincham hold off the Nazis before running for the train as it crosses into Switzerland. In a fit of TranquilFury, Gortz grabs a gun from one of his men and [[TheHeroDies shoots Ryan]] [[InTheBack in the back]] just before he gets aboard as a [[JustForPun parting shot]] to his escaping prey.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** In ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', Victor Creed murders about 80% of the cast. [[spoiler:His resume includes: Wolverine's OnlyFriend John Wraith, Wade Wilson (though Stryker somewhat brings him back brainwashed), Silverfox twice, Bradley and finally Blob (at least that's what's implied by his dialogue with Wraith). Meaning the only main cast members he never killed were Wolverine, Gambit, Agent Zero and Stryker.]]
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Future Sentinels are downright unstoppable; even a combined team of half-a-dozen really powerful mutants can't defeat them. They kill most of the characters in the BadFuture, some of them more than once, and the only way to escape from them is to run before they even find you. Plus the only way to stop them completely is to retcon them out of existence, as the X-Men's plan is to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
** In ''Film/{{Logan}}'', [[spoiler: there’s X-24 the titular AntiHero’s EvilTwin who kills Charles Xavier and kills Wolverine himself in the final fight. Technically Dr. Zander Rice also counts as thanks to him all mutants are now extinct -- thankfully Wolverine guns him down before dying himself]].
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* In ''Film/BodyguardsAndAssassins'' the final assassin is a highly skilled martial artist before whom all the bodyguards, all capable fighters in their own right, can only desperately throw themselves in his way in an attempt to buy time.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has a straight version of this trope in the form of ComicBook/TheJoker. He outright murders former GCPD officer Brian Douglas (one of the vigilantes wearing a Batman costume), kills several known Gotham City cops and other law enforcement [[spoiler:including Commissioner Loeb and Rachel Dawes, and finally causes Dent to slide off the slope of sanity, leading to several more deaths, including Dent's own]].
* ''Film/{{Eragon}}'' has [[TheDragon Durza]]. Alongside his original deeds in the books of hastening Eragon's journey by poisoning Arya, he takes the Ra'zac's role of the character that [[spoiler:kills [[TheMentor Brom]]]], slaughters dozens of Varden soldiers, and creates a GiantFlyer made out of smoke that grievously wounds Saphira.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise, a {{Kaiju}}'s badass rating is generally measured by how long it can last against Godzilla and how much trouble it can give the King of the Monsters before dying. With that in mind, the few monsters who have actually taken down Godzilla, to any degree, get a special mention.
** King Ghidorah normally comes close, but never quite manages to defeat Godzilla. ''Mecha''-King Ghidorah, however, managed to fight Big G to a MutualKill.
** Destoroyah is the living personification of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla, In its first appearance as a kaiju, it killed Godzilla Jr., and in ''Rulers of Earth'', managed to knock Godzilla unconscious in a one-on-one fight.
** The Heisei Mechagodzilla goes above and beyond by defeating both Godzilla and Rodan together. Only Rodan's HeroicSacrifice allowed Godzilla to return to life with enough power to finally defeat his mechanical opposite.
* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', the Kurgan hunts other immortals to steal their power. All of the immortals are potential hero killers, but the Kurgan stands out among them.
* The ''Velociraptors'' of ''Film/JurassicPark'' are a rare [[SuperPersistentPredator animalian, reptilian]] example. They flirt their Protagonist-murdering potential within the first five minutes of the film after they rip a full-grown man from the grip of the Park's Warden and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath tear him]] [[EatenAlive to shreds]] [[SoundOnlyDeath inside their pen]]. This potential matures by the film's Third Act, as, at this point, all three of them have escaped their pen and have begun offing humans -- for territorial reasons, for competitive reasons, for hunger, [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent or for one or two or all of those reasons]]. The first person to be preyed and eaten is [[spoiler: Mr. Arnold in the basement]], but by far the most frightening execution is that of [[spoiler: Robert Muldoon -- he who knew their nature better than anyone]].
* [[MusicalAssassin The Harpists]] in ''Film/KungFuHustle'', who kill off Coolie, Tailor and Donut after the three prove themselves to be Pig Sty Alley's resident badasses (and forcing the Landlord and Landlady to drop their CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass facades to take them down.)
