History Main / AssassinationAttempt

* In one ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' video, the goal is to kill Notch, the creator of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', while George guides and defends him.

* In the novel ''Literature/CommanderInChief'', the North Korean intelligence agency hires a bomb maker from the Middle East to build a large bomb near the route the Presidential motorcade would take in Mexico City, in order to attempt to kill President Ryan.

Just as any character getting shot on TV is, assassinations are no less dramatic (of course, they do bear some TruthInTelevision--a public figure getting shot doesn't happen on a day-to-day basis). They have [[OhCrap a shock value]]. On TV, if it's a political drama, it's probably a WhamEpisode, and though any public figure can be a target of one, [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent it's almost always against the President]].

** ''ComicBook/SensationComics'': After she refuses to pay the Blue Seal Gang ten thousand dollars for their "support" of her mayoral bid the gang has her shot. While she nearly dies she recovers, but as she's leaving the hospital the gang abducts her. She's rescued by Wonder Woman shortly thereafter.

* ''Film/{{Shooter}}'': The major driving point in the film is the assassination attempt at the US President during a public speech with the priest from Ethiopia, and our hero Bob Swagger is thought as responsible. [[spoiler:It turns out to be the machinations of an Army veteran senator whose goons conveniently kills the Ethiopian bishop (because he's going to uncover the war crime that said senator had committed in Ethiopia) while making it look like an attempt at the president and pulling our hero to help "guard" the president.]]

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Political leaders are protected by a security detail and some may travel with an intimidating CadreOfForeignBodyguards and armored vehicles. As well, law enforcement agencies monitor for threats against the leader.

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex 2nd Gig'': In one episode, Kuze tries to assassinate Japanese Prime Minister Yoko Kayabuki, who is meditating in a temple. Fortunately, the Major was able to save her by blocking Kuze's blade.

** ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'': During the ''Unspeakable Rebel Superweapon'' arc, the Rebellion reveals to Aphra their plan to use an ancient Jedi weapon she's recovered to build a miniature Death Star and blow up the Emperor from a far enough distance that he won't sense it coming. [[spoiler: In actuality, they're [[BatmanGambit counting on]] Aphra stealing that weapon from them and selling it to the Empire to get the law off her back, unaware that they've rigged it to blow up in Palpatine's face when she delivers it to him.]] Unfortunately for the Rebels, [[spoiler: Aphra deduces what they're planning and arranges for it to fail]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman''

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Julianna Sazia tried to take out Paulie Longo -- the man standing in the way of her becoming the top mob boss in Boston -- on multiple occasions, even hiring ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}, ComicBook/PoisonIvy and Cheshire to kill him. In the end, she catches him with a remote-activated car bomb she placed ''in her own car''.

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': In Chapter 11, SEELE sends sniper teams to kill the Pilots and their friends, in order to eliminate them and trigger Kaworu's Angel side. [[spoiler: Despite inflicting several serious injuries, they fail to actually kill anyone.]] They try again later, [[spoiler:having an agent infiltrate NERV's medical center where Kaworu is recovering and try to kill him there, again hoping the trauma will awaken Tabris. And again, this time thanks to interference from Rei and Asuka, the attempt fails.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BecomingFree'' a spy disguises himself as a guard and tries to kill Elsa. Freya gets shot instead [[spoiler:and loses her ability to work as a horse farrier.]] The assassin knew of Elsa's and Freya's relationship as well but it was regarded as MaliciousSlander. Later, another assassination attempt occurs against Elsa but Freya also stops it.
* In the ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/ByTheSea'', a longtime enemy of Cody's has a bunch of assassins follow Cody's younger brother Eyayah (Echo in canon) to Obi-Wan, and they try to kill both Obi-Wan and Eyayah mostly to piss off Cody. In retaliation, Cody challenges the man to a knife duel in front of the royal court for conspiracy to murder [[spoiler:the royal consort]] and kills the man, and then sends a couple of his brothers to bodyguard Obi-Wan until they're reunited.

* ''Fanfic/IHopeYouHaveUnlimitedTextMessaging'': Multiple:

--> Her Archons rightfully grumble - Fairy Floss's expansion of powers goes beyond any other Tyrant's in Ovarn's history, and continues in spite of every failed assassination attempt.

