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* '''Straight''': Bill shoots Mac in the chest and Mac collapses and dies almost immediately. Nobody even attempts first aid.

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* '''Straight''': Bill shoots Mac in the chest torso and Mac collapses and dies almost immediately. Nobody even attempts first aid.
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* '''Straight''': Bill shoots Mac in the leg and Mac collapses and dies almost immediately. Nobody even attempts first aid.

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* '''Straight''': Bill shoots Mac in the leg chest and Mac collapses and dies almost immediately. Nobody even attempts first aid.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ... to die from a second bullet.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ... Subverted''':
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to die from a second bullet.bullet.
** … but that turns out to be his IdenticalStranger.
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** Mac dies due to blood loss or perhaps severe shock.

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** Those who die from bullets [[DeaderThanDead can no longer be resurrected]], [[UpToEleven including ways that can bring back the disintegrated]].

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** Those who die from bullets [[DeaderThanDead can no longer be resurrected]], [[UpToEleven including ways that can bring back the disintegrated]].disintegrated.



* '''Implied''': The scene where Bill shoots Mac is censored with a ShadowDiscretionShot. We see Mac’s shadow fall over, but that’s the end of the scene; we don’t know if he immediately died or not.
** Alternatively, Bill tells Evan that Mac was killed quickly, but we don’t see the scene where Bill killed Mac.

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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
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The scene where Bill shoots Mac is censored with a ShadowDiscretionShot. We see Mac’s shadow fall over, but that’s the end of the scene; we don’t know if he immediately died or not.
** Alternatively, Bill tells Evan that Mac was killed quickly, but we don’t see the scene where Bill killed Mac.
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** The bullet is designed to deliver HollywoodAcid [[CruelAndUnusualDeath into the target's bloodstream]].
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** Mac doesn't die by the bullet, but rather from falling to his death.
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** Those who die from bullets [[FinalDeath can no longer be resurrected]], [[UpToEleven including ways that can bring back the disintegrated]].

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** Those who die from bullets [[FinalDeath [[DeaderThanDead can no longer be resurrected]], [[UpToEleven including ways that can bring back the disintegrated]].

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** ImmuneToBullets (an ''exaggerated'' inversion, as no amount of bullets will do Bob in)

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** ImmuneToBullets (an ''exaggerated'' inversion, as no amount of bullets will do Bob Bill in)



* '''Zig Zagged''': Bill shoots Mac, who appears to die instantly. Then, as Bill turns to walk away, Mac opens his eyes, crawls forward, and shoots Bil... who dies instantly.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bill shoots Mac, who appears to die instantly. Then, as Bill turns to walk away, Mac opens his eyes, crawls forward, and shoots Bil...Bill... who dies instantly.



* '''Implied''': The scene where Bill shoots Mac is censored with a ShadowDiscretionShot. We see Mac’s shadow fall over, but that’s the end of the scene; we don’t know if he immediately died or not.
** Alternatively, Bill tells Evan that Mac was killed quickly, but we don’t see the scene where Bill killed Mac.



%%* '''Implied''': ???
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* '''Reconstructed''': Characters find ways to rationalize the danger they are placed in and grow stronger as a result. They also start [[GenreSavvy wearing full-body ballistic armor all the time.]]

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* '''Reconstructed''': Characters find ways to rationalize the danger they are placed in and grow stronger as a result. They also start [[GenreSavvy wearing full-body ballistic armor all the time.]]
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** ImmuneToBullets (an ''exaggerated'' inversion, as no amount of bullets will do Bob in)
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* '''Reconstructed''': Characters find ways to rationalize the danger they are placed in and grow stronger as a result. They also start [[GenreSavvy wearing ballistic armor all the time.]]

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* '''Reconstructed''': Characters find ways to rationalize the danger they are placed in and grow stronger as a result. They also start [[GenreSavvy wearing full-body ballistic armor all the time.]]
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** Bill takes down mob after mom - even if he only grazes them, they just seem to give up and die instantly.

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** Bill takes down mob after mom mob - even if he only grazes them, they just seem to give up and die instantly.

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* '''Straight''': Bill shoots Mac in the leg and Mac instantly dies.

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* '''Straight''': Bill shoots Mac in the leg and Mac instantly dies.collapses and dies almost immediately. Nobody even attempts first aid.



** Bill takes down mob after mob, shooting them in comically non-lethal areas such as the finger and the toe, and they all die instantly.

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** Bill takes down mob after mob, shooting them in comically non-lethal areas such as the finger and the toe, and mom - even if he only grazes them, they all just seem to give up and die instantly.



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

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Characters die quickly from gunshots, but linger a little before expiring.



** It was a shot to a vital spot of the brain
** Alternately, the bullet is a special bullet designed to instantly kill anyone it hits.

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** It was a shot to a vital spot of such as the brain
heart or brain.
** Alternately, the bullet is a special bullet designed to instantly kill anyone it hits.fragment for massive, systemic damage, or they have been hit multiple times.



