History Quotes / WhyDontYouJustShootHim

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''' (asked how he thought the British should handle the situation in India)

-->-- '''Tom Servo''', upon seeing a guy simply ''shoot'' a giant grasshopper in "Film/BeginningOfTheEnd" on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

'''Revy''': ''[blows him off his feet]'' Shut the fuck up. Didn't you see I wasn't even listening? I mean, were you trying to ''sell'' me the damn gun or what?\\
'''Fritz''': You... fucking cowa--\\

->''"So, let me see if I follow this "plan" so far... You captured Zero (aka Lelouch), but instead of killing him, you wiped his memory so that he couldn't become Zero again, but instead of them throwing him in jail, you released him back to the public, indefinitely, so that he could get smarter and better and beating you, all to bring him into contact with C2, the only person who could activate his Geass again, give him back his memories and ''allow him to become Zero again!''"''
-->-- '''Phoenix''' of ''WebVideo/{{Animerica}}'', on the first episode of the second season of ''Anime/CodeGeass''

->''"Look, if you're going through this much trouble to the point of trying to kill them, just come at them with a gun! You're not exactly dealing with UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} members here, especially since they're completely oblivious to the sounds of knives colliding with things and glass shattering!"''
-->-- '''Linkara''' of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' on the murder attempts on the California Raisins

->'''Freeza''': I just love how ''easy'' it is to get away with this shit with you people! I want to transform, you just sit there and let me. I want to blow the planet up, you just ''sit there and let me!'' [[TransformationIsAFreeAction I want to reach one-hundred percent power and you just SIT RIGHT THERE AND LET ME]]!\\
'''Goku''': ...[[BigEater So can I get]] [[BrickJoke a meat lover's]]--\\
'''Freeza''': ''[[[TalkToTheFist socks Goku]]]''
-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

->'''Freeza''': Did... did nobody shoot her?\\
'''Lord Slug''': Why didn't you?\\
'''Freeza''': Because I have you fools!
-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

->'''Dr. Wily''': Look, we don't need eight, different, fun worlds, just have the robots all attack [Franchise/MegaMan] at once.\\
'''Greg''': In one level?\\
'''Dr. Wily''': In his house, I don't care! Just kill him!
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpP_BKPa5Oc The Last Days Of Dr. Wily]]'''

->''"Both Eddie and Bev have similar incidents where [[MonsterClown the clown]] pops up and scares them, but again: why doesn't he just ''kill'' them?"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', reviewing ''Literature/{{It}}''

->''"[Anakin and Obi-Wan] start charging down the corridors, cleaving their way to the elevators, and eventually bumble directly into an ambush, where a half-dozen droids have them dead-to-rights at gunpoint. Incredibly, instead of shooting them dead where they stand, the droids stand there dumbly while the Jedi spin around and decapitate the lot of them. What the hell just happened? You're telling me that droids missed the opportunity to just waste them? I really can't take this. ''This'' is the fearsome threat that has the Republic on the defensive?"''
-->-- '''Spoony''' of ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' in his review of ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''

->'''Pat''': I don't get it. You can just cut him -- just cut him right now.\\
'''Mat''': [[ForegoneConclusion We know he cuts him]]!\\
'''Pat''': [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Yeah, we saw it in the trailer]].\\
'''Mat''': He cuts him [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice super dead]].\\
'''Pat''': So, like, why not just do it?\\
'''Mat''': No, you gotta--\\
'''Pat''': He wants to do it in a cool way.\\
'''Mat''': [[RuleOfCool You've gotta do it in an evil bad guy cool way]].
-->-- ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''

->''"[[AllLowercaseLetters huh.]] [[BeginWithAFinisher always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first.]]"''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Sans]]''', after unleashing a powerful attack [[TalkToTheFist mid-monologue]], ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''

-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]''

->'''Harley Quinn''': [[TropeNamers Why don't ya just shoot him?]]\\
'''The Joker''': "Just shoot him?!" Know this, my sweet: the death of Batman must be nothing less than a masterpiece! The triumph of my sheer comic genius over his ridiculous mask and gadgets!\\
''[at the end of the episode, after Harley comes within an inch of killing Batman herself]''\\
'''The Joker''': I really have to apologize for the kid. No respect for tradition! Heh! Let's just pretend the whole thing never happened and do this some other time, 'kay? ...[[{{Hypocrite}} Then]] ''[[{{Hypocrite}} again]]'', this is a rather rare opportunity. Y'know what they say, "a bat in the hand is worth two in the belfry." I guess you're going out on a laugh after all!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE21MadLove Mad Love]]"