* [[BigBad Magua]] from ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans''. Aside from being a powerful, skilled leader, (he's the only one who lasts more than several seconds against the film's main characters), he personally kills [[spoiler:Uncas]] and is indirectly responsible for the death of [[spoiler:Alice, who chooses to fall to her death after Magua kills Uncas.]]
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
** [[Comicbook/BuckyBarnes The Winter Soldier]] is introduced with this reputation in [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier the film of the same name]]; [[spoiler:he nearly kills Comicbook/NickFury, shoots Cap three times, and generally gives the protagonists the toughest fight of their lives, but they survive the movie]]. He also gave Comicbook/BlackWidow serious injuries several years previously. Then ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'' shows [[spoiler:that he's a hero killer just the same, since one of his missions was to assassinate Howard and Maria Stark]].
** Though not as successful as his comics counterpart, Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' gets credit for being one of the few villains to kill an Avenger permanently: [[spoiler:Quicksilver.]]
** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Hela immediately establishes how much of a threat she is by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim casually killing Fandral and Volstagg]], two of Asgard's finest warriors, as soon as she steps out of the Bifrost. She then follows this up by utterly decimating the Asgardian army in a CurbStompBattle, which ends with her impaling Hogun, the only remaining member of the Warriors Three from the [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome previous movies]].
** In the very first scene of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Comicbook/{{Thanos}} [[spoiler:impales Heimdall for allowing Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk to escape and warn Comicbook/DoctorStrange, and then violently strangles Comicbook/{{Loki}} to death after the trickster makes a HeelFaceTurn and tries to stab him]]. He later [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring sacrifices]] Comicbook/{{Gamora}} to obtain the Soul Stone]], [[VillainousBSOD albeit with regret]], and then [[spoiler: kills Comicbook/TheVision to get the Mind Stone]]. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins after successfully gathering all of the Infinity Stones and using them to complete the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos wipes out half of all life in the universe]], including Comicbook/BlackPanther, Doctor Strange, Comicbook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/ScarletWitch, Comicbook/NickFury, ComicBook/MariaHill, all of the remaining Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy except for ComicBook/{{Rocket|Racoon}}, and even Comicbook/SpiderMan. When the dust settles, the original six Avengers, Comicbook/WarMachine, Okoye, Nebula and the aforementioned Rocket are the only heroes confirmed to still be alive]].
** For an added gut punch, one of the [[TheStinger Stingers]] in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' reveals that [[spoiler: Comicbook/TheWasp and her newly-reunited parents (Hank and Janet, who were the original Ant-Man and Wasp) were also among those who died when Thanos snapped using the Infinity Stones]].
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A deleted scene from]] ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' would have taken this UpToEleven. In that movie, time-travel effectively creates an AlternateUniverse that branches off from the point you arrive there: one of the timelines created starts in [[spoiler:2014, just before ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.'' Upon finding out about his death in the future, the Thanos of that timeline would have immediately headed to Earth and killed the Avengers four years early, in a fit of rage. To prove it, he would have opened the final battle by [[https://www.cbr.com/avengers-endgame-captain-america-decapitated-head/ throwing out Captain America's severed head.]]]]
* ''Film/TheMatrix'': The Agents are designed to stop and kill members of the resistance and have superhuman abilities in the Matrix far beyond even what the enlightened humans can achieve by "hacking" it. They have superior SuperStrength as well as SuperReflexes that allow them to almost always DodgeTheBullet, and are NighInvulnerable. Besides of this, [[FightingAShadow they're not programmed to actually die even if you kill their current body]]. You may be able to run from them, but no-one can fight one. This is also a plot point in that only [[ChosenOne The One]] could possibly hope to beat an Agent.
* ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'': Anton Chigurh, [[JustifiedTrope whose participation in the plot accounts single-handedly for almost every terrifying moment in the film]]. One example: [[ParanoiaFuel he hides in the bathroom of a crime scene with a loaded shotgun]] as [[{{Deuteragonist}} Detective Bell]] despondently investigates the complex.
* Part of Rita Repulsa's {{Adaptational Badass}}ery in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' involved being a member of a past team of [[TheNameless Power Rangers]] that she turned on and wiped out but for Zordon, who, in the face of defeat, chose to [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled call a meteor down on his own location]] and [[TakingYouWithMe try to catch her in the blast radius]]. The fact that she was strong enough to take down a full Ranger team on her own increases the urgency of the new team's training when she re-emerges, as Zordon's surviving consciousness is perfectly aware of what she's capable of and knows the new Rangers have to be as strong as possible to survive against her, let alone stop her from conquering the world.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Darth Vader. In [[Film/ANewHope the first film]], he kills Obi-Wan Kenobi in a lightsaber duel and shoots down numerous Rebel pilots during their assault on the Death Star, including two squadron leaders and Luke's friend Biggs, along with dealing R2-D2 serious damage. In [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack the second]], he cuts off [[TheHero Luke's]] hand and has [[LovableRogue Han Solo]] [[HumanPopsicle suspended in carbonite]]. In the prequels, he double teams [[spoiler: Mace Windu]] with [[BigBad Palpatine]] [[spoiler: and slaughters a whole class of youngling Jedi]]. In ''Film/RogueOne'' [[spoiler:we get to see him do some heavy-duty [[PersonAsVerb Darth Vadering]] on a ship as he effortlessly shreds his way through an entire squad of Rebels in a moment that is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome made of awesome]] and ''[[OneManArmy downright chilling]]'']]. In the expanded universe he hunts down and defeats numerous Jedi as well.
** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Kylo Ren has this reputation among the First Order as he was responsible for [[spoiler:the destruction of the new Jedi Order]]. He later earns it in full when he kills [[spoiler:his father, Han Solo]], showing that he's even more evil than Vader, as Vader couldn't bring himself to [[spoiler:kill a member of his own family]]. The film also ends with [[spoiler:Finn]] in a coma after Ren nearly kills him.
** In ''Film/RogueOne'', the [[EliteMooks Death Troopers]] demonstrate that ''these'' [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy stormtroopers]] are not to be fucked with by killing [[spoiler:Lyra Erso, Chirrut Imwe, and Baze Malbus]] and non-fatally shooting [[spoiler:Cassian Andor]]. Not to mention the ''scores'' of Rebel redshirts whom they chew up like lawnmowers.
* The various Franchise/{{Terminator}}s were created for this purpose, but [[spoiler:only the T-800 in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' was successful in killing John Connor whereas [[Film/TheTerminator the original T-800 sent back to kill Sarah]] (though he ''did'' kill Kyle Reese) and [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay the T-1000]] failed. [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines The T-850]] also killed John in the future before being reprogrammed and sent back to protect him and Kate, and [[Film/TerminatorGenisys the T-5000]] turned John into a T-3000]].
* ''Film/VonRyansExpress'': Gortz is a ruthless and taciturn SS officer. He commands a detachment of crack troops whose sole purpose in the story is to hunt down the American and British airmen who got out of the Fascist Italian P.O.W. camp -- and either recapture them or kill them. American officer "Von" Ryan and his British counterpart and [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Best Bud]] Fincham hold off the Nazis before running for the train as it crosses into Switzerland. In a fit of TranquilFury, Gortz grabs a gun from one of his men and [[TheHeroDies shoots Ryan]] [[InTheBack in the back]] just before he gets aboard as a [[JustForPun parting shot]] to his escaping prey.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** In ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', Victor Creed murders about 80% of the cast. [[spoiler:His resume includes: Wolverine's OnlyFriend John Wraith, Wade Wilson (though Stryker somewhat brings him back brainwashed), Silverfox twice, Bradley and finally Blob (at least that's what's implied by his dialogue with Wraith). Meaning the only main cast members he never killed were Wolverine, Gambit, Agent Zero and Stryker.]]
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Future Sentinels are downright unstoppable; even a combined team of half-a-dozen really powerful mutants can't defeat them. They kill most of the characters in the BadFuture, some of them more than once, and the only way to escape from them is to run before they even find you. Plus the only way to stop them completely is to retcon them out of existence, as the X-Men's plan is to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
** In ''Film/{{Logan}}'', [[spoiler: there’s X-24 the titular AntiHero’s EvilTwin who kills Charles Xavier and kills Wolverine himself in the final fight. Technically Dr. Zander Rice also counts as thanks to him all mutants are now extinct -- thankfully Wolverine guns him down before dying himself]].
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