* In ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'', a fanfic of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', one of these is made against Katniss.

* Believe it or not, the Adam West and Burt Ward picture ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'' revolves around assassination. Specifically, Batman's RoguesGallery prepares a device to turn the members of the World Council into a powder and send the world into chaos.
* The ''wuxia'' ''Film/BloodBrothers1973'' tells the story of three sworn brothers who went from a bunch of nobodies until they're military leaders and generals, but the eldest of the trio, Ma, in his thirst for power, ends up plotting the death of his second brother, Huang, despite their youngest and most level-headed of the three, Chiang, trying to prevent the assassination from happening. The film then ends with Chiang attempting to assassinate Ma, which he succeeds, and gets executed for his troubles.

* [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]] dodges this throughout ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' as a result of his war on the mobs of Gotham. Less focal characters like the police commissioner and a local judge deal with this without Dent's luck.
* In ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', Koba shoots Caesar, and Caesar [[DisneyVillainDeath seemingly falls to his death]]. But it turns out Caesar is OnlyMostlyDead, and he comes back to defeat Koba. The next film, ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' begins with Colonel attacking the apes' home base in order to kill Caesar. Caesar avoids death because he is out on a mission, but the Colonel [[YouKilledMyFather ends up killing Caesar's whole family]].
* ''Film/DeathOfAPresident'' is a 2006 {{Mockumentary}} positing the fall-out of the assassination of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush by a disgruntled Syrian-American man. President Cheney authorizes PATRIOT Act II, authorizing even more extensive invasions of privacy and sending the U.S. on the way to becoming a PoliceState. However, the end of the film reveals that [[spoiler:the real assassin was the father of a U.S. soldier who was killed in Iraq.]]
* In all three of ''Film/TheGodfather'' films, there is an assassination attempt made against the head of the Corleone family. In the first film, Vito Corleone is shot twice in the back but survives. In the next two films, assassins shoot up a room Michael Corleone is in, but neither time does he get hit. And each of these films ends with a string of successful assassinations against the enemies of the Corleone family. Lampshaded by Michael at the end of the first movie.
-->'''Michael''': "Barzini is dead. So is Phillip Tattaglia. [[MoeGreeneSpecial Moe Greene]]. Stracci. Cuneo. Today I settled all family business."

* The protagonist from ''Film/NickOfTime'' is "recruited" to assassinate Governor Grant by a cabal of disgruntled underlings. If he refuses, or fails, or otherwise disappoints the conspirators, they will kill the protagonist's young daughter in cold blood.
* ''Film/TheParallaxView'': Based on [[TheFilmOfTheBook a 1970 book of the same name]], this film's plot opens with the assassination of a Senator who's a potential Presidential candidate. In the course of the protagonist's investigation into this, two other candidates are assassinated years later as well, while he's [[spoiler:framed for the latter and killed.]]

* The third ''Film/ShaolinTemple'' movie, ''Martial Arts of Shaolin'', have the attempted assasination on the tyrant Lord He halfway through, attempted by ''two'' parties - the Shaolin sect (where the hero, Zhi-Ming - played by Creator/JetLi is serving under) and a LaResistance unaffiliated with the Shaolin. Both parties fail, with Zhi-Ming's attempt at stabbing Lord He have him killing a BodyDouble instead, and they're forced on the run before a rendezvous later on.
* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' involves two of these. Chancellor Gorkon is killed by this and Kirk and [=McCoy=] are framed for his death. The Federation President is targeted after the peace process continues, but Kirk is able to save him.
* John Harrison of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' sets up a terrorist attack on a government facility in order to get all of the Galactic Federation's leaders in one room. Once they're all assembled, Harrison flies by the meeting in his ship and guns down anyone he can before making his escape to the other side of the galaxy.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' opens with two assassination attempts on Senator Padmé Amidala because she was going to vote against the Military Creation Act, forcing her into hiding, protected by Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker.
* ''Film/SteelRain''. A MilitaryCoup in North Korea commences with commandoes seizing an [[MacrossMissileMassacre MLRS launcher]] in South Korea and firing it at a RibbonCuttingCeremony where Kim Jong Un is opening a Chinese-built factory. However before the renegade troops can move in and finish him off, a loyal North Korean operative throws his wounded leader into a van and takes him across the border to South Korea, putting a SpannerInTheWorks.