-->-- ''Series/TheBoys2019'', "[[Recap/TheBoysS0208WhatIKnow What I Know]]"

->'''Frenchie''': [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]]. Always chases Road Runner, always with an elaborate plan, always fails. You know, I always say, "Why do this, Coyote? All you need is an AR-15 and ''meep meep'' no more."
->'''Butcher''': Exactly, see? We’re just gonna shoot Road Runner in the fucking head.

-> ''"I'm glad you changed your last name, you son of a bitch." (Pulls out a Luger and shoots Blackwolf)''
-->-- '''Avatar,''' ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Wizards}} Wizards]]''

->''"[[AllLowercaseLetters huh!]] [[BeginWithAFinisher always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first.]]"''

-->-- '''"Two Hundred Heroic Axioms," author unknown''', Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil

->''"Now those of us familiar with Aphrodite through [[JudgementOfParis the golden apple]], ''Literature/TheIliad'', or [[Myth/ClassicalMythology just Greek mythology in general]], know that she doesn't really handle people [[SoBeautifulItsACurse being prettier than her]] very well. But Aphrodite has just the plan to take [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Psyche]] down! She'll make her fall in love with a hideous monster.\\

'''Sarge''': Yep, hand to hand combat is the old school way to kill your foes. It harkens back to the honored traditions when combatants respected one another. Killing a man with your bare hands says "We're all equals as men, except I'm slightly more equal cause I'm still alive and you're dead." Of course, [[NukeEm dropping a nuke on em from 50,000 feet is also totally acceptable]]. I mean let's face it, there's just not enough time in this busy world to give everybody the courtesy of a good strangling.

->'''Fritz:''' So you're still alive, little girl? I compliment you on your audaciousness! The name I have proudly carried since birth is Fritz Stanford! [[ThoseWackyNazis I am the acting captain of the glorious Aryan Socialist Union]], and you, a nefarious grave robber! This is clearly the most fated of confrontations! For the sake of those who died for the Union-\\
'''Revy:''' (''unloads her pistol'')\\
'''Fritz:''' -you shall atone with your blood! BEHOLD! (''cocks gold-plated pistol'') Witness this mighty gun I wield! I call it the ''Eisenreich'' Luger Special! The barrel is the Luger Artillery Long and the frame is hardened carbon. Featuring-\\
'''Revy:''' (''loads a new clip'')\\
'''Fritz:''' -a thick grip and a two-bullet chamber, it truly is one of a kind. (''finally points it at her'') This weapon is ''far'' too destructive to simply be referred to as specialized in ''man-stopping!''\\
'''Revy:''' (''clearly bored out of her mind'')\\
'''Fritz:''' I am the only one on Earth capable of taming this terrible gun! BWA HA HA HA!! Are you afraid?! There's no way you're not! Now witness the awesome power of this-\\
'''Revy:''' (''blows him off his feet'') Shut the fuck up. Didn't you see I wasn't even listening? I mean, were you trying to ''sell'' me the damn gun or what?\\
'''Fritz:''' You... fucking cowa-\\
'''Revy:''' Now it's ''my'' turn to talk. Here's some advice: if you can hit your target, pretty much ''any'' gun will do the trick. Now that's one to grow on. [[PreMortemOneLiner Say hi to the Fuhrer for me, would you?]]\\
(''BLAM!'')

->'''Benmel:''' Gassman, Go out there and kill the one that's following the plane.\\
'''Gassman:''' Yes, but couldn't we capture him and turn him into a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Meganoid]] to further our plan?\\
'''Benmel:''' What was that?! Go out there and kill him or I'll have you executed for treason!
-->-- An {{Inver|tedTrope}}sion from ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}''

->Why don't they [ever] kill him right away... Anyone gets the drop on [[Comicbook/ThePunisher this guy]] and doesn't just shoot him on the spot, they [[TooDumbToLive deserve whatever he does to them]]...
-->-- '''Lorraine''', ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' #44


->'''Eggman:''' '''HOW DARE YOU!'''\\
'''Starline:''' B-But he's gone now! He can't get in the way of your plans!\\
'''Eggman:''' The hedgehog is '''mine''' to destroy! It's not the job of some '''upstart''' like you! I could carpet bomb him any day! That's not enough--that's '''not the point!''' I have to '''beat him!''' I have to prove I'm '''superior!''' There's a right way and a wrong way to vanquish your life-long enemy and you did it very, '''very wrong!'''\\
'''Starline:''' I'm sorry, sir!\\
'''Eggman:''' You '''should''' be! Don't let it happen again!
-->-- ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW''

->'''Kale:''' If you want to finish ComicBook/TheAtom off, why not just use a gun?\\
'''Degaton:''' You see how your petty mind works, Kale? If '''you''' were running this show, you'd use the methods of a mere thug. '''I''' am Degaton -- and I prefer to do things '''my''' way!
-->-- ''Comicbook/AllStarComics'' #35

->"I apologize for interrupting Miss Hansen's attempt to dispose of you," purred a voice from hidden sono-induction coils. "But my attractive protege is completely lacking in any sense of melodrama. It would be rude to destroy my enemies without revealing myself in all my majesty. The fact that you will be forced to undergo ''two'' terrifying demises is merely a fringe benefit."
-->-- '''Dr Zarkendorf''', ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''

->“All I want to know is what this setup is all about,” said ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. “If we’re going to be the main course for this [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer vampire]] or whatever you’re going to be hosting, just call me curious.”\\
“Call you dead,” said the guy with the bucket, and drew a .38.\\
Vladislav slapped his hand, then slapped his face. “How many times do I got to tell you? How many times? How many?”\\
“No more, boss, no more,” pleaded the vamp. “I understand. I understand. I swear on my father’s coffin.”\\
The fangfather buried his hands in his underling’s turtleneck. “I don’t really have time for this aggravation, Lester. You got me?”\\
“Gotcha, boss.”\\
“I said we don’t shoot the women, and we don’t shoot the women. We need them for later. Got that?”\\
“Got it, boss.”\\
“Now get out of my sight.”
-->--''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel''

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->'''Dr. Evil:''' Scott, I want you to meet daddy's nemesis, Austin Powers.\\
'''Scott Evil:''' What? [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine Are you]] ''[[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine feeding]]'' [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine him?]] Why don't you just kill him?\\
'''Dr. Evil:''' I have an even better idea. [[BondVillainStupidity I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death.]]\\
'''Scott Evil:''' [[StatingTheSimpleSolution I have a gun, in my room. You give me five seconds, I'll get it, I'll come back down here. BOOM! I'll blow their brains out!]]\\
'''Dr. Evil:''' Scott... you just don't ''get'' it, do ya?

->We both know I have to kill you now. You'll just have to ''imagine'' the fire.

->'''Marco:''' Next time you have a chance to kill someone, don't hesitate!\\
'''[=McClane=]:''' (''shoots and kills him'') Thanks for the advice!

(''Tuco shoots him dead with [[CantBatheWithoutAWeapon the gun he has hidden in the bath foam]]'')\\

->'''Steve:''' Why don't you just shoot him and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident fuck all this]]?\\
'''Bishop:''' Good judgment comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

->'''Greedo (in Huttese):''' I've been looking forward to this for a long time.\\
'''Han:''' Yes, I'll bet you have. (''blasts Greedo from under the table'')

->"I want every gun we have to fire on [[Characters/StarWarsLukeSkywalker that man.]] ''Do it."''

->"Hey man, I know [[ItsPersonal this is personal]]. That's why you'll fail. No speeches, no talking... you point the gun, you shoot the gun."

-> "Why doesn't somebody pull out a .45 and BANG, settle it?"
-->-- Bruce Lee, ''Film/EnterTheDragon''

-->--'''Clarence Boddicker''', ''Film/RoboCop1987''

->This isn't the kind of man who ties you up in a cellar with just enough time for the mice to eat your ropes before the flood-waters rise. This is the kind of man who just kills you here and now.

->Now, what shall we do with you, [[Literature/JamesBond Mr. Bond]]? I can't let you live, that much is certain. I should probably just shoot you here and now and get it over with. I've always wondered why the bad guys never do that to the heroes in action movies. Instead, they have to use some elaborate method of torture or execution. The hero ultimately uses the delay to his advantage and escapes. So I should just shoot you now, right?

->“Juniper,” I murmured. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but he’s about a hundred and fifty yards away from our front?”\\

“Give or take ten yards,” she assessed. “Why?”\\
“That’s effective killing range for our crossbows,” I pointed out.\\
The legate grunted. “And?”\\
“I was thinking,” I said patiently, “about shooting him.”\\

“Can we… can we actually do that?” Hakram spoke, voice hesitant.
-->--''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''

->''“Sixty-seven: putting an arrow in a villain during their monologue is a perfectly acceptable method of victory. Heroes believing otherwise do not get to retire.”''
-->--'''“Two Hundred Heroic Axioms,” author unknown,''' Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil

->'''Chauvelin:''' Twelve picked men will be on the ramparts ready to seize him the moment he appears.\\
'''Collot d'Herbois:''' And to shoot him at sight, I hope.\\
'''Chauvelin:''' Only as a last resource, for the Englishman is powerful, and may cause our half-famished men a good deal of trouble. But [[IWantThemAlive I want him alive]] if possible...\\
'''d'Herbois:''' Why? A dead lion is safer than a live one any day.\\
'''Chauvelin:''' Oh! we'll kill him right enough, citizen. I pray you have no fear. I hold a weapon ready for that meddlesome Scarlet Pimpernel which will be a thousand times more deadly and more effectual than a chance shot, or even the guillotine.\\
'''d'Herbois:''' What weapon is that, Citizen Chauvelin?\\
'''Chauvelin:''' [[FateWorseThanDeath Dishonour and ridicule!]]\\
'''d'Herbois:''' Bah!

->'''Voldemort''': Seize him! SEIZE HIM! ''*[[spoiler:Quirrell]] tries to grab Harry, but is severely burned*''\\

->'''Giles:''' So Angel has decided to step up his harassment of you...\\
'''Cordelia:''' By [[BreakInThreat sneaking into her room and leaving stuff at night?]] Why doesn't he just slit her throat or strangle her while she's sleeping or cut her heart out? (''[[EyeTake notices how everyone's looking at her]]'') What, [[UnwantedAssistance I'm trying to help]].
-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Passion"

->The trouble with Daleks is it takes [[RoboSpeak so long to say anything]]. Probably die of boredom before they shoot me.
-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Time of the Doctor"

'''Deluise''': Okay fine, good, but how else does Colonel Danning get past the giant alien guard?\\
'''O'Neill''': [[TropeNamers Why doesn't]] [[BeamMeUpScotty he]] [[TropeNamers just shoot him?]]\\

'''Bigwig''': You know, I'd like to hear "sure, why not" a little more around here. Now the space ship in scene 53..

'''Odo''': I have a better question - why isn't Gowron letting his bodyguards kill Worf? I'll tell you why: [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Klingon honor]], a concept you should be very familiar with. My people, on the other hand, don't care about honor. How did you put it - there will be [[CombatPragmatist no honorable combat, no challenges]]? [[OutOfCharacterAlert Hardly the words of a Klingon.]] Tell me, "General" - did Gowron destroy the polaron emitters... or did [[TheMole you]]?

'''Karr:''' Your lust for the kill has blinded you, like many young hunters. If you took the time to study your prey, to understand its behavior, you might learn something.\\
'''Turanj:''' There is ''[[PunyEarthlings nothing to be learned!]]''
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The Killing Game"

->(''the family watches a Western with a knock-out brawl'')\\
'''Son''': They know they have guns, right?
-->-- A DVR commercial

->'''Frenchie:''' Wile E. Coyote. Always chases Road Runner, always with an elaborate plan, always fails. You know, I always say, “Why do this, Coyote? All you need is an AR-15 and ''meep meep'' no more.”
->'''Butcher:''' Exactly, see? We’re just gonna shoot Road Runner in the fucking head.
-->-- ''Series/TheBoys2019'', "What I Know"

->''Aim to win in a way that demonstrates your superiority, and only break your word in large matters. ... Always take advantage of opponents in dramatic ways; if your enemies are defeated and helpless, engage in some token gloating and then ignore them while you get on with important matters. Use overcomplicated death-traps and ornate, flared, barbed, and smokeblackened blades. ... Provide visiting heroes who aren’t yet scheduled for the death-trap with comfortable lodgings, submissive servants, and a change of clothes.''

->I'll take the stupid one who decided to threaten us rather than shoot us when he had the chance.

->[[AllLowercaseLetters huh!]] [[BeginWithAFinisher always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first.]]
-->-- [[spoiler:'''Sans''']], after unleashing a powerful attack [[TalkToTheFist mid-monologue]], ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''

->One thing I like about the bad guys- there's always a lot of discussion before they get around to pulling the trigger.

[[folder: Web Animation]]

->'''Superman:''' And you know what else? Turns out Luthor had this chunk of kryptonite that would have totally ruined me if he had just whipped it out.
->'''Batman:''' Really.
->'''Superman:''' Yeah, but for some reason, instead he just told me his evil plan first and tried to trick me into finding the kryptonite myself. What's up with that?
->'''Batman:''' Villains are stupid.
->'''Superman:''' I know, right?
-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded How Superman Should Have Ended]]'''

->'''Amanda Waller''' (referring to Harley Quinn): Kill her!
->'''Soldier''': It's not working! Her [[ExplosiveLeash nanites]]' been disarmed!
->'''Amanda Waller''': What do you have, a water pistol?!
-->--'''[[WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded How Suicide Squad Should Have Ended]]'''

->Now those of us familiar with Aphrodite through [[JudgementOfParis the golden apple]], ''Literature/TheIliad'', or [[Myth/ClassicalMythology just Greek mythology in general]], know that she doesn't really handle people [[SoBeautifulItsACurse being prettier than her]] very well. But Aphrodite has just the plan to take [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Psyche]] down! She'll make her fall in love with a hideous monster.

->...Aphrodite, you are a ''goddess''! Why don't you just kill her?
-->--''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLo1jZA1iVw Eros and Psyche]]"

->'''Donut:''' Sarge, I hate to point out the obvious, but if you can see them with the sniper rifle why not just shoot them?
->'''Sarge:''' Shame on you, Donut. The sniper rifle is a coward's weapon. When you kill your enemy, you need to look him in the eyes so that he knows you're the one that beat him to death! And also to give you the chance to whip out some pretty zingy one liners. Like, "I hope you brought your wallet because the rent in hell gets paid in advance!"
->'''Grif:''' ''sigh'' Oh my God.
->'''Sarge:''' Or my personal favorite. "You just got Sarged! Hehehe, classic!
->'''Sarge:''' ''Spanish" I mean it, I want to die.
->'''Sarge:''' Yep, hand to hand combat is the old school way to kill your foes. It harkens back to the honored traditions when combatants respected one another. Killing a man with your bare hands says "We're all equals as men, except I'm slightly more equal cause I'm still alive and you're dead." Of course, [[NukeEm dropping a nuke on em from 50,000 feet is also totally acceptable]]. I mean let's face it, there's just not enough time in this busy world to give everybody the courtesy of a good strangling.
-->--[[Machinima/RedVsBlue Blood Gulch Chronicles]]

->Your fat giant ninja probably could have killed me once every thirty seconds since he first saw me. I know that real honest-to-goodness knuckles to testicles action is important to you supervillain types, but come on, at some point you have to get practical. Get Tub Fist to kill me.

->''[[DeathTrap A giant pickle jar.]]'' Christ. [[HypocriticalHumor Does anyone else here even]] ''[[HypocriticalHumor own]]'' [[HypocriticalHumor a gun?]]

->'''Lord Milligan:''' ''[after capturing the heroes]'' Now put them in an inescapable death trap.
->'''Quantum Crook:''' Is this inescapable enough for you? ''[shoots Quantum Cop]''
->'''Lord Milligan:''' You lack style.

->So, let me see if I follow this "plan" so far... You captured Zero (aka Lelouch), but instead of killing him, you wiped his memory so that he couldn't become Zero again, but instead of them throwing him in jail, you released him back to the public, indefinitely, so that he could get smarter and better and beating you, all to bring him into contact with C2, the only person who could activate his Geass again, give him back his memories and ''allow him to become Zero again!''

