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* In ''"{{Film/Gigli}}'', Al Pacino's Italian-Jewish mob boss (Starkman) lulls his henchman into a state of complacency, that asks him if he'd like "go to medical school?" Bang.

* Seishirou in ''TokyoBabylon'' and then in {{X1999}}. Or, second thought, the whole cast of X. They fight while exchanging pleasantries all the time. Seishirou is especially bad, though. See the end of Tokyo Babylon. He'd kill someone while wondering aloud about tomorrow's weather or something. Or how cigarette can kill you. (he did this)
* Futagami does this in ''Anime/RahXephon'' when the tells [[spoiler: Bahbem]] "Well good for you!" as he's listening to him [[JustBetweenYouAndMe congratulate himself]] on the completion of his master plan... then shoots him.

* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''. Daniel Plainview wakes up the man who claims to be his brother, and forces him at gunpoint to say who he really is. During the mans confession, Daniel puts away the gun. When the man is done explaining himself, however, Daniel unexpectedly draws the gun again and kills him.

* In ''Film/PulpFiction'', while Justin Whaley's character is trying to explain away the action's of him and his cohorts, [[SamuelLJackson Jules]] casually walks up to one of the cohorts and shoots him.

* In Nimdok's scenario in the videogame adaptation of ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', [[spoiler:Nimdok can talk with the anesthetist who wants him to perform mundane operations on a child, but after getting info from the anesthetist, he can exit the conversation without performing the operation, then grab the scalpel near him and kill the anesthetist with it]].

* In ''{{Pippin}}'', Pippin, disguised as a monk, kills his father Charles at the end of a conversation about the meaning of empire.

* In Nimdok's scenario in the videogame adaptation of ''IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', [[spoiler:Nimdok can talk with the anesthetist who wants him to perform mundane operations on a child, but after getting info from the anesthetist, he can exit the conversation without performing the operation, then grab the scalpel near him and kill the anesthetist with it]].

* In ''LAConfidential'', Dudley Smith shoots Jack Vincennes mid-conversation without so much as a word of warning.
* ''ThereWillBeBlood''. Daniel Plainview wakes up the man who claims to be his brother, and forces him at gunpoint to say who he really is. During the mans confession, Daniel puts away the gun. When the man is done explaining himself, however, Daniel unexpectedly draws the gun again and kills him.
* ''{{Terminator}} 2'': the T-1000, disguised as John's foster mother, is talking to him on the phone, when the foster father interrupts her about their [[EvilDetectingDog madly barking dog]] in the backyard. It promptly skewers him through the mouth with its [[PartialTransformation morphing swordlike arm]].

-->--'''Dark Pegasus''', ''{{DMFA}}'' [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_923.php vol 923]]

* In ''PulpFiction'', while Justin Whaley's character is trying to explain away the action's of him and his cohorts, [[SamuelLJackson Jules]] casually walks up to one of the cohorts and shoots him.

* In ''TrueLies'', [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Harry Tasker]] test drives a used car with the lot owner, Simon. Harry gets Simon talking about the woman he seeing (Simon doesn't know the woman he's seeing is this guy's wife) and then kills him with one well-placed backhand. A moment later, we see it was in an IndulgentFantasySegue.

* The pilot episode of ''TheSopranos'' had one of these. Christopher Soprano shoots Emil Kolar in the back of the head after a while of polite discussion.

** It is possible to end one subquest in ''MassEffect2'' by talking to a mechanic repairing a plot-important weapon, asking him about what is going on and then ending the chat by stabbing one of his electric tools into his back.

* ''TheMatrix''. Cypher is brought back to the Nebuchadnezzar, talks to Tank for a while and then shoots him in the back with a LightningGun.

* Francis Walsingham in ''{{Elizabeth}}'' pulls a reversal of this on a young man guarding him after a few philosophical words on [[CrapsackWorld the ugliness of the world]]. Walsingham is philosophizing while looking out the window when the young man pulls a knife on him. He then calmly talks the man out of stabbing him, gets him to look out the window himself, then calmly slits his throat without changing the tone of his voice.

* This happens in the end of ''OfMiceAndMen''. George is calmly talking to Lenny about the farm they've always dreamed of; he asks Lenny to close his eyes while talking, and George pulls out a gun and shoots him in the head. A non-villainous version, as George is doing this so that Lenny will die calm and happy.

* In ''TrueLies'', [[ArnoldSchwarzenegger Harry Tasker]] test drives a used car with the lot owner, Simon. Harry gets Simon talking about the woman he seeing (Simon doesn't know the woman he's seeing is this guy's wife) and then kills him with one well-placed backhand. A moment later, we see it was in an IndulgentFantasySegue.

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* In ''TheBigSleep'', Philip Marlowe overhears a conversation with Harry Jones, an informant, and [[TheDragon a gangster named Canino.]] Canino makes sure Harry has a good stiff drink-- which is poisoned.

