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* Zigzagged in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. Webby, the triplets and Lena are taken hostage by the Beagle Boys and despite their large numbers, they have no trouble deciding that they want to give Lena and Webby to their Ma for a birthday gift. It is [[ABirthdayNotABreak her birthday]] after all and EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas. They even manage to decide that Huey, Louie and Dewey will be her mother's day gift. The trouble starts when Lena slyly asks which group will be the ones to hand them over to her, even adding that they could share the credit. Each group suggests themselves more or less and a huge fight ensues.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[CallBack "Hit him with a rock!"]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[CallBack Hit him with a rock!'']]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Hit him with a rock!'']]

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In "Trial", Batman and D.A. Janet Van Dorn are captured and subjected to JokerJury by the inmates of Arkham Asylum. As 'Judge' Joker introduces the 'impartial' jury, they start yelling out suggestions of what to do with Batman:

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Licorice." It turns out that Heinrich ate the seed that Black John and crew needed to break their curse. The crew gives suggestions on how to get it back:

* ''Series/GamersGuideToPrettyMuchEverything'' has an episode in which Connor and Wendel try to pass themselves off as troubled youth. When they hear their group of newfound troubled friends plotting to get revenge on the school they attend (The troubled youth believed the students were responsible for wrecking the statue of their founder) They offer a suggestion themselves. Namely, they suggest breaking into the school and leaving a plate of freshly baked cookies.

'''Lix Spittle:''' ''[squawks]'' We clip their wings!

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-->'''Crew Member One:''' I think we tie em' up.\\

'''Crew Member Two:''' Nah, we clip their wings.\\

'''Crew Member Three:''' Nah, we scar 'em--\\

'''Crew Member Three:''' --[[CueCardPause emotionally]].\\

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''Series/CriminalMinds'' features an episode in which a trio of boys kidnap a lawyer that abused them as children. Having heard that one of their close friends committed suicide due to the shame that resulted from the abuse, they decide to get a verbal confession from the lawyer. Unfortunately for them, He's a manipulative and very SoftSpokenSadist. The group's resolve diminishes rapidly and they find themselves unable to decide what to do next. He manages to convince one of them that if they release him, the two of them can go to the police together and sort the whole mess out amicably. This is a suggestion the other boys despise and fight breaks out culminating in one of them killing the other. While this ultimately ends in ShootTheHostage, nobody ever got that confession and the [[TheChessmaster hostage had them wrapped around his fingers the entire time.]]

'''Bikers:'''Yeah!\\
'''Biker #3:''' Then we hang him!\\

It's an excellent day for our villain and/or his menagerie of Mooks. After countless attempts he has finally captured [[KidHero Bob]] but the question remains:What are they going to do with him? Naturally the group starts making suggestions:

-->'''Carol:''' "I say we tar and feather him!"
-->'''Dan:''' "I say we chop him to bits!"
-->'''Eva:''' "I say we cut off his feet!"

For added comedic effect, the hostage may obscure their voice and add "I say we let him go!" An action of this sort is very fitting given that these types of scenarios are PlayedForLaughs more often than anything else. Note that this trope refers specifically to instances in which the fate of a captive is being decided by the group that has captured them and that said suggestions are given verbally or using body language. If the villain .merely ties the captive up and leaves a suggestion box for his minions to slip paper in, it doesn't count. Also note that this trope is not about using any set of exact words.

-->'''Captain:''' Buckoes, what should we do to the lily-livered landlubber who stands in my... in our way to greatness?
-->'''Crew Member One:''' Keelhaul him.
-->'''Crew Member Two:''' Tar and feather him.
-->'''Rupert:''' Let him go.

-->'''Crew Member One:''' I think we tie em' up. [Applejack gasps]\\
'''Crew Member Two:''' Nah, we clip their wings.[Rainbow Dash gasps]\\
'''Crew Member Three:''' Nah, we scar em' [Rarity screams and he looks over at Fluttershy] [[CueCardPause emotionally]].\\
[Fluttershy cries]

* Of course, there is that moment in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'' where the biker gang [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Satan's Helpers]] all try to discuss what to do Pee-wee, not only for his barging into their club rudely, but also for his accidentally knocking over their parked motorcycles like dominoes:
--> '''Biker #1:''' I say... we kill him.
-->''' Bikers:''' Yeah!
-->'''Biker #2:''' I say we hang him, then we kill him.
-->'''Bikers''': Yeah!
-->'''Biker #3:''' I say we stomp him!
-->'''Bikers:''' Yeah!
-->'''Biker #3:''' Then we tattoo him!
-->'''Bikers:'''Yeah!
-->'''Biker #3:''' Then we hang him!
-->'''Bikers: '''Yeah!
-->'''Biker #3:''' And then we kill him!
-->'''Bikers:'' Yeah!
-->'''Pee-wee:''' (under his breath) I say we let him go.
-->'''Bikers:''' No!
-->[Suddenly, there is the sound of someone whistling to get the bikers' attention; it's a female biker who comes up and grabs Pee-wee]
-->'''Biker chick:''' I say you let me have him first!
-->'''Bikers: '''[all laugh]
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': One such exchange takes place when Barbossa's pirates have caught Captain Jack Sparrow:
--> "Shoot him!"
--> "CUT OUT HIS TONGUE!"
--> "Shoot him AND cut out his tongue, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and shoot his tongue]]... and trim that scraggly beard!"

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has an example in the episode "Licorice." It turns out that Heinrich ate the seed that Black John and crew needed to break their curse. The crew gives suggestions on how to get it back:
-->'''Black John Licorice's Pirate 1:''' Then I say we plunge his stomach to get the seed!
-->'''Black John's Pirates:''' Yeah!
-->'''Black John Licorice's Pirate 2:''' I say reach down his throat and grab it!
-->'''Black John's Pirates: '''Yeah!
-->'''Black John Licorice's Pirate 3:''' I say kick him in the stomach 'til he coughs up the seed!
-->'''Black John's Pirates:''' Yeah!
-->'''Black John Licorice's Pirate 4:''' I say we plunge him, reach down his throat, kick him in the stomach, and give him the worst wedgie of his life!
-->'''Black John's Pirates:''' Yeah!
-->'''Heinrich Von Marzipan:''' I say we send him home.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''', Muriel gets captured by a group of water-starved eggplants. In a particularly cruel effort to turn the tables, they decide to avenge every eggplant [[ToServeMan by eating Muriel]]. Their squabble starts when it comes down to the method of cooking her. One suggests that they grill her, another suggests that they fry her. They break into two groups, each screaming one of these two methods. Finally , a lone eggplant suggests that they bake her. Everyone agrees.
* Zigzagged in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. Webby, the triplets and Lena are taken hostage by the beagle boys and despite their large numbers, they have no trouble deciding that they want to give Lena and Webby to their Ma for a birthday gift. It is [[ABirthdayNotABreak her birthday]] after all and EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas. They even manage to decide that Huey, Louie and Dewey will be her mother's day gift. The trouble starts when Lena slyly asks which group will be the ones to hand them over to her, even adding that they could share the credit. Each group suggests themselves more or less and a huge fight ensues.

-->'''Carol:''' I say we tar and feather him!
-->'''Dan:''' I say we chop him to bits!

-->'''Dan:''': I say we chop him to bits!
-->'''Eva''': "I say we cut off his feet!"

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', Barbossa's pirates have caught Captain Jack Sparrow:

* In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', a trio of trolls capture Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves and plan to eat them (well, not Bilbo,[[PragmaticVillainy since he doesn't have enough meat on him]]), but can't agree on how to cook them. Every time the trolls start to agree, an outside voice chimes in and restarts their argument. This persists so long, the sunrise catches them by surprise and [[TakenForGranite turns them into stone.]] And that outside voice who kept the trolls arguing reveals himself to be Gandalf.

-->'''Crew Member One:''' I think we tie em' up. [Applejack gasps]
-->'''Crew Member Two:''' Nah, we clip their wings.[Rainbow Dash gasps]
-->'''Crew Member Three:''' Nah, we scar em' [Rarity screams and he looks over at Fluttershy] [[BreakTheCutie emotionally]].
-->[Fluttershy cries]

* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''', Muriel gets captured by a group of water-starved eggplants. In a particularly cruel effort to turn the tables, they decide to avenge every eggplant [[ImAHumanitarian by eating Muriel]]. Their squabble starts when it comes down to the method of cooking her. One suggests that they grill her, another suggests that they fry her. They break into two groups, each screaming one of these two methods. Finally , a lone eggplant suggests that they bake her. Everyone agrees.

* Inverted in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' Vasquez, Hicks, Hudson and Ripley must decide how best to rid themselves of the hostile aliens. When it's Ripley's turn to speak , he says "[[AscendedMeme I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. Its the only way to be sure]]."

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'': Having escaped TheDragon, the main sixchaacters find themselves on an airship and are discovered by its crew. The group promptly decides what should happen to them:

For added comedic effect, the hostage may obscure their voice and add I say we let him go! An action of this sort is very fitting given that these types of scenarios are PlayedForLaughs more often than anything else. Note that this trope refers specifically to instances in which the fate of a captive is being decided by the group that has captured them and that said suggestions are given verbally or using body language. If the villain .merely ties the captive up and leaves a suggestion box for his minions to slip paper in, it doesn't count. Also note that this trope is not about using any set of exact words.

-->'''Captain:''' Buckoes, what should we do to the lily-livered landlubber who stands in my... In our way to greatness?
-->'''Crew Member One:'''Keelhaul him.
-->'''Crew Member Two:'''Tar and feather him.
-->'''Rupert:'''Let him go.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'' has an example, Having escaped TheDragon, The mane six find themselves on an airship and are discovered by its crew. The group promptly decides what should happen to them:

-->'''Crew Member Two:''' Nah we clip their wings.[Rainbow Dash gasps]
-->'''Crew Member Three:''' Nah we scar em' [Rarity screams and he looks over at Fluttershy] [[BreakTheCutie emotionally]].

* Inverted in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' Vasquez,Hicks,Hudson and Ripley are the heroes of the film and they must decide how best to rid themselves of the hostile aliens. When it's Ripley's turn to speak , he says [[AscendedMeme I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has an example in the episode entitled "Licorice." It turns out that Heinrich ate the seed that Black John and crew needed to break their curse. The crew gives suggestions on how to get it back:

* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''', Muriel gets captured by a group of water-starved eggplants. In a particularly cruel effort to turn the tables, they decide to avenge every eggplant [[ImAHumanitarian by eating Muriel.]] Their squabble starts when it comes down to the method of cooking her. One suggests that they grill her, another suggests that they fry her. They break into two groups, each screaming one of these two methods. Finally , a lone eggplant suggests that they bake her. Everyone agrees.