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* ''Film/{{Cleanskin}}'': When they go to murder Coglin, Amin tells Ash that they can leave no witnesses. While chasing Coglin through the house, he comes up Coglin's sister, but lets her go because she has her infant son with her. However, Amin returns to the house and kills not only the sister, but [[WouldHurtAChild the child as well]].

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* ''Film/{{Cleanskin}}'': When they go to murder Coglin, Conlan, Amin tells Ash that they can leave no witnesses. While chasing Coglin Conlan through the house, he comes up Coglin's Conlan's sister, but lets her go because she has her infant son with her. However, Amin returns to the house and kills not only the sister, but [[WouldHurtAChild the child as well]].
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* ''Film/{{Cleanskin}}'': When they go to murder Coglin, Amin tells Ash that they can leave no witnesses. While chasing Coglin through the house, he comes up Coglin's sister, but lets her go because she has her infant son with her. However, Amin returns to the house and kills not only the sister, but [[WouldHurtAChild the child as well]].
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* The ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' fanfic ''[[A New Reality]]'' begins with this trope -- a serial killer who kills any witnesses that might happen to stumble across him while he's carrying out his main crimes. It's all for naught when he commits his last crime in front of a young child who's able to hide before he realizes she's there, allowing her to witness the whole thing and live to tell the tale, ultimately bringing the killer down.

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* The ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' fanfic ''[[A ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9638378/chapters/21773504 A New Reality]]'' begins with this trope -- a serial killer who kills any witnesses that might happen to stumble across him while he's carrying out his main crimes. It's all for naught when he commits his last crime in front of a young child who's able to hide before he realizes she's there, allowing her to witness the whole thing and live to tell the tale, ultimately bringing the killer down.
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* The ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' fanfic ''[[A New Reality]]'' begins with this trope -- a serial killer who kills any witnesses that might happen to stumble across him while he's carrying out his main crimes. It's all for naught when he commits his last crime in front of a young child who's able to hide before he realizes she's there, allowing her to witness the whole thing and live to tell the tale, ultimately bringing the killer down.
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* In the samurai film ''Film/{{Goyokin}}'' (and the ForeignRemake ''Film/TheMasterGunfighter'') a government ship carrying gold is wrecked offshore and found by villagers. The local lord wants to keep it for himself, so he has the entire village massacred. The hero leaves the lord's service in disgust to become a {{ronin}}, only to return years later on realising a similar atrocity is being planned.
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* A creepy exchange in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': When Waternoose orders Randall to go after Mike and Sulley, Randall's response pretty heavily implies that he intends to [[spoiler:backstab Waternoose]] once the entire mess is all over.

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* A creepy exchange in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': When Waternoose orders Randall to go after Mike and Sulley, Randall's response pretty heavily implies that he intends to [[spoiler:backstab Waternoose]] once the entire mess is all over.
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* In the Mexican movie ''Ni de aquí, ni de allá'' (Neither from Here, nor There) starring la India Mariá, Maria is brought from her rural Mexican village to Los Angeles to work as a live-in maid for some millionaires. She gets separated from them on arrival in LAX, and due to the LanguageBarrier, accidentally wanders into a men's room, where she witnesses a [[DirtyCommunist KGB agent]] assassinate a defector. Maria tries to run away but the agent quickly catches up to her with the intent to keep her quiet. After she manges to give him the slip, he spends the rest of the movie tracking her down, and when the FBI, who have been tracking the agent for some time, keep getting reports that she's always near whenver he pops up, they come to belive [[MistakenForSpies that she and the agent are in cahoots]]. HilarityEnsues. At the very end, after Maria demands that she be sent back to Mexcio becuase of all the misdaventures she had in the United States, she's seen riding in a bus heading south of the border relived that her ordeal is finally over. [[HereWeGoAgain Cue the KGB agent]] [[NewspaperThinDisguise peeking from behind a newspaper]].
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Oh, by the way, if you're a {{Mook}} and you've been ordered to kill all the witnesses, one thing to keep in mind: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness As far as your boss is concerned]], [[HeKnowsTooMuch you're a witness]], [[AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed too.]]

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Oh, by the way, if you're a {{Mook}} and you've been ordered to kill all the witnesses, one thing to keep in mind: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness As far as your boss is concerned]], [[HeKnowsTooMuch you're a witness]], [[AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed too.]]
too]]. Especially if you [[ShootTheBuilder helped do something top-secret]].
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* ''Literature/BookOfTheDead2021'': Tyron is careful not to let any of [[spoiler:the thieves delivering his corpses]] get away once a fight breaks out. Their absence is certainly noticed, but they aren't able to tell anyone about his skeletons.
--> '''Tyron:''' No loose ends.
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** "Dead Freight" has Walter, Jesse, and the new NiceGuy Todd robbing a train with methylamine. The entire thing goes off without a hitch and ends with the three celebrating the success... until they look behind them and see a 13-year old kid on a dirt bike watching them. After a wave from the kid and a few seconds of staring, cue Todd pulling out his gun and casually shooting the kid. [[WhamEpisode End of episode.]]

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** "Dead Freight" has Walter, Jesse, and the new NiceGuy Todd robbing a train with methylamine. The entire thing goes off without a hitch and ends with the three celebrating the success... until they look behind them and see a 13-year 14-year old kid on a dirt bike watching them. After a wave from the kid and a few seconds of staring, cue Todd pulling out his gun and casually shooting the kid. [[WhamEpisode End of episode.]]
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* ''[[WebAnimation/TeamFortress2 Expiration Date]]'' starts after the RED Scout, Soldier and Heavy have stolen an intel briefcase from an undisclosed location. If [[BeleagueredAssistant Miss Pauling's]] dialogue is any indication, the team was supposed to [[StealthBasedMission sneak in unseen]]; instead, [[StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly things went south and the team killed everyone who got in their way]]. Or rather, ''almost'' everyone: Miss Pauling has to spend her weekend [[CleanUpCrew getting rid of the bodies and evidence]], along with mopping up the survivors, so that the team doesn't go to jail.
-->'''Miss Pauling:''' Scout, it's Pauling. Tell me you got the briefcase.\\
'''Scout:''' Yeah, sure!\\
'''Miss Pauling:''' Aaand nobody saw you?\\
'''Scout:''' Ehh... [[BlatantLies basically nobody]]--\\
'''Miss Pauling:''' [[ThatLiarLies Scout, I'm here right now]].\\
'''Scout:''' Well, that's a funny sto--\\
'''Soldier:''' Hello, Miss Pauling! We killed everybody and took a briefcase!\\
'''Miss Pauling:''' Not everybody, Soldier. You left seven witnesses, guys.\\
''(a hand raises from the background, groaning in pain, before Miss Pauling shoots it with a silenced pistol)''\\
'''Miss Pauling:''' Six.
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* A story from the third user submission episode of ''WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou'' provides an utterly idiotic example of this trope. A trio of burgalars broke into an Arlington Heights apartment and make off with numerous items, and one of them poisoned the goldfish by pouring ketchup, mustard and hot sauce into the tank. Needless to say, Nash doesn't even try to restrain his bewilderment.

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* A story from the third user submission episode of ''WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou'' provides an utterly idiotic example of this trope. A trio of burgalars burglars broke into an Arlington Heights apartment and make off with numerous items, and one of them poisoned the goldfish by pouring ketchup, mustard and hot sauce into the tank. Needless to say, Nash doesn't even try to restrain his bewilderment.

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