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->''And then the punches flew\\

But just '''who... shot... who??'''''

* A variation in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''. When [[LaResistance the resistance]] is ambushed by Centurians a shootout begins. Helo and Anders start shooting and leading people into the woods to escape but Starbuck just stands around in the middle of the firefight by the jeep. After a few seconds the camera pans down to reveal that the first shot caught her in the gut, hence the dazed. She falls. [[OnlyAFleshWound Don't panic though]]

* One of the assassination attempt cutscenes in TotalWarShogun2 ends like this. Both fighters appear to slash each other and remain still for a moment, until one of them slowly keels over. The cutscene can end with the assassin or the target being the one who dies.
* In CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate, the last leg of the final battle against Dracula has both of you flying downwards at high speed, with the player given the task of catching up to him to stake him in the chest. When you do this, you're met with an extreme zoom-out and copious amounts of blood shooting out. [[spoiler: The next scene shows Dracula standing over trevor's body, with the stake Trevor was using being stabbed through his own chest.]]

* In Webcomic/{{Strays}}, Feral and the man he is hunting struggle over a gun. [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/78.htm We get a sound effect while focused on the horrified Meela, and then we see blood hit the floor.]] [[spoiler:next comic, we see that the bullet didn't hit anyone; Feral stabbed the man.]]

* Parodied in the soap opera dream sequence of ''Mr. Mom''.

* ''Franchise/TombRaider II'': Lara and Terry square off. There is a ''bang'' and Lara begins to collap-...oh, nope, that's Terry faceplanting while Lara looks on with a tragic expression.
* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Indy's original side-kick is holding the Chinese gangster at gun point when champagne corks pop, covering a gunshot which breaks the champagne glass on the tray he's holding. Then a dark red stain starts to appear on his shirt...

* In Creator/BenCounter's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} HorusHeresy novel ''Galaxy In Flames'', when [[spoiler:Cassar]] learns that [[spoiler:Turnet]] knew of, and supported, [[spoiler:the treacherous attack on their own forces]], they draw their guns and fire. [[spoiler:Cut to another scene. After it, we learn they both missed.]]

* In ''{{Halo 3}}'', Keyes decides to to kill Johnson and herself to prevent activation of the Halos, but Truth kills Keyes first.

* In {{Strays}}, Feral and the man he is hunting struggle over a gun. [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/78.htm We get a sound effect while focused on the horrified Meela, and then we see blood hit the floor.]] [[spoiler:next comic, we see that the bullet didn't hit anyone; Feral stabbed the man.]]

* In ''WebOriginal/ShadowOfTheTemplar'', Simon is wrestling with Farraday, who ends up with the gun. Simon hears a gunshot and thinks he was hit. It takes him a few seconds to realize [[spoiler:that Jeremy found the gun that Simon lost and has shot Farraday.]]

* In ''ShadowOfTheTemplar'', Simon is wrestling with Farraday, who ends up with the gun. Simon hears a gunshot and thinks he was hit. It takes him a few seconds to realize [[spoiler:that Jeremy found the gun that Simon lost and has shot Farraday.]]

->''[[BarBrawl And then the punches flew\\
And chairs were smashed in two]]\\
There was [[FirstBlood blood]] and a [[InstantDeathBullet single gunshot]]\\

This trope is standard for basically any fighting {{anime}}, but especially those involving swords (see especially Manga/{{Bleach}} and Manga/RurouniKenshin). Both characters [[CallingYourAttacks call their attacks]] and rush forward with dynamic lines behind them. We see them meet in a clash of swords...and then they are on opposite sides of the battlefield, while the camera freezes for a moment until one (or both) topple over.

In literature, you get much the same result by describing just the action, e.g. "the gun went off" or "the knife struck home". As literature can then continue to talk about "the body" or "the winner" for some time, it can prolong this for rather longer than is possible in a visual medium. It can also cut to a different scene while the information is still in abeyance, just as in visual media.

* BlakeAndMortimer, "The Francis Blake Affair". Fielding and Olrik fight over a gun... [[spoiler:and Fielding dies, because Olrik is the recurring villain.]]

* ''{{U-571}}'': Two characters struggle with a screwdriver, and in a nod to AnyoneCanDie, the protagonist in the struggle is killed.

* In the ''{{Tintin}}'' graphic novel ''Explorers on the Moon'', Jorgen and Wolf fight over a gun, and the shot is not shown.

* In the ''StarWars'' {{Radio}} adaptation Leia struggles to get a blaster off of the Imperial Lord Tion. There's a zap...

* Happens in ''StarWars/{{Allegiance}}''. LaRone is snidely accused of disobeying orders by an ISB officer who then pulls a blaster on him. LaRone instinctively wrests it away, the officer pulls out a holdout blaster, there is a "soft flash, a muted blast" - and the officer falls dead. DamnYouMuscleMemory. Stormtrooper combat training doesn't cover ISB officers playing threat games.

* In the first ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie, [[spoiler: Elizabeth was running to the action, Barbossa pulled his gun on her, we hear a gunshot, Elizabeth starts... cue the camera cutting to Jack holding the smoking gun, aimed at Barbossa. The same gun he's been carrying around for ten years with no additional shot or powder specifically for that purpose.]]

* A movie this troper involving SherlockHolmes returning in modern times, revived by a female descendant of Dr. Watson opens with a scene where a man in a white coat comes to a house to confront the owner. As they start fighting, a gun is drawn and goes off. In the next scene a man in a white coat torches a body lying under a blanket before he flees. [[spoiler: At the end we find out that the house owner killed the visitor and put on his coat before torching the body (and the house).]]

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* In BenCounter's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} HorusHeresy novel ''Galaxy In Flames'', when [[spoiler:Cassar]] learns that [[spoiler:Turnet]] knew of, and supported, [[spoiler:the treacherous attack on their own forces]], they draw their guns and fire. [[spoiler:Cut to another scene. After it, we learn they both missed.]]

** This trope can be taken quite literally in this scene. Immediately after this, Jules looks at the bullet holes in the wall...and suddenly finds religion.

** This trope can be taken quite literally in this scene. Immediately after this, Jules looks at the bullet holes in the wall...and suddenly finds religion.

* DanAbnett's GauntsGhosts novel ''First & Only'' has two instances of it: