History ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill / WesternAnimation

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Homer grabbing a cigarette, stomping on it until it's flat, and then unloading a whole mag into it.

* ''DespicableMe''. At urging, Gru enters the girls he adopted at a shooting gallery, and discovers the main target actually can't be knocked down with the guns provided. Regardless of how much he actually cared about the girls at this point, Gru clearly isn't happy that he got cheated, so his solution? He has a go, and uses a ray gun to level the whole stand. The man who cheated them decides to give Gru the prize after that.

--> '''Rocket:''' ''100%''...

* This is how insane time traveler Chronos in ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' reacts when one of his surbordinates, for instance, [[YouHaveFailedMe Chucko, fail him]]: by sending him to ground zero of an massive extinction event beginning...

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wondebolts Academy]]" attempts finish a cloud-clearing exercise by creating a tornado, despite already having a very clear lead on all the other competitors. [[spoiler: Said tornado nearly kills somepony.]]

** In the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen" a flowerpot, [[AnvilOnHead an anvil]], a hay cart, and a ''[[PianoDrop piano]]'' fall on Twilight Sparkle's head in quick succession.

* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', the villain Shan Yu charges his entire army against what is about 15 soldiers. Naturally, the ConservationOfNinjitsu wasn't on his side.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'': The Omnitrix has a self-destruct device that destroys the ''universe''. Could be because its creator is a misanthrope, or whatever you call someone who dislikes everyone, regardless of species (An [[OmnicidalManiac ''Omni''cidal Maniac,]] perhaps?) Or just wanted to be absolutely sure it stayed out of the wrong hands. However, this depends on how long the timer is set: when Ben sets the Omnitrix to self-destruct in 30 minutes in the GrandFinale of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'', only the Omnitrix itself is destroyed.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}}'': The Omnitrix has a self-destruct device that destroys the ''universe''. Could be because its creator is a misanthrope, or whatever you call someone who dislikes everyone, regardless of species (An [[OmnicidalManiac ''Omni''cidal Maniac,]] perhaps?) Or just wanted to be absolutely sure sure it stayed out of the wrong hands. However, this depends on how long the timer is set: when Ben sets the Omnitrix to self-destruct in 30 minutes in the GrandFinale of ''Alien Force'', only the Omnitrix itself is destroyed.

** Several times throughout the series, while fighting another HumongousMecha, Coop would look down at the dashboard of the Megas, which seemed to change from week-to-week, and find hilariously appropriate buttons to push, such as: three buttons in a row, labeled "Missiles" "Lotsa Missiles" and "ALL DA MISSILES"... guess which one he chose? [[spoiler:All three]]
*** Going for his 'save the world' button, he found it was out of order, but "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and "Destroy the world WORSE" were perfectly fine.
** The absurdity of the overkills, however, sometimes went beyond physics, as, on two separate occasions, the Megas opened up its chest, and out came the main gun of an iconic anime spaceship - the first, in the pilot episode, was the main cannon and front hull of the ''BattlestarYamato'' from the series of the same name; and the second, in an episode close to the series finale, was the main guns of the SDF-1 Macross from ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.

*** Which, of course, has lead to people [[TakeThat photoshopping the logos of things they don't like overtop. ]]
*** In the episode ''Breakout'', the bad guy is invisible. How do you hit an invisible foe? Simple. ''Fire off every single weapon you've got.''
** In "Universal Remote", Coop manages to give the Bad Guy of the Week a shield that will reflect anything he shoots at it. His solution? Hit it with something ''bigger''. Cue Jersey City getting utterly ''nuked''.
* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' goes through {{Mooks}} like there's no tomorrow, often killing them in inventive and ultimately unnecessary ways. Like Bond, he has a license to kill so he can get away with it usually.

* In an episode of ''StrokerAndHoop'', SantaClaus (yes, Santa and no, he was not BadSanta) shoots [[spoiler:the guys who tried to kill him and StrokerAndHoop have to tell him to stop shooting, as they are dead]].
* The main strategy of ''KorgothOfBarbaria''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXHI2h-K-M Like this]].

* The second half of the series premiere for ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' subverts this. The giant mecha slams Superman into a police car, crushes the car into a wad of steel around him, tosses it through the side of a building... then collapses the building on top of him by firing a missile into it... then sets the rubble on fire... then strides through the fire to stomp on top of the rubble pile. Problem is, he's fighting Superman - when Supes breaks out underneath the mecha, [[NighInvulnerable his hair isn't even mussed]].
* Non-fatal example: one episode of ''InvaderZim'' had a water balloon fight between the title character and his rival, Dib. While Dib builds a backpack that creates and launches water balloons, Zim created an orbital space station that sucks out all the water from the city, collects it into a balloon that dwarfs satellites, and launches it right onto Dib. The resulting collision causes a tidal wave that devastates the city.

* ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'' did this with each and every trap the Hooded Claw used to kill Penelope.
* The premise of the '90s cartoon ''TheBotsMaster'' is that an evil, [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near-future]] corporation is gradually upgrading all the millions of service robots in the world in preparation for an eventual robotic coup. In one episode, the hero's BrattyHalfPint sister discovers that they're scheduled to upgrade two lowly lifeguard bots at a nearby beach. Determined to prove herself while her brother's away, she uses their automated base to construct a massive, Normandy-sized ''armada'' of mechas and fighter ships to storm the beach, while the shell-shocked villains are left frantically screaming "it's just two lifeguard bots!!"
* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'' has Homer grabbing a cigarette, stomping on it until it's flat, and then unloading a whole mag into it.

* ''{{Metalocalypse}}''. When Dethklok is given the privilege to choose how a group of criminals would be executed, what is their idea? ''Strap the criminals to missiles, fire said missiles into the sky, then shoot them down with lasers.'' Naturally, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome they wrote a song about it.]]
** When Ofdensen and Melmord were fighting over the position of Dethklok's manager by a fencing match. Ofdensen won, stabbing Melmord in the gut and throwing him off a tower. And to ''really'' make sure he was dead, Melmord got run over by a train. It was yet another CrowningMomentOfAwesome for [[{{Badass}} Charles]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Foster]] [[PapaWolf Ofdensen]].
* ''ReBoot'': Behold Matrix's [[http://starman-imaging.com/reboot/episodes/daemnrsg/daemnrsg1621wa.jpg bike?]]

* This is how insane time traveler Chronos in ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' reacts when one of surbordinates, for instance, [[YouHaveFailedMe Chucko, fail him]]: by sending him to ground zero of an massive extinction event beginning...

* A truly hilarious example in ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Billy's bike is run over by a car, mangling it. Billy says "Well, it still kinda works..." The bike is then crushed by a falling tree, zapped by a UFO's laser cannon, and hit by a meteor...'' which then grinds itself (and the bike) down into the center of the earth.''
* In ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc'', the villain Maxwell in episode 15 admits his plan might have been a bit of overkill.
* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Him Diddle Riddle" has HIM presenting riddles of various levels of danger or else the professor will [[ExactWords PAY]]. Some could result in death, others could result in ''a missed phone call''. One, however, could result in Ms. Keane being dumped into "this vat of boiling ''sharks''". [[spoiler: Him may have been bluffing, because as it turned out, the part about the Professor having to "pay" was a joke: it meant "pay full price" for breakfast at a restaurant.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has [[spoiler: [[DeadStarWalking Cliffjumper.]]]],Who has the unfortunate distinction of being fatally stabbed by Starscream.''[[EstablishingSeriesMoment In the first five minutes of the series.]]'' Evidently there's no respect for the dead in this universe, as he's brought back as a mindless beserker in the next episode for all of twenty seconds before Megatron [[DiagonalCut slices him in half]] and kicks him down a mine shaft. [[TropeCodifier Then Starscream blows the mine up.]]

* The KimPossible episode "Hidden Talent" edges on this for Dr. Drakken's latest DeathTrap; first, he has Kim wrapped up in chains and [[GirlInABox sealed in a reinforced titanium box]], then drops the box into a deep pit, which he proceeds to [[DrowningPit fill up with water]], before releasing [[SharkPool hungry sharks]] and a GiantSquid into the water. To top it all off, he uses a FreezeRay to seal off the pit with a six-foot thick sheet of ice. Thanks to a few [[ContrivedCoincidence Contrived Coincidences]], Kim manages to escape without a scratch.

* In ''TheBoondocks'' episode The Red Ball, a referee supposedly commits suicide (but is actually murdered) by strangling himself, jumping off a bridge and overdosing on amphetamines.

** "You now what's not safe? Going hunting with Dick Cheney."
* WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime has [[spoiler: [[DeadStarWalking Cliffjumper.]]]],Who has the unfortunate distinction of being fatally stabbed by Starscream.''[[EstablishingSeriesMoment In the first five minutes of the series.]]'' Evidently there's no respect for the dead in this universe, as he's brought back as a mindless beserker in the next episode for all of twenty seconds before Megatron [[DiagonalCut slices him in half]] and kicks him down a mine shaft. [[TropeCodifier Then Starscream blows the mine up.]]

* In TheBoondocks episode The Red Ball, a referee supposedly commits suicide (but is actually murdered) by strangling himself, jumping off a bridge and overdosing on amphetemines.

* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Him Diddle Riddle" has HIM presenting riddles of various levels of danger or else the professor will [[ExactWords PAY]]. Some could result in death, others could result in ''a missed phone call''. One, however, could result in Ms. Keane being dumped into "this vat of boiling ''sharks''".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}}'': The Omnitrix has a self-destruct device that destroys the ''universe''. Could be because its creator is a misanthrope, or whatever you call someone who dislikes everyone, regardless of species (An [[OmnicidalManiac ''Omni''cidal Maniac,]] perhaps?) Or just wanted to be absolutely sure sure it stayed out of the wrong hands.

-->'''Kim:''' [[BadassBoast Which part of "she can do anything" do you not comprehend?]]

* TransformersPrime has [[spoiler: [[DeadStarWalking Cliffjumper.]]]],Who has the unfortunate distinction of being fatally stabbed by Starscream.''[[EstablishingSeriesMoment In the first five minutes of the series.]]'' Evidently there's no respect for the dead in this universe, as he's brought back as a mindless beserker in the next episode for all of twenty seconds before Megatron [[DiagonalCut slices him in half]] and kicks him down a mine shaft. [[TropeCodifier Then Starscream blows the mine up.]]

* The KimPossible episode "Hidden Talent" edges on this for Dr. Drakken's latest DeathTrap; first, he has Kim wrapped up in chains and [[GirlInABox sealed in a reinforced titanium box]], then drops the box into a deep pit, which he proceeds to [[DrowningPit fill up with water]], before releasing [[SharkPool hungry sharks]] and a GiantSquid into the water. To top it all off, he uses a FreezeRay to seal off the pit with a six-foot thick sheet of ice. Thanks to a few ContrivedCoincidences, Kim manages to escape without a scratch.

* The KimPossible episode "Hidden Talent" edges on this for Dr. Drakken's latest DeathTrap; first, he has Kim wrapped up in chains and [[GirlInABox sealed in a reinforced titanium box]], then drops the box into a deep pit, which he proceeds to [[DrowningPit fill up with water]], before releasing [[SharkPool hungry sharks]] and a GiantSquid into the water. To top it all off, he uses a FreezeRay to seal off the pit with a six-foot thick sheet of ice. And Kim '''''still''''' manages to escape from all of it unharmed.

-->'''Tracey:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic You can't kill this love.]]

** In "Read it and Weep" Daring Do, the heroine of the book Rainbow Dash is reading, gets caught in a DeathTrap that consists of [[TheWallsAreClosingIn spiky walls of doom]], [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]] [[DrowningPit filling the room]], [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes snakes]], and [[SpidersAreScary spiders]]. On top of all that, she is tied up with ropes that get tighter the harder she resists. Since she is an CaptainErsatz of IndianaJones, she escapes anyway.

* ''MegasXLR'': The entire idea of the series was based around overkill. So much so that Jersey City was destroyed in just about every episode. One of the most notorious examples involved Coop sending the planet into a nuclear winter just to defeat the MonsterOfTheWeek.

* Brock Samson of ''TheVentureBros'' goes through {{Mooks}} like there's no tomorrow, often killing them in inventive and ultimately unnecessary ways. Like Bond, he has a license to kill so he can get away with it usually.
* In ''{{Mulan}}'', the villain Shan Yu charges his entire army against what is about 15 soldiers. Naturally, the ConservationOfNinjitsu wasn't on his side.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKSrNmCiy8 This]] from ''DrawnTogether''

* In an episode of ''AmericanDad'' Stan kills Principal Lewis' "prison wife" Tracey by sending him off a cliff in his car, shooting him, feeding him to an alligator and turning said gator into skinned suitcases and clothes. And Tracey '''''came back unscathed.'''''

* TransformersPrime has [[spoiler: [[DeadStarWalking Cliffjumper.]]]],Who has the unfortunate distinction of being fatally stabbed by Starscream.''[[EstablishingSeriesMoment In the first five minutes of the series.]]'' Evidently there's no respect for the dead in this universe, as he's brought back as a mindless beserker in the next episode for all of twenty seconds before Megatron [[DiagonalCut slices him in half]] and kicks him down a mine shaft. [[TropeCodifier Then Starscream blows the mine up.]]

* Every episode of ''{{Superjail}}'' has this.

** When Ofdensen and Melmord were fighting over the position of Dethklok's manager by a fencing match. Ofdensen won, stabbing Melmord in the gut and throwing him off a tower. And to ''really'' make sure he was dead, Melmord got run over by a train. It was yet another CrowningMomentOfAwesome for [[{{Badass}} Charles]] [[NotSoHarmless Foster]] [[PapaWolf Ofdensen]].

-->'''Chronos''': Who knows what killed the dinosaurs? Well, ''Chucko does!''

* In ''TaleSpin'', the official method of execution for the country of Thembria is by firing squad. In this case, the firing squad either uses ''cannons'', or ''tanks''. They also hang you after they shoot you, as Becky finds out in "The Time Bandit". At least you get to choose the type of noose they use.