History Main / NonviolentInitialConfrontation

->'''Vinny'':"Then War Machine came out for a stare down with Kingdom because you see, the winners of the first great match and the winners of the second great match are now going to fight each other in the pay per view. How novel."

* In ''Film/BatmanReturns'' Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are dancing at a public event when each figures out who the other is.

* In a chapter of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Negi and Fate agree to meet in a public coffee shop to attempt a diplomatic solution. This almost ends up failing, however, when they begin arguing over whether tea or coffee are better and the proper way to make tea and almost come to blows because of it. Then it ends up failing anyways because Fate's attempt to manipulate Negi is outed.

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* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', [[spoiler: Shinohara visits the ghoul cafe, Anteiku, to share a last cup with the cafe's manager, Yoshimura aka the Owl, before the CCG mission to kill the powerful Owl ghoul.]]

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A subtrope of ActionFilmQuietDramaScene. Can easily set up WeMeetAgain. Not related to WeComeInPeaceShootToKill.

* In a chapter of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Negi and Fate agree to meet in a public coffee shop to attempt a diplomatic solution. This almost ends up failing, however, when they begin arguing over whether tea or coffee are better and the proper way to make tea and almost come to blows because of it. Then it ends up failing anyways because Fate's attempt to manipulate Negi is outed.

* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In "Scimitar", Harm and Meg are officially in {{Iraq}} (during the time of the SaddamHussein regime) to act as legal counsel for the captured American Marine, so the Iraqis, including the villain, treat them as welcome guests at first.

* Used in ''BurnNotice'' when Michael meets Victor for the first time in a chess park. The two trade veiled threats as a way of getting the measure of each other.

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* ''GameOfThrones''. Done along with RuleOfThrees between Jaime Lannister and Ned Stark. The first two times, they subtly snark at each other; the third occasion it's a SwordFight.

A commonplace in James Bond films (and novels--UmbertoEco calls this the "First Check" scene in IanFleming's stories).

Mostly an espionage trope, but may crop up in crime fiction and other thrillers. The hero and an antagonist meet in public--a society function, a casino, a coffee shop or some other venue with lots of witnesses, (or other limitations, if that might not be enough--see the ''{{Highlander}}'' example below). Other times even a few witnesses of the [[ThinkOfTheChildren wrong type]] will prevent combat from breaking out. The hero may know who the bad guy is, and the bad guy may know what the hero is doing, but under the circumstances [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting each other is out of the question]]. Instead they duel verbally, with an implied--or even explicitly stated--"[[WeWillMeetAgain the next time we meet things will be different]]" vibe.

* In ''Film/ThePunisher'' (the Thomas Jane one) the Punisher is visited by an assassin while drinking coffee in a small diner. The assassin opens the large guitar case he brought with him, but it actually contains a normal guitar rather than a weapon. He sings a song with lyrics that just barely veil why he has come here. Afterwards, the assassin and Frank Castle talk, and both go their ways (until a later scene, when they actually fight to the death).

* A version shows up in ''TheShadow'' when Shiwan Khan breaks into the Shadow's hideout to ask him to join him in his plans of domination. Not public, but nonviolent.

* In ''BionicCommando'', you meet up with General Killt in one of the neutral zones. Since nobody is allowed to attack in a neutral zone, he just bad-mouths you.

* In a chapter of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Negi and Fate agree to meet in a public coffee shop to attempt a diplomatic solution. This almost ends up failing, however, when they begin arguing over whether tea or coffee are better and the proper way to make tea and almost come to blows because of it. Then it ends up failing anyways because Fate's attempt to manipulate Negi is outed.

Mostly an espionage trope, but may crop up in crime fiction and other thrillers. The hero and an antagonist meet in public--a society function, a casino, a coffee shop or some other venue with lots of witnesses, (or other limitations, if that might not be enough--see the ''{{Highlander}}'' example below). Other times even a few witnesses of the [[ThinkOfTheChildren wrong type]] will prevent combat from breaking out. The hero may know who the bad guy is, and the bad guy may know what the hero is doing, but under the circumstances [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting each other is out of the question]]. Instead they duel verbally, with an implied--or even explicitly stated--"the next time we meet things will be different" vibe.

* In a chapter of ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Negi and Fate agree to meet in a public coffee shop to attempt a diplomatic solution. This ends up failing, however, when they begin arguing over whether tea or coffee are better and the proper way to make tea and almost come to blows because of it.

* ''{{Goldfinger}}'': the golf match between James Bond and Auric Goldfinger.
* ''{{Thunderball}}'': the gambling scene between Bond and Emilio Largo.
** ''NeverSayNeverAgain'' has a not surprising variation (as it used the same basic plot) with Bond and its version of Largo.
* ''YouOnlyLiveTwice'': the "business meeting" at Osato's chemical company.
* Played with in ''ForYourEyesOnly'', where we [[spoiler:don't realize it's happening]], because we [[spoiler:don't know the bad guy (Kristatos) is the bad guy]] yet.
* ''{{Octopussy}}'': auction scene involving an backgammon game between Bond and Khan.
* ''AViewToAKill'': the horse sale at Zorin's estate.
* The fencing match (where the sparring is more literal) in ''DieAnotherDay''.

* In ''BatmanReturns'' Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are dancing at a public event when each figures out who the other is.
* ''{{Heat}}'': the cop (Al Pacino) and the thief (Robert De Niro) meet at a coffee shop for a private conversation.
* ''{{Highlander}}'': due to the rules about not fighting on sacred ground, the Highlander and the Kurgan have one of these in a NYC church.
* Subverted in ''KillBill'' (part 1), The Bride and Vernita Green (Copperhead) initially agree not to fight in front of Green's daughter. That doesn't last.

* Subverted in ''SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'': Irene Adler arranges a meeting with Professor Moriarty in a crowded restaurant, implicitly so that they can have a civilized conversation without anybody trying to kill anybody. At the end of the conversation, Moriarty casually reveals that everybody else in the restaurant is in his pocket, and there's nothing to stop him killing her if he wants to.

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