* The superhero-themed gamebook, ''Literature/AppointmentWithFear'', has a scenario that re-creates the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, with the President of the United States (unnamed in the book, but the accompanying illustration looks an awful lot like JFK) making a visit to Metro City, and the powerful F.E.A.R. carrying out the assassination by planting a BodyDouble to distract the police, while the ''real'' assassin hides on the roof of a nearby hotel with a sniper rifle. The player, as the Silver Crusader, can collect clues to thwart the assassination, which will bag them between 2 to 6 Hero Points if they succeed (0 if they failed).

* In ''Literature/TheArtsOfDarkAndLight'', the heroine Fjotra, who has HyperAwareness, manages to discover and foil an attempt on the [[TheConqueror Red Prince's]] life when he is attacked by traitors among the guards. This brings her to his attention and ensures a relatively more sympathetic hearing for her embassy.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov's
** ''Literature/FoundationSeries''' ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'':
*** During "Cleon I", there's a FlashBack to ten years ago, not long after the events of "Eto Demerzel", when the newly-appointed First Minister Seldon is targeted by an attack. Since Venabili had been protecting him at the time, however, it was quickly stopped. First-class gardener Manuel Gruber, however, showed himself just as ready to defend Seldon's life.
*** "Cleon I" is mostly about an assassination attempt by the Jorumites. Their current leader, Gambol Deen Namarti, wants to kill First Minister Seldon, both in revenge for the events in "Eto Demerzel" and to replace him in the palace. His second-in-command, Gleb Andorin, wants [[KingBobTheNth Galactic Emperor Cleon I]] assassinated so that he can replace Cleon on the throne. They agree to start with Seldon, and they'll drug Raych Seldon, who has tried to become TheMole in their organization so that he can carry out the assassination. [[spoiler:Their plot is foiled by security officer Manella, who followed them undercover. However, recently-promoted Chief Gardener Gruber takes one of the blasters and assassinates the Emperor with it because he [[DecliningPromotion he didn't want the job]].]] The palace is quickly thrown into chaos with the successful assassination, and the next part, "Dors Venabili", establishes that a military junta took over afterwards.
*** In "Dors Venabili", Wanda may have dreamed or overheard someone talking about [[MondegreenGag 'lemonade death']]. Dors tries to investigate the possibility that people may be planning a third attempt to assassinate Seldon. [[spoiler:She's wrong; they're targeting her because she's such an effective bodyguard that for any assassination to work, you'd have to eliminate her first.]]
** "Literature/TheTercentenaryIncident": The titular incident refers to when someone attempted to kill the President of America during the [[FoundingDay 300th anniversary of America's Declaration of Independence]]. It is foiled due to the fact that a [[RobotMe robotic duplicate of the President]], [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots realistic enough to fool the average citizen]], had been the one out in public, and the real President appears from hiding to reassure the crowd and give an incredible speech. Except that Edwards thinks it really ''was'' the President who had been killed, and the one in hiding had been the robot.

* The ambush and assassination of the FBI director during his trip to Colombia in ''Literature/ClearAndPresentDanger'' infuriates the President and leads to an escalation in the covert actions the CIA is taking against the cartel.

* ''Literature/ExecutiveOrders'': An unnamed Expy of Saddam Hussein is assassinated by one of his bodyguards - who was a sleeper agent from Iran - and a second sleeper agent is given orders to assassinate Jack Ryan, the President of the United States. He isn't successful.
* In multiple ''Literature/HammersSlammers'' stories Joachim Steuben, Colonel Hammer's sociopathic and utterly loyal bodyguard, assassinates political figures who are inconvenient to the mercenary commander's plans. Then in "A Death in Peacetime", set after Hammer's coup of New Friesland, then head of StateSec Steuben is apparently killed by a sniper, [[spoiler: possibly hired by him.]]
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' sees a cursed necklace and poisoned mead nearly kill regular students instead of figures of greater importance at Hogwarts the items were clearly meant for. Figures like, for instance, [[spoiler: Professor Dumbledore.]]

