Line #101 Main/ImpliedDeathThreat


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7	->''"We're a lot alike, you and I. You tested me. I tested you. You killed me. I -- oh, no, wait. I guess I haven't killed you yet. Well. Food for thought."''
8	-->-- '''[=GLaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/Portal2'' trailer
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10	This trope is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: A character threatens to kill another, but without actually using the words "[[IllKillYou I'll kill you]]." Usually involves the use of an analogy, a hypothetical question or another subtle remark that comes off as a threat in context.
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12	This often allows the maker of the threat to [[PlausibleDeniability avoid being punished for making threats]], since they can claim they never ''really'' threatened the target, and is often employed when neither side is allowed to take action against each other. Often the person making the threat will avoid naming the threatened person directly. ''Very'' often leads to IsThatAThreat. On occasion, this will fly over the head of the person being threatened, particularly if that person is rather dense or the threat is especially oblique.
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14	If the threat is made against the other person's family or against their property, that's ShameIfSomethingHappened. The clearest nonverbal versions are the DramaticGunCock and the ThroatSlittingGesture. When you apply this trope to the death of a third party, it's DeadlyEuphemism. Through some TeethClenchedTeamwork, this can also lead to YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness, if the character is working for or with the other character that they have just threatened. See also ScarilySpecificStory, which could overlap if the threatener makes the threat into a story.
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17	!!Examples:
18	[[index]]
19	* ImpliedDeathThreat/FanWorks
20	* [[ImpliedDeathThreat/LiveActionFilms Films - Live-Action]]
21	* ImpliedDeathThreat/{{Literature}}
22	* ImpliedDeathThreat/LiveActionTV
23	* ImpliedDeathThreat/VideoGames
24	* ImpliedDeathThreat/{{Webcomics}}
25	* ImpliedDeathThreat/WesternAnimation
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28	[[foldercontrol]]
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30	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
31	* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'': Henrietta recreates the death of a cyborg girl who [[MurderSuicide shot her own handler and then killed herself]] after she realised that her handler [[JustAMachine did not return her feelings]]. Alarmed, her handler Jose knocks the pistol out of her hand; it [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets turns out to be unloaded]]. After all, says Henrietta, how could she possibly kill herself [[FalseReassurance "as long as you're this wonderful, Jose."]]
32	* During the latter's introductory chapter in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Kaguya [[DissonantSerenity cheerfully holds a rubber knife to Ishigami's chest]], telling him that if he ever reveals what he discovered about one of her plans, the knife won't be a toy next time. Made even more effective by the fact that she and the knife were both covered in stage blood (she was wearing a costume for the drama club).
33	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': During the Chunin Exams finals, [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Neji]] tells the referee that the fight has dragged on too long and, if Naruto refuses to give up, Neji won't take any responsibility for what happens to him. Given that during the preliminaries he tried to attack Hinata with the intent to kill her (having to be stopped by ''four'' jounin at the same time) because she turned back his YouCantFightFate BreakingSpeech against him, and Naruto was doing it too, it's very much clear that he too was going for deadly force for the same reason.
34	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
35	** At the very start of the series, some mountain bandits are prepared to kill Luffy, when Shanks shows up to help him. When one of the bandits [[BullyingADragon points a gun to Shanks' head]], Shanks calmly asks if the man is prepared to risk his life by doing so, but the bandit isn't at all intimidated by the threat. Seconds later, Shanks' subordinate Lucky Roux shoots the bandit in the head at point-blank range.
36	** Shortly after entering the Grand Line, the Straw Hats respond to Crocus' intimidating DeathGlare by threatening to shoot him with their cannon. He replies that if they do that, someone is going to die. [[SubvertedTrope That someone being him.]]
37	* After breaking Speed-O-Sound Sonic's sword by [[NowThatsUsingYourTeeth biting right through it]], Saitama of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' warns him (with a serious DeathGlare) that he is busy and in a bad mood, and that anyone who gets in his way is going to get punched. This is coming from the guy who can kill just about anything with one punch, and it's enough to elicit an OhCrap from Sonic, who already received one (accidental) GroinAttack from him.