* Seishirou in TokyoBabylon and then in {{X1999}}. Or, second thought, the whole cast of X. They fight while exchanging pleasantries all the time. Seishirou is especially bad, though. See the end of Tokyo Babylon. He'd kill someone while wondering aloud about tomorrow's weather or something. Or how cigarette can kill you. (he did this)

* TheMatrix. Cypher is brought back to the Nebuchadnezzar, talks to Tank for a while and then shoots him in the back with a LightningGun.

* ThereWillBeBlood. Daniel Plainview wakes up the man who claims to be his brother, and forces him at gunpoint to say who he really is. During the mans confession, Daniel puts away the gun. When the man is done explaining himself, however, Daniel unexpectedly draws the gun again and kills him.
* {{Terminator}} 2: the T-1000, disguised as John's foster mother, is talking to him on the phone, when the foster father interrupts her about their [[EvilDetectingDog madly barking dog]] in the backyard. It promptly skewers him through the mouth with its [[PartialTransformation morphing swordlike arm]].
* Francis Walsingham in {{Elizabeth}} pulls a reversal of this on a young man guarding him after a few philosophical words on [[CrapsackWorld the ugliness of the world]]. Walsingham is philosophizing while looking out the window when the young man pulls a knife on him. He then calmly talks the man out of stabbing him, gets him to look out the window himself, then calmly slits his throat without changing the tone of his voice.
* In PulpFiction, while Justin Whaley's character is trying to explain away the action's of him and his cohorts, [[SamuelLJackson Jules]] casually walks up to one of the cohorts and shoots him.

* This happens in the end of OfMiceAndMen. George is calmly talking to Lenny about the farm they've always dreamed of; he asks Lenny to close his eyes while talking, and George pulls out a gun and shoots him in the head. A non-villainous version, as George is doing this so that Lenny will die calm and happy.

* AmericanPsycho - Patrick Bateman certainly ''contemplates'' taking a cordless drill to the head of a lady he's chatting up.
** Also PlayedWith in "American Psycho" when Bateman continues talking to his drunk/drugged soon-to-be-victim about retro music while putting newspapers around him, putting on a raincoat, and finally killing him with a huge fire axe.

** Also PlayedWith in "American Psycho", when Bateman continues talking to his drunk/roofied soon-to-be-victim about retro music while putting newspapers around him, putting on a raincoat, and finally killing him with a huge fire axe.

** In ''MassEffect2'' it is possible to end one subquest by talking to a mechanic repairing a plot-important weapon, asking him about what is going on and then ending the chat by stabbing one of his electric tools into his back.
* In Nimdok's scenario in the videogame adaptation of ''IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', [[spoiler:Nimdok can talk with the Anesthetist who wants him to perform mundane operations on a child, but after getting info from the Anesthetist, he can exit the conversation without performing the operation, then grab the scalpel near him and kill the Anesthetist with it]].

SisterTrope to TalkToTheFist, where the attack isn't necessarily lethal and the talking is related to the fight. Compare HaveYouToldAnyoneElse. Not to be [[IThoughtItMeant confused]] with TalkingTheMonsterToDeath or LogicBomb

** In ''Mass Effect 2'' it is possible to end one subquest by talking to a mechanic repairing a plot-important weapon, asking him about what is going on and then ending the chat by stabbing one of his electric tools into his back.

* Francis Walsingham in {{Elizabeth}} kills a young man guarding him after a few philosophical words on [[CrapsackWorld the ugliness of the world]].

* MassEffect -- This is how the conversation between Nihlus and Saren goes.
* In MassEffect 2 it is possible to end one subquest by talking to a mechanic repairing a plot-important weapon, asking him about what is going on and then ending the chat by stabbing one of his electric tools into his back.

This trope could be used for several reasons. To spice up a boring conversation, to establish a creepily detached mood, to reveal [[TheMole a traitor]], to portray a character as [[LackOfEmpathy deranged]], [[PunchClockVillain overly]] [[TheCombatPragmatist methodical]], a [[KickTheDog dog-kicker]], or to show they long since crossed the MoralEventHorizon.

* This happens in the end of OfMiceAndMen. George is calmly talking to Lenny about the farm they've always dreamed of; he asks Lenny to close his eyes while talking, and George pulls out a gun and shoots him in the head.

This trope could be used for several reasons. To spice up a boring conversation, to establish a creepily detached mood, to reveal [[TheMole a traitor]], to portray a character as [[LackOfEmpathy deranged]], [[PunchClockVillain overly methodical]], a [[KickTheDog dog-kicker]], or to show they long since crossed the MoralEventHorizon.

* In ''LAConfidential'', James Cromwell shoots Kevin Spacey mid-conversation without so much as a word of warning.

->'''Dark Pegasus''': I offer this advice to you two: If you're going to destroy something... do it mid-dialogue. They always expect you to finish talking first.
-->-- [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_923.php This]] {{DMFA}} strip.