* ''Literature/{{Reborn}}'' begins with one of the protgonists preventing the assination of the comatose Emperor of the gods-fearing [[TheEmpire Rezwyn]]. This is seen as especially troubling as the would-be assassin is of the priest caste, opening an entire political can of worms.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''. Milady de Winter is sent to England to kill the Duke of Buckingham. The Duke imprisons her and assigns his servant Felton to guard her. Milady convinces Felton to free her and kill the Duke for her, which he does.
* Military thriller ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'''s near-future Second Civil War has one successfully carried out by the [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica totalitarian]] Federal Government's special forces operators against the newly independent [[TheAlliance Confederation]]'s beloved Governor Adams. However, this doesn't break the rebellion; instead, it not only consolidates resistance but [[NiceJobFixingItVillain serves to pave the way for hyper-competent and utterly ruthless revolutionist William Kraft's rise to power.]]
* From the alternate history timeline ''Literature/MagicMetahumansMartiansAndMushroomCloudsAnAlternateColdWar'':
** Nazi Germany's first major [[{{Ghostapo}} outing with the paranormal]] involves arming an assassin with a gun that's been mystically enhanced to never miss its target and sending him after Churchill. He almost succeeds, only to run out of bullets before he can finish the job.
** When Sabhas Bose takes over India and starts talking about retaking Kashmir and Bengal, Pakistan sends a ''Jinn'' to kill him. However, thanks to his [[BewareTheSuperman metahuman abilities]], Bose survives long enough for his own magic experts to seal the ''Jinn''.

** In ''Veil of Shadows'', the rebels discuss doing this to the [[GrandTheftMe fake Bramblestar]], but decide to hold off in case they can get the real Bramblestar's spirit back in his body. A small group attempts to ambush him anyway, which is unsuccessful and ends with three of them dead.
* ''Literature/{{Presidential}}'': Connie Calvin is the victim of one while she's going to sign a gun bill into law at the US Capitol. [[spoiler:She's shot, but survives. However, two people are killed, and others wounded.]]
* ''Literature/SoThisIsEverAfter'': Arek is nearly killed with an arrow early in the book, but Lila saves him.
* ''Literature/TheSpear'': Weapons dealer and [[spoiler: displaced Nazi]] Edward Gant, from a missile base near his Guildford mansion, targets a plane occupied by the visiting US Secretary of State; thereby to [[spoiler: frustrate Middle Eastern peace]].
* ''Literature/MermaidsOfErianaKwai'': In ''Ice Crypt'', Lysi and her fellow resistance members try to assassinate the tyrannical king Adaro twice, first by setting off a mine, then by swarming him with sharks and stabbing him with iron weapons. Both attempts fail when Adaro turns out to be the only merperson who's immune to ColdIron.

** Earth Alliance: At the end of the first season President Santiago's ship explodes under mysterious circumstances. In the next couple seasons, considerable evidence that Vice President Clark was behind it is uncovered.

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} the Third'': Prince George attends a play that's interrupted by a BombThrowingAnarchist. He has some difficulty in understanding that ''he's'' the target, not his butler.
* ''Series/ClassOf09'': The series jumps across twenty five years, from The Past (2009), The Present (2023-2025) and The Future (2034).
* ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'':
** In "Condemned", Wilson Fisk attempts to have [[DirtyCop Detective Christian Blake]] assassinated by [[KillerCop a corrupt police sniper]] because he's become a liability (in light of Matt breaking his arm and getting him to divulge information about the Ranskahovs' hideouts, which allowed Matt to find Vladimir), with the sniper also killing two uniformed cops nearby to make it look random. Blake survives the hit, forcing Fisk to arrange for his partner Carl Hoffman to poison him in the hospital when he comes out of his coma.

** In "Please", [[FalseFlagOperation Fisk pays an inmate named Jasper Evans to shank him]], in order to trick the FBI into thinking he's at risk of retaliation from an Albanian crew he just sold out to them, and subsequently gets them to move him to a Manhattan hotel that he secretly owns. While Fisk is being transferred, the Albanian gang make an actual attempt of their own on Fisk's life, which is foiled when Dex kills all of the assailants.