38	* In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', after Pegasus separates Mokuba's soul from his body, he tells Seto Kaiba that he will release him on the condition that he beats both Yugi and himself in a duel. Kaiba agrees, before delivering one to him in turn.
39	-->'''Kaiba''': For now, I have no choice but to play your game, but soon, as soon as I defeat Yugi, I'll be back, and you better make good on your promise to restore my brother, because if you don't, I'll take great pleasure in separating ''your'' soul from your body in my own way!
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42	[[folder:Comic Books]]
43	* ''ComicBook/BlazeOfGlory'': Caleb Hammer gets in some pretty good trash talk while holding Kid Colt at gunpoint.
44	-->'''Caleb:''' I can take you dead or alive. ''I'' got a preference. How about ''you?''
45	* While hitchhiking, Astrid of ''ComicBook/CleanRoom'' lands one on a trucker who attempts to sexually assault her.
46	-->'''Astrid:''' If you don't remove your hand I will turn you into an urban legend. A cautionary tale, to be specific. "The man who picked up the wrong teenager," it will be called. Told at truck stops to shivering long-haulers for decades to come.
47	* ''ComicBook/FireflyTheSting'': At one point Saffron is pushing Zoe's buttons about motherhood and Zoe reminds her that she can kill her with her bare hands.
48	* A ''Franchise/GIJoe Origins'' short story (published by Devil's Due) showcased how "Duke" Hauser had been hired by the titular covert-ops team: during his debriefing with General "Hawk" regarding an ambush that he had single-handedly saved his comrades from, Hawk says that it was pretty brave and Medal of Honor material... too bad that it's posthumous because he was killed in action. During the debriefing he had been doing some GunStripping of a pistol, and by the time he explained the offer to enter G.I. Joe and mentioned the "killed in action" part, Hawk had the gun assembled, loaded and pointed towards Hauser.
49	* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "The Reporter Smurf", Reporter gets Brainy to leave the newspaper's printing office and not suggest anymore changes to the paper by underhandedly threatening him with an "accident" while Greedy crushes a nut under the printing press to drive home the point.
50	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersWindblade'':
51	** Starscream has the following reasoning for saving Windblade's life:
52	--->'''Starscream:''' When you die, it will be in public, with witnesses, and I'll be at least five miles away.
53	** Windblade later [[MeaningfulEcho retorts]] after saving Starscream with:
54	--->'''Windblade:''' When you die, it'll be for something you deserve and all of Cybertron will know it.
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57	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
58	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
59	** In one strip, Calvin prepares to throw a water balloon at the resting tiger, only to stop when Hobbes comments, "As if life isn't short enough."
60	** In another strip, Hobbes offers this gem in response to Calvin once again trying to nail him with a water balloon:
61	--->'''Hobbes:''' Here's a hypothetical question you should ask yourself. If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do different? Especially if, by doing something different, today might NOT be your last day on earth?\
62	'''Calvin:''' ''[walking off after Hobbes leaves]'' I don't think that question was very hypothetical at all.
63	** [[RuleOfThree In yet another strip]], Calvin asks Hobbes what he would do if he creamed him with a water balloon. Hobbes responds by telling him to think of the worst thing he can imagine, and then imagine something a hundred times worse than that. When a shocked Calvin asks if he would do "that", Hobbes then replies that it would be something even ''worse''. Calvin decides to hit him with the water balloon anyway.
64	--->'''Calvin:''' ''[as he's running away with a smile]'' He piqued my curiosity.
65	** In another, Calvin's dad, fed up with Calvin using the distinction between his body and spirit to justify his actions, says "The body is the home of the spirit and if you're not in bed in two minutes, your spirit is going to be permanently nomadic".
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68	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
69	* An "Implied Torture Threat" variant is used in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar:'' In an attempt to get [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Abis Mal]] to [[FreeingTheGenie free him]] with his last wish, [[BigBad Jafar]] summons up a huge quantity of treasure for free, no wish required. Abis Mal is delighted until, in an uncharacteristically savvy moment, he questions if [[NoOntologicalInertia everything will disappear]] once he frees him. At this point Jafar gets mad.