->Look, if you're going through this much trouble to the point of trying to kill them, just come at them with a gun! You're not exactly dealing with UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} members here, especially since they're completely oblivious to the sounds of knives colliding with things and glass shattering!
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' on the murder attempts on the California Raisins

-> '''Freeza:''' I just love how ''easy'' it is to get away with this shit with you people! I want to transform, you just sit there and let me. I want to blow the planet up, you just ''sit there and let me!'' [[TransformationIsAFreeAction I want to reach one-hundred percent power and you just SIT RIGHT THERE AND LET ME!]]\\
'''Goku:''' ...[[BigEater So can I get]] [[BrickJoke a meat lover's-]]\\
'''Freeza:''' (''[[TalkToTheFist socks Goku]]'')

->'''Freeza:''' Did... did nobody shoot her?\\
'''Lord Slug:''' Why didn't you?\\
'''Freeza:''' Because I have you fools!

->Rule 4: Shooting is ''not'' too good for my enemies.\\
Rule 7: When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?" [[PreMortemOneLiner I'll say "No," and shoot him.]] No, on second thought [[BondOneLiner I'll shoot him and then say "No."]]

->'''Dr. Wily:''' Look, we don't need eight, different, fun worlds, just have the robots all attack [Franchise/MegaMan] at once.\\
'''Greg:''' In one level?\\
'''Dr. Wily:''' In his house, I don't care! Just kill him!

->Both Eddie and Bev have similar incidents where [[MonsterClown the clown]] pops up and scares them, but again: why doesn't he just ''kill'' them?

->Seriously, what would it take to get these guys to shoot?
-->-- '''Podcast/RiffTrax''' on the SWAT Team from ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->[Anakin and Obi-Wan] start charging down the corridors, cleaving their way to the elevators, and eventually bumble directly into an ambush, where a half-dozen droids have them dead-to-rights at gunpoint. Incredibly, instead of shooting them dead where they stand, the droids stand there dumbly while the Jedi spin around and decapitate the lot of them. What the hell just happened? You're telling me that droids missed the opportunity to just waste them? I really can't take this. ''This'' is the fearsome threat that has the Republic on the defensive?
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]''' in his review of ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''

->'''Pat:''' I don't get it. You can just cut him - just cut him right now.\\
'''Mat:''' [[ForegoneConclusion We know he cuts him!]]\\
'''Pat:''' [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Yeah, we saw it in the trailer.]]\\
'''Mat:''' He cuts him [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice super dead]].\\
'''Pat:''' So, like, why not just do it?\\
'''Mat:''' No, you gotta-\\
'''Pat:''' He wants to do it in a cool way.\\
'''Mat:''' [[RuleOfCool You've gotta do it in an evil bad guy cool way.]]

->'''[[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Gespenst]]:''' All this just to kill one dude, man, criminals are inefficient.\\
'''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]:''' Ah. What would ya do if you led the crooks?\\
'''Gespenst:''' Not release a bunch of Film/{{snakes on a plane}}, that's for sure.\\
'''Sylvan:''' Like Titans' way of deal with rebels... oh!\\
'''[[Roleplay/WeAreOurAdventuringAvatars Pluto]]:''' A crate full of bombs would be much more efficient than using snakes, for starters.\\
'''Sylvan:''' ...Still need to pass metal detector.\\
'''Pluto:''' True, but a box full of hissing snakes would be noticed very quickly in real life as well.\\
'''Gespenst:''' Why even try to take out the full plane? Why not just wait til he is on the ground then bomb him?\\
'''Pluto:''' Just trying to get into the character of a lunatic movie villain.\\
'''Gespenst:''' Oh ok, I was in the mind set of "ruthlessly, and intelligently, exterminate all obstacles and obtain victory."

->The entire reason we’re screwing around gathering up these heroes is because they will somehow (?) help us stop [[BigBad Lucian]]. But here he is, a few feet away and flammable.