** In the Season 1 mid-season finale, [[DiscOneFinalBoss Catalan]] attempts to shoot President Kirkman during Vice-President [=MacLeish=]'s swearing-in ceremony. The following episode reveals that, due to [[{{Deuteragonist}} Agent Wells']] [[SpannerInTheWorks interference]], the shot went wild, and only non-seriously wounded Kirkman.
* ''Series/Foundation2021'': In the Season 2 premiere, a group of assassins known as the Blind Angels break into the imperial palace to try and kill [[TheEmperor Brother Day/Cleon XVII)]]. In the season finale, it's revealed they were hired by [[spoiler: [[EvilChancellor Demerzel]], who [[FalseFlagOperation never intended them to succeed and just needed something to frame Queen Sareth for]], in order to prevent her planned marriage to Day, which would end the [[CloningGambit Genetic Dynasty]] that Demerzel is programmed to protect at all costs]].

** Two instances of this on Alder's life, thanks to [[spoiler: Nicte Batan and the Spree]]. Both unsuccessful attempts involve a volunteer who agrees to be killed in a {{cruel and unusual| death}} way so that [[SympatheticMagic Alder also dies horribly in turn]].
** The S3 episode "Oh Elayne..." [[spoiler:ends with a bomb going off as President Wade is about to go on TV. The bombing turns out to be a FauxAssassination: Wade's death was faked]].
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': The episode "The Spy Who Came up to the Cold" opens with the assassination of US President William [=McKinley=].

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** In the Season 1 finale "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E20InTheHandsOfTheProphets In the Hands of the Prophets]]", the ultra-orthodox Vedek[[note]] equivalent to a Roman Catholic archbishop or cardinal[[/note]] Winn Adami orchestrates an assassination attempt against Vedek Bareil Antos, a religious and political moderate and her rival for the title of Kai[[note]]Bajoran equivalent of the Pope[[/note]]. The attempt is foiled, but Winn isn't implicated, and the religious/political conflict continues for some time (including the opening three-parter of the next season where Winn secretly backs a coup attempt against the Bajoran provisional government).
** In the later seasons, the Federation-backed NoSuchAgency Section 31 [[spoiler:tries to use biological weapons to kill off the Founders, the shapeshifter rulers of the Dominion]].
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
** Considering that Jean-Luc Picard is famous across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, the death squad Commodore Oh sends to his chateau in "The End Is the Beginning" qualifies as an assassination attempt of a public figure. The Zhat Vash commandos fail to take out Picard because he's protected by Laris and Zhaban, who are ex-Tal Shiar (the Romulan SecretPolice).
** In "Seventeen Seconds", it's mentioned that there were at least three attempts on Picard's life in the past by various factions angry at him for the Romulan refugee relocation program that he championed.

* ''Series/TheWire'': Stringer Bell the second in command of the Barksdale organisation asks his chief muscle, Slim Charles to hit Clay Davis, a state senator, because Davis took a kickback from Bell without following through on the payoff. Charles shies away because while "murder ain't no thing" doing the hit would be "some assassination shit". The boss, Avon Barksdale points out [[DiscussedTrope that would need a]] "[[Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal Day Of the Jackal"]] type to pull it off and it would bring down every major law enforcement organisation in the country on their heads.

* ''TabletopGame/IsaacAsimovsRobots'': Just before Det. Baley arrives, Dr. Han Fastolfe is nearly killed and the would-be assassin escapes. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] because "Dr" Fastolfe is actually a [[RobotMe robot duplicate]].]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}'': In the backstory, Shiro Kurita, the founder of the Draconis Combine, was driving one day when he saw a particularly attractive bamboo shoot. He climbed out of the car and cut it down, intending to make it into a tea ladle. Suddenly, his car exploded. It then hit him that something as traditionally Japanese as harvesting bamboo for a tea ladle had just saved his life. Deciding this was a sign from God, he began to remodel the Draconis Combine to follow Japanese traditions and ethics.
* ''TabletopGame/BladesInTheDark'': The ''Broken Spire'' playset puts the players in the role of would-be revolutionaries, conspiring to assassinate the immortal Emperor. Given his personal power and his importance to the wider world - a grim setting where ghosts cannot reach an afterlife and the sun never rises - this is not going to be easy. And even if they succeed, his absence is going to have consequences for what's left of humanity.

* ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'' is all about attempted assassinations of U.S. presidents, both successful and failed.

* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'' has a plot system that allows any character to plan the assassination of any character in diplomatic range. This requires you to gather at least one co-conspirator to help out, with a variety of possible methods (e.g. poisoned wine, DisneyVillainDeath, ambush with a RainOfArrows, [[DungFu blowing up their house with manure]]) and outcomes (e.g. plot leaks and other people blackmail you to keep the secret, target survives but isn't alerted, target dies but you're implicated). You can also order an assassination using the Intrigue focus with the ''Way of Life'' DLC, and earlier versions had an option to try to kill somebody with the diplomatic menu (an option that returned in version 2.6 as part of the new toggle-able game rules system).

** The Electrocutioner boastfully confronts Batman in Penguin's base while showing off his electrical gloves. Batman kicks him in the face and he goes down in that one blow.

** A frequent mission template in the game involves eliminating enemy commanders for whoever hired the hit. Generally, they want the commander assassinated, but Miller often advises recruiting them to Mother Base so as not to waste good talent. Missions that follow this include Episode 3: "A Hero's Way," Episode 7: "Red Brass," Episode 8: "Occupation Forces," Episode 19: "On The Trail," Episode 21: "The War Economy," Episode 22: "Retake the Platform," Episode 26: "Hunting Down," Episode 41: "Proxy War Without End," and most significantly, Episode 30: "[[BigBad Skull Face]]."
*** Episode 18: "Blood Runs Deep" appears to function like the above mission; Venom Snake has been hired to eliminate six rebel soldiers that are currently imprisoned to make sure they don't leak any information to the enemy. It turns out five of them are ''child'' soldiers, so Snake goes against the mission in order to bring them safely to Mother Base.
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', Aqua sets herself up on a mission in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Castle of Dreams]] to assassinate Lady Tremaine and her daughters because [[DetectEvil she sensed their extreme darkness]]. She's foiled by the FairyGodmother, who tells Aqua that she shouldn't just break into people's homes and murder them, even if they're absolute sociopaths. It's only when the Tremaines [[MoralEventHorizon attack Cinderella]] does Aqua finally decide to defy the Fairy Godmother and murder them... [[BaitAndSwitchBoss except that]] their demonic Unversed they created through ThePowerOfHate drops a firebomb on them first, [[LaserGuidedKarma turning them into Heartless]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}'': Red was almost assassinated before the game starts, as the [=Flashback01=] says:
--> Four assassins confronted her

* The [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] sequel to ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' features this, with the first case involving an attempted assassination of the President of Zheng Fa, and [[spoiler:the last case beginning with the same president discovered dead. In truth, the current president was a {{fake|king}}. He was a BodyDouble who plotted the murder and replacement of the real president 12 years prior in a fit of jealousy. [[PaperTiger However, he wasn't strong nor as courageous as the real president]]. The assassination attempt in the first case was in fact faked in order to make him more popular. As for the fake's murder, he was killed by the WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds BigBad, who [[StartOfDarkness witnessed the assassination of the real president as a young boy]], and was hunted down for [[HeKnowsTooMuch knowing too much]].]]

** In ''VisualNovel/PerfectMatch'', Book 2, Chapter 12, it is revealed that Eros plans to assassinate the US president to prevent a bill about AI disclosure from being passed. The would be assassin, who is planted by Eros to be the president's "Perfect Match", makes the move in Chapter 14, leading to the climatic battle which spans the last two chapters.

** ''VisualNovel/CrimesOfPassion'', Book 2 revolves around several high profile assassinations in Drakovia, including a countess who is Prince/ss Trystan's fiancee, a prominent lawyer and one of Trystan's half brothers. Chapter 14 reveals the assassin to be [[spoiler:Trystan's other half brother, who seeks to seize the throne]].