70	-->'''Jafar:''' The more pressing question is- HOW WILL YOU ''STAY ALIVE'' IF YOU '''''DON'T?!'''''\
71	'''Abis Mal:''' But... y-you said [[MagicAIsMagicA genies can't kill]]. You said that. \
72	'''Jafar:''' [[FateWorseThanDeath You'd be surprised what you can live through]].
73	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'': A crime boss demands that his underling, who is also his relative, returns the money he'd lost pronto, lest he wishes to become "a very ''distant'' relative".
74	* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'', [[BigBad Soto]] does this twice to Diego, his second-in-command charged to bring back a baby so he can eat it alive. When Diego loses it over the falls, Soto snarls at him, "You'd better [get it]. Unless you wanna serve yourself as a replacement." The second time, he sends two of his sabres to warn Diego to bring back the baby or "don't come back at all!", which hints at certain death for Diego, since the tigers pretty much ''use'' each other to survive, at least in Soto's pack.
75	** ''[[WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift Continental Drift]]'' has [[BigBad Captain Gutt]] vow to [[HeelFaceTurn Shira]] that he'll "have a tiger's skin hanging on [his] wall" at the end of his war with Manny and his herd after she betrays him and helps them escape. For the added touch, he says, "I don't care whose.", which implies that he will kill Shira regardless of the outcome.
76	* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'', The Storm King tells Tempest that if she fails him, her horn "won't be the only thing that's broken."
77	* The Wolf in ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' makes his intentions towards Puss known with one of these: taking out Puss's "DEAD OR ALIVE" WantedPoster to ostensibly ask for an autograph, only to tell him to "Sign right here," with a pointed tap on the word "DEAD".
78	* Done non-verbally in ''{{WesternAnimation/Ratatouille}}''. [[MultipleChoicePast One of the many stories]] Horst tells to explain his stint in prison is that he killed a man with his ''thumb''. Later, when he catches the disgraced Skinner spying on Gusteau's, he wordlessly brandishes that same thumb as a threat.
79	* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'': When the Magic Mirror reminds Lord Farquaad that he technically isn't a king, Farquaad turns to his right-hand man Thelonious, who breaks a mirror by punching it. The Magic Mirror then nervously clarifies his statement.
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82	[[folder:Music]]
83	* The Music/BadLipReading ''Star Wars'' parody "Seagulls! (Stop It Now)" ends with Luke criticizing Yoda's singing and irritably declaring that he's not Yoda's friend. Yoda replies in a creepy whisper, "Don't fall asleep. Don't. Fall. ''Asleep''."
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86	[[folder:Podcasts]]
87	* At the end of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', Taako learns that [[spoiler:he had a sister that had gone missing, and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Lucretia fed her information to the Voidfish]], meaning he completely forgot about her]]. After [[spoiler:having his memory restored]], Taako grabs his wand, points it at [[spoiler:Lucretia]]'s face, and starts counting backwards from ten.
88	* In the ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' episode "Numbers", Cecil describes how, despite the best efforts of the [[EvilInc New Station management]], they can't remove the Blood Stone doors from the radio station, leading to this quote;
89	--> '''Cecil''': So, our new owners have had to learn to live with those doors, bleeding on their way out. ''({{Beat}})'' ''Good practice for them''.
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91
92	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
93	* Wrestling/{{WCW}}: [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] and Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher brought a cake to celebrate Wrestling/{{Sting}}'s birthday.
94	-->'''[[Wrestling/PaulHeyman Paul E. Dangerously]]:''' It's not Sting's birthday.\
95	'''Cactus Jack:''' I know that. Don't you think I know that? But I wasn't here for Sting's last birthday. I wish I was at Sting's last birthday. But you see it's very important that we celebrate now, because Sting's last birthday was Sting's '''last''' birthday! BANG BANG! BANG BANG![[note]]This is also notable for being likely one of the very few times in wrestling history where a cake was brought out and it didn't end up in someone's face.[[/note]]
96	* On the January 18, 1992, episode of ''USWA Championship Wrestling'', Wrestling/TheMoondogs' manager Richard Lee brought a chair with him that read "RIP [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett JEFF JARRETT]].''