->'''Catherine''': I was thinking about shooting [the hero].\\
''[everyone stares at Catherine]''\\
'''Hakram''': Can we... can we actually do that?
-->--''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''

->'''Harley Quinn:''' [[TropeNamers Why don't ya just shoot him?]]\\
'''ComicBook/TheJoker:''' "Just shoot him?!" Know this, my sweet: the death of Franchise/{{Batman}} must be nothing less than a masterpiece! The triumph of my sheer comic genius over his ridiculous mask and gadgets!\\
(''at the end of the episode, after Harley comes within an inch of killing Batman herself'')\\
'''The Joker:''' I really have to apologize for the kid. No respect for tradition! Heh! Let's just pretend the whole thing never happened and do this some other time, 'kay? ...[[{{Hypocrite}} Then]] ''[[{{Hypocrite}} again]]'', this is a rather rare opportunity. Y'know what they say, "a bat in the hand is worth two in the belfry." I guess you're going out on a laugh after all!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE21MadLove "Mad Love"]]

->'''ComicBook/TheJoker''': You're not going to leave [[Franchise/{{Batman}} him]] like this, are you?\\
'''ComicBook/LexLuthor''': Why?\\

'''Joker''': (''does so'') And they say ''I'm'' crazy...\\
(''the rest of Luthor's gang stares at him meaningfully'')\\
'''Luthor:''' (''eye twitching'') ...What?! Those restraints are pure titanium. [[TemptingFate He'll never get loose.]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E8And9InjusticeForAll "Injustice For All, Part 2"]]

->[The villain] has obtained a miniaturized robot so small it can float in the bloodstream and cause strokes and heart attacks. At one point in the movie, a man who will remain nameless is injected with one of these devices by a dart gun, and it kills him. All very well, but consider for a moment the problem of cost overruns in these times of economic uncertainty. A miniaturized assassination robot small enough to slip through the bloodstream would cost how much? Millions? And it is delivered by dart? How's this for an idea: use a poison dart, and spend the surplus on school lunches.

->"Shoot Gandhi."
-->--'''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''' (asked how he thought the British should handle the situation in India)

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->Your fat giant ninja probably could have killed me once every thirty seconds since he first saw me. I know that real honest-to-goodness knuckles to testicles action is important to you supervillain types, but come on, at some point you have to get practical. Get Tub Fist to kill me.
-->-- '''Dr. [=McNinja=]''', ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''

->''[[DeathTrap A giant pickle jar.]]'' Christ. [[HypocriticalHumor Does anyone else here even]] ''[[HypocriticalHumor own]]'' [[HypocriticalHumor a gun?]]
-->-- '''Hitlerella''' to her fellow RoguesGallery members, ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella''

->'''Lord Milligan:''' ''[after capturing the heroes]'' Now put them in an inescapable death trap.
->'''Quantum Crook:''' Is this inescapable enough for you? ''[shoots Quantum Cop]''
->'''Lord Milligan:''' You lack style.
-->-- ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'''

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->Always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first

->'''Superman:''' And you know what else? Turns out Luthor had this chunk of kryptonite that would have totally ruined me if he had just whipped it out.
->'''Batman:''' Really.
->'''Superman:''' Yeah, but for some reason, instead he just told me his evil plan first and tried to trick me into finding the kryptonite myself. What's up with that?
->'''Batman:''' Villains are stupid.
->'''Superman:''' I know, right?
-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded How Superman Should Have Ended]]'''

->'''Amanda Waller''' (referring to Harley Quinn): Kill her!
->'''Soldier''': It's not working! Her [[ExplosiveLeash nanites]]' been disarmed!
->'''Amanda Waller''': What do you have, a water pistol?!
-->--'''[[WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded How Suicide Squad Should Have Ended]]'''

->Now those of us familiar with Aphrodite through [[JudgementOfParis the golden apple]], ''Literature/TheIliad'', or [[Myth/ClassicalMythology just Greek mythology in general]], know that she doesn't really handle people [[SoBeautifulItsACurse being prettier than her]] very well. But Aphrodite has just the plan to take [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Psyche]] down! She'll make her fall in love with a hideous monster.

->...Aphrodite, you are a ''goddess''! Why don't you just kill her?
-->--''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLo1jZA1iVw Eros and Psyche]]"

-->-- '''Dr Zarkendorf''', ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''