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** Alternatively: Duke grabs the mook to absorb the gunfire, only for the Mook to elbow him in the face.

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** Alternatively: Duke grabs the mook to absorb the gunfire, only for the Mook to elbow him in the face.



** Alternatively: And yet he still gets shot, inadvertently shielding Duke from gunfire.

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** Alternatively: And yet he still gets shot, inadvertently shielding Duke from gunfire.



* '''Reconstructed''': Duke is sentenced to execution by gunfire, and at the last moment he hides behind another inmate, who takes the bullet. He then escapes in the confusion to hide behind mooks another day.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Duke is sentenced to execution by gunfire, Given that both the BigBad and at the last moment mook where attacking Duke, he hides behind another inmate, who takes the bullet. He then escapes in the confusion had a right to hide behind mooks another day.defend himself by any means necessary.
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** The bullet lodges itself in one of the mook's bones.
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* The mook is wearing a bulletproof vest.

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* ** The mook is wearing a bulletproof vest.
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* Duke grabs a mook to absorb the gunfire but the bullets pass through - although still slowed down enough that his armor stops it. The one shot the body doesn't block pierces through his armor and mortally wounds him.


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* '''Implied''': Every mook runs far away from Duke specifically when he is being shot at, even ones who would have cover from the incoming fire if they stayed where they were. A hint that he either used this plan too many times before or was falsely portrayed as doing such a thing by enemy propaganda.
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* The mook is wearing a bulletproof vest.

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* '''Defied''': The BigBad arms his minions with guns of sufficient firepower to penetrate multiple targets.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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The BigBad arms his minions with guns of sufficient firepower to penetrate multiple targets.targets.
** The BigBad decided to [[NukeEm nuke]] the Duke instead.
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** The mook is an IronButtMonkey, he always stays alive because people still needs him to be laughed at.
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** Duke uses his best friend Bob as a ballistic shield shield because Bob possesses SuperToughness or a PowerArmor but can't really dish out damage by himself while Duke is a GlassCannon. The duo is still undefeated to this day.

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** Duke uses his best friend Bob as a ballistic shield shield because Bob possesses SuperToughness or a PowerArmor but can't really dish out damage by himself while Duke is a GlassCannon. The duo is still undefeated to this day.

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* '''Exploited''': Charles knew Duke would get a BulletproofHumanShield at the first opportunity, and plugs him with a sniper-round through the Mook.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Charles knew Duke would get a BulletproofHumanShield at the first opportunity, and plugs him with a sniper-round through the Mook.Mook.
** Duke uses his best friend Bob as a ballistic shield shield because Bob possesses SuperToughness or a PowerArmor but can't really dish out damage by himself while Duke is a GlassCannon. The duo is still undefeated to this day.



** Duke uses his best friend Bob as a ballistic shield shield because Bob possesses SuperToughness or a PowerArmor but can't really dish out damage by himself while Duke is a GlassCannon. The duo is still undefeated to this day.
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** Duke uses his best friend Bob as a ballistic shield shield because Bob possesses SuperToughness or a PowerArmor but can't really dish out damage by himself while Duke is a GlassCannon. The duo is still undefeated to this day.
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** It is a ''very'' fat mook.

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* '''Downplayed''': Duke saves himself from shrapnel [[RuleOfThree by grabbing and hiding behind a nearby mook.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Duke saves himself from shrapnel [[RuleOfThree by grabbing and hiding behind a nearby mook.]]
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** Alternatively, the mook takes one or two shots, but not as many as this trope may often use, and soon Duke has to drop him because he's dead weight, literally and figuratively.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Duke saves himself from shrapnel [[RuleOfThree by grabbing and hiding behind a nearby mook.]]



** Duke grabs a nearby mook for protection when the BigBad opens fire, but both Duke and the mook get shot.

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** Duke grabs a nearby mook for protection when the BigBad opens fire, but both Duke and the shot penetrates the mook get shot.- and Duke along with it.



* '''Deconstructed''': Duke's callous disregard for human life gets him in trouble with the law.
* '''Reconstructed''': Duke is sentenced to execution by gunfire, and at the last moment he hides behind another inmate, who takes the bullet. He then escapes prison and continues to disregard human life.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Duke's callous disregard for human life gets him in trouble with the law.
law, or results in [[WhatTheHellHero trouble with his comrades.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': Duke is sentenced to execution by gunfire, and at the last moment he hides behind another inmate, who takes the bullet. He then escapes prison and continues in the confusion to disregard human life.hide behind mooks another day.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Parodied''': Duke, a broad-shouldered ActionHero, is saved by a rail-thin mook who absorbs the hundreds of bullets fired at them.



* '''Parodied''': Duke, a broad-shouldered ActionHero, is saved by a rail-thin mook who absorbs the hundreds of bullets fired at them.
* '''Deconstructed''': Duke's callous disregard for human life gets him in trouble with the law.
* '''Reconstructed''': Duke is sentenced to execution by gunfire, and at the last moment he hides behind another inmate, who takes the bullet. He then escapes prison and continues to disregard human life.



* '''Exploited''': Charles knew Duke would get a BulletproofHumanShield at the first opportunity, and plugs him with a sniper-round through the Mook.


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* '''Exploited''': Charles knew Duke would get a BulletproofHumanShield at the first opportunity, and plugs him with a sniper-round through the Mook.


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* '''Deconstructed''': Duke's callous disregard for human life gets him in trouble with the law.
* '''Reconstructed''': Duke is sentenced to execution by gunfire, and at the last moment he hides behind another inmate, who takes the bullet. He then escapes prison and continues to disregard human life.


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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': Charles knew Duke would get a BulletproofHumanShield at the first opportunity, and plugs him with a sniper-round through the Mook.

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* '''Justified''': The mook is a humanoid robot MadeOfIron, or wearing pretty good armor.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The mook is a humanoid robot MadeOfIron, or wearing pretty good armor.



* '''Inverted''': TakingTheBullet

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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TakingTheBullet



* '''Subverted''': Duke grabs a nearby mook for protection when the BigBad opens fire, but both Duke and the mook get shot.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Duke grabs a nearby mook for protection when the BigBad opens fire, but both Duke and the mook get shot.



* '''Double Subverted''': After Duke collapses, the BigBad walks over... then gets sucker-punched when Duke jumps up and attacks.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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After Duke collapses, the BigBad walks over... then gets sucker-punched when Duke jumps up and attacks.
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** The mooks shooting at Duke only have small 9mm pistols, whose rounds a human body is sufficient to stop or deflect.

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** The mooks shooting at Duke only have small 9mm pistols, whose rounds for which a human body is sufficient to stop or deflect.
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** The mooks shooting at Duke only have small 9mm pistols, whose rounds a human body is sufficient to stop or deflect.
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** Someone attempts to inflict GrievousHarmWithABody on Duke, but he shoots the body to pieces before he can be hit.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???Duke is sentenced to execution by gunfire, and at the last moment he hides behind another inmate, who takes the bullet. He then escapes prison and continues to disregard human life.
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* '''Justified''': The mook is a humanoid robot MadeOfIron, or wearing pretty good armor, or this is ''{{Exalted}}'' and you were using a stunt combined with Perfect Defenses.

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* '''Justified''': The mook is a humanoid robot MadeOfIron, or wearing pretty good armor, or this is ''{{Exalted}}'' and you were using a stunt combined with Perfect Defenses.armor.
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what they put in still sounds like a deconstruction


* '''Reconstructed''': However, the villain later wins because of this.

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* '''Reconstructed''': However, the villain later wins because of this.???
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that's a subversion


**Alternatively: It passes through the shield, killing the intended target.

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