97	* Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors were famous for threatening to perform acts of violence on their opponents that would at times stretch the limits of what is humanly possible—or permissible. In a vignette to hype their [[GimmickMatches scaffold match]] against Wrestling/TheMidnightExpress ("Loverboy" Dennis Condrey and "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, w[=/=]Wrestling/JimCornette) at ''[=NWA Starrcade 86=]'', they dropped a pumpkin off of a fire escape.
98	* At ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Showdown in Crisisland'', July 21, 2007, Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}} cut a promo about the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple (himself[=/=]Wrestling/{{Crossbones\|TheWrestler}}[=/=]Hydra)'s match with Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}}, Cheech and Cloudy where they promised to "do a little jig on your graves."
99	* Wrestling/{{Raven}} pulled this to Thumbtack Jack and Steve Douglas in the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling. Raven said he came to the country to make some corpses and upset some parents.
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102	[[folder:Radio]]
103	* The very first ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfHarryNile'' story, "West For My Health", had Harry up to his eyeballs in debt to a mob boss, who agreed to forgive Harry's debt if he went out to the west coast to kill a guy who was threatening his business. Just to make sure Harry didn't try to avoid doing the job, the mob boss sent an associate to watch him. The associate pulled Harry aside and told him, "I'm your doctor. I'm telling you to go west for your health."
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106	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
107	* In an in-game story segment from the first edition of ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', the unnamed Killer who is the protagonist of these segments is captured after a battle gone straight to hell. He wakes up in a rather stylish interrogation room with a one way mirror along one wall. In walks Inspector [=MacAllister=], a cop working for the Ascended, who lets our assassin know where he stands in no uncertain terms:
108	-->'''[=MacAllister=]:''' Now, son, you're gonna answer a few questions. And the folks behind that one-way mirror there are gonna listen to them, and very carefully decide whether to let you leave here breathing. Got my meaning, son?
109	* Creator/{{Chaosium}}'s ''TabletopGame/{{Stormbringer}}'' adventure ''Stealer of Souls'': Tormiel's house has a Demon of Protection that is required to give two warnings before attacking intruders, such as, "Gee, this is an unhealthy place to visit without an invitation," or "Do you know where your blood comes from?" If the intruders ignore his warnings, he's free to kill them.
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112	[[folder:Theatre]]
113	* ''Walk This Way'' by Len Randall. The wife of a wealthy philandering husband tries to warn off his SexySecretary when she looks like threatening her nest egg.
114	-->'''Wife:''' I have a friend who makes people disappear.\
115	'''Secretary:''' He's a hitman?\
116	'''Wife:''' No, he's a magician. But he's also a [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident very bad driver]].
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118
119	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
120	* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
121	** In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations]]'', [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Viola Cadaverini]] seems to have almost every other line be this, offering food and drink that is implied to be poisoned, all in a CreepyMonotone. She's a MafiaPrincess, so it's not exactly an empty threat.
122	** In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', Phoenix wins the first "Not Guilty" verdict seen in the Kingdom of Khura'in in 23 years, since a law that causes lawyers to suffer their clients' punishments if they lose has killed off the defense attorney profession in the kingdom. At the end of the trial, Inga, the Minister of Justice, the Queen's husband and the one responsible for the law in question, greets Phoenix, makes an analogy to him being an overly lucky patron of a casino, and suggests it might be best to take his winnings and leave.
123	* During the second ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' Yuuya finds out that his brother's butler Albert is actually [[spoiler:an assassin]]. Considering his powerful BigBrotherInstinct this disturbs him rather a lot. It's the one thing that [[NotSoStoic breaches]] his cheerful, friendly version of stoicism and gets him to make direct threats. He settles back after hearing the explanation, but doesn't feel easy about it.
124	-->"Sakuya seems to have this sorted out. ...but if you do end up hurting him, I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth and back. Remember that."