* The elven prince's body double and half brother was killed in an assassination attempt in ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''. The prince himself lost an eye and was shunned by his father and kept hidden from the public following the event.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' attempting to assassinate family members is par the course for Tarvek's family, with Violetta thinking an aunt was one of her favorites because she hardly ever tried to kill her. Tarvek is currently the target of a barrage of them from his cousin Martellus who wants the Lightning throne and will have a much more stable claim to it if Tarvek is dead.

** A sniper tries to kill famous fashion designer Dyna Cuff in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/drama/heroine-chic/chapter-55-the-bitch-is-back/viewer?title_no=561&episode_no=61 Chapter 55]]. [[spoiler: Unless, as Dyna posits, the gunman was actually aiming for protagonist Zoe (who was standing right beside Dyna when she was shot).]]
** Season 3 (and by extension, the series) ends on a panel showing [[spoiler: Zoe]] [[BinocularShot at the center of a sniper's crosshairs]], followed by the WrittenSoundEffect "BANG!"

* ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'': In one of his videos, the goal is to kill Notch, the creator of Minecraft, while George guides and defends him.

** "Night of A Thousand Stars" sees a group of Waterbenders attempt to attack President Raiko, coinciding with his neutrality in the face of the Water Tribe Civil War. [[spoiler: It turns out the whole thing was staged by shady industrialist Varrick to anger Raiko into entering the war.]]
** Zaheer rejects political leadership and his team have no qualms with casually killing a head of state. [[spoiler: They pull this off in "Long Live the Queen" by suffocating the Earth Queen on-screen and sending her ancient monarchy into anarchy; the finale sees them try the same trick again on Korra herself with only slightly less success.]]

* In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E22 an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Abe Simpson tells Bart about how [[BeenThereShapedHistory he almost killed Adolf Hitler during World War II]], but misses because Monty Burns [[SpannerInTheWorks hits his rifle with a tennis ball]]. Keep in mind though, [[UnreliableExpositor this is Abe Simpson telling the story ...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
** Padme is subject to more attempts on her life throughout the series, be it from bounty hunters such as [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin Aurra Sing]] and [[Recap/StarWarsForcesOfDestinyS1E6TheImposterInside Cato Parasitti]], or old political "allies" such as [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E4SenateSpy Rush Clovis]].
** Her Senate colleague, Bail Organa, is attacked by Chata Hyoki and Robonino right before he was set to make a speech to the Senate about the costs of recruiting more Clone Troopers in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E11PursuitOfPeace Pursuit of Peace]]".
** [[TokenEvilTeammate Tarkin, of all people]], is nearly killed in a suicide bombing by the Separatists using a Venator-class Star Destroyer loaded with lots of rhydonium in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E13PointOfNoReturn Point of No Return]]" during the Republic strategy conference at Carida, though D-Squad thankfully puts a stop to it.
*** [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch After the rise of the Empire]], Tarkin is nearly killed again in another bombing, [[Recap/StarWarsTheBadBatchS2E15TheSummit this time by Saw Gererra and the Partisans on his homeworld of Eriadu]], instead of Separatists. He's not the only target, though, since Orson Krennic, Hurst Romodi, Barton Coburn, and Doctor Royce Hemlock were also targets in the bombing.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E15ThroughImperialEyes "Through Imperial Eyes"]], [[TheMole Kallus]] reprograms Grand Admiral Thrawn's DT-Sentry Droids to get rid of the OverrideCommand and sics them on Thrawn in his office. Although [[AssassinOutclassin the attempt fails]], it does succeed in the ''other'' goal of giving Ezra and Chopper the opportunity to escape from Thrawn's office, where they'd been forced to hide when he came in.

** UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln was gunned down by stage actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth in the closing days of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar.
** UsefulNotes/JamesGarfield was killed by Charles J. Guiteau as revenge for perceived failure to reward his support for Garfield's campaign.
** UsefulNotes/WilliamMcKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in an incident that led to the the Secret Service's duties being expanded to protection of Presidents and other government officials[[note]]when the legislation creating the Service was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 ([[https://clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov/WH/kids/inside/html/spring98-2.html No, seriously.]]), the remit of the agency was to combat counterfeiting[[/note]].

* ''Fanfic/MetalGearGreen'':\