* '''Double Subverted''': to die from a second bullet later.
* '''Parodied''': The gun shop Bill frequents is advertising the ''Super Bullet'', which is guaranteed to drop your opponents even if it just grazes them.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bill shoots Mac, who appears to die instantly. Then, as Bill turns to walk away, Mac opens his eyes, crawls forward, and shoots Bil...who dies instantly

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''': ... to die from a second bullet later.
bullet.
* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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The gun shop Bill frequents is advertising the ''Super Bullet'', which is guaranteed to drop your opponents even if it just grazes them.
** Just being shot at is enough to scare {{Mooks}} to death, even if the bullets come nowhere near them.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bill shoots Mac, who appears to die instantly. Then, as Bill turns to walk away, Mac opens his eyes, crawls forward, and shoots Bil... who dies instantlyinstantly.



* '''Enforced''': The producers of this film are big on gun control and want to reinforce how deadly guns can be

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* '''Enforced''': The producers of this film are big on gun control and want to reinforce how deadly guns can bebe.



* '''Invoked''': Bill has some targeting practice to make everyone of his bullets cast death when they are shot.

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* '''Invoked''': Bill has some targeting practice to make everyone of his bullets cast death when they are shot.practices shooting for the vitals for clean kills.



* '''Defied''': Bill has some targeting practice to avoid shooting Mac in a vital area.

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* '''Defied''': Bill has some targeting practice practices to avoid shooting Mac in a vital area.the vitals.



* '''Deconstructed''':
** There is such a thing as Instant Death Bullets, unfortunately, they are in the hands of the toughest mobs in the world.
** A cop thinks he killed a thug when he shot him but when he had his back turned, the thug shoots him dead.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Soon, some cops get a hold of the bullets and make their own.
** The thug stayed dead.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** There
'''Deconstructed''': Any world in which bullets are so lethal is such a thing as Instant Death Bullets, unfortunately, world in which professionals who often face gunfights are bitter and cynical, leading to a swathe of SociopathicHero tendencies. You could die at any moment without even knowing what killed you. Such situations provoke fatalistic attitudes.
* '''Reconstructed''': Characters find ways to rationalize the danger
they are placed in and grow stronger as a result. They also start [[GenreSavvy wearing ballistic armor all the hands of the toughest mobs in the world.
** A cop thinks he killed a thug when he shot him but when he had his back turned, the thug shoots him dead.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Soon, some cops get a hold of the bullets and make their own.
** The thug stayed dead.
time.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bill takes down mob after mob, shooting them in comically non-lethal areas such as the finger and the toe, and they all die instantly.
** Those who die from bullets [[FinalDeath can no longer be resurrected]], [[UpToEleven including ways that can bring back the disintegrated]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
**
Bill takes down mob after mob, shooting them in comically non-lethal areas such as the finger and the toe, and they all die instantly.
** Those who die from bullets [[FinalDeath can no longer be resurrected]], [[UpToEleven including ways that can bring back the disintegrated]]. disintegrated]].
* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''':
** There is such a thing as Instant Death Bullets, unfortunately, they are in the hands of the toughest mobs in the world.
** A cop thinks he killed a thug when he shot him but when he had his back turned, the thug shoots him dead.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Soon, some cops get a hold of the bullets and make their own.
** The thug stayed dead.


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* '''Exploited''': ???


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* '''Deconstructed''':
** There is such a thing as Instant Death Bullets, unfortunately, they are in the hands of the toughest mobs in the world.
** A cop thinks he killed a thug when he shot him but when he had his back turned, the thug shoots him dead.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Soon, some cops get a hold of the bullets and make their own.
** The thug stayed dead.


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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bill takes down mob after mob, shooting them in comically non-lethal areas such as the finger and the toe, and they all die instantly

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bill takes down mob after mob, shooting them in comically non-lethal areas such as the finger and the toe, and they all die instantlyinstantly.
** Those who die from bullets [[FinalDeath can no longer be resurrected]], [[UpToEleven including ways that can bring back the disintegrated]].

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* '''Justified''': It was a shot to a vital spot of the brain

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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It was a shot to a vital spot of the brain



* '''Inverted''': Bill shoots Mac's corpse and he [[HealingShiv springs back to life]]

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bill shoots Mac's corpse and he [[HealingShiv springs back to life]]



* '''Deconstructed''': There is such a thing as Instant Death Bullets, unfortunately, they are in the hands of the toughest mobs in the world.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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There is such a thing as Instant Death Bullets, unfortunately, they are in the hands of the toughest mobs in the world.



* '''Reconstructed''': Soon, some cops get a hold of the bullets and make their own.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Soon, some cops get a hold of the bullets and make their own.
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* '''Inverted''': Bill shoots Mac's corpse and he springs back to life

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* '''Inverted''': Bill shoots Mac's corpse and he [[HealingShiv springs back to lifelife]]
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* '''Parodied''': The gun shop Bill frequents is advertising the ''Super Bullet'', which is guaranteed to drop your opponent even if it just grazes him

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* '''Parodied''': The gun shop Bill frequents is advertising the ''Super Bullet'', which is guaranteed to drop your opponent opponents even if it just grazes himthem.
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* '''Justified''': It was a shot to a vital spot of the body

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* '''Justified''': It was a shot to a vital spot of the bodybrain
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** A gunshot wound, even a headshot that splatters someone's brains across the room, invariably means a slow, agonizing death.
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** OnlyAFleshWound
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Alternately, the bullet is a special bullet designed to instantly kill anyone it hits.

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** Alternately, the bullet is a special bullet designed to instantly kill anyone it hits.
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Alternately, the bullet is a special bullet designed to instantly kill anyone it hits.

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