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126
127	[[folder:Web Animation]]
128	* In ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Season 3, Church and Tex [[ItMakesSenseInContext are in ghost form and are searching for their unoccupied robot bodies together]]. After a few snarky comments by Church, Tex has had enough.
129	-->'''Tex:''' Hey, Church?\
130	'''Church:''' Yeah?\
131	'''Tex:''' If I were to kill a ghost, do you think it would come back as a ghost of a ghost?\
132	'''Church:''' Well, I think-- ... I'll just shut up now.
133	* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', when Emerald and Mercury debate whether or not they belong with [[BigBad Salem]] in the absence of [[TheHeavy Cinder]], [[AxCrazy Tyrian Callows]] reveals he's overheard their debate and suggests that if they're not doing what they love, they're in the wrong field. When Emerald asks if he's telling them to leave, he laughs and retorts that [[ResignationsNotAccepted they can't]]. He then tells them to do whatever makes them happy. He's filled with sinister glee and points [[BewareMyStingerTail his scorpion stinger]] right at them as he says it. His message is clear: he relishes the opportunity to hunt them down and kill them if they do decide they want to leave.
134	* In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "original", Strong Bad claims that Bubs is merely [[TheOtherDarrin a replacement]] for "Original Bubs". Bubs shows up in person near the end of the e-mail, threatening Strong Bad with "We're gonna need a new Strong Bad in about two seconds!" and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown pummeling SB into admitting he made the whole thing up]].
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137	[[folder:Web Videos]]
138	* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgBDdDdSqNE "The New iPhone is Just Worse"]], Tim Cook eventually questions the fate of 4 members of the Apple design department, who are heavily implied to have been killed by Jony Ive. Jony, overhearing it, responds with "Careful, Tim." -- [[spoiler:and when Tim breaks down over missing UsefulNotes/SteveJobs, [[CessationOfExistence Jony makes good on his threat]]]].
139	* Grog, Percy and Tiberius in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' do this by telling the story, over a fancy council dinner, of how they killed a treacherous [[spoiler:mindflayer, Clarota]]. It's a veiled threat towards the [[spoiler:Briarwoods, who are present at the dinner. They are also traitors, guilty of slaughtering Percy's entire family]].
140	* In ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', the letter that Dr. Horrible gets from Bad Horse about how he now must commit murder in order to gain entry to the Evil League of Evil includes the line "There will be blood, [[YouHaveFailedMe it might be yours]]".
141	* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1gnBgfQdgE Spyro's Bad Day]]'', after having had to "collect all the things", Spyro demands that Ripto leave so he can finally go home. When Rypto asks why he'd be willing to do that, Spyro blasts both his minions and says, "Because now I'm not asking."
142	* In ''WebVideo/Dimension20: Mentopolis'', this is part of [[TheBigGuy The]] [[HitmanWithAHeart Fix]]'s whole deal. By calmly [[BreakThemByTalking reciting weird facts]], he terrifies his victims into disappearing or injuring themselves to get away from him.
143	--> '''The Fix:''' "I understand, [[ItMakesSenseInContext we all sometimes wanna stick our finger in the birthday cake,]] ''but you're never gonna do that.''"
144	* ''WebVideo/{{Stoogeposting}}'': In "The Three Stooges go Hollywood":
145	-->'''Larry:''' What kind of movie would it be, anyway?\
146	'''Moe:''' Well with hair like yours, it'd be a horror movie.\
147	'''Larry:''' Oh yeah? Well with a face like yours, it'd be a comedy!\
148	'''Moe:''' Huh?! Well with words like that, it'd be a murder mystery!
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151	[[folder:Web Original]]
152	* During one of the ''Blog/SonicTheHedgehogTwitter Takeovers'', one brave and/or foolish person sent Shadow the question, "How's [[TheLostLenore Maria]]?" Shadow, [[TranquilFury ever so calmly]], responded by informing the asker that they were now on "the list".
153	-->'''Shadow:''' It's a very special list of very special people. I look forward to ''crossing your name off it'' someday.\
154	'''Sonic:''' ''[[SuddenlyShouting RUN WHILE YOU CAN!!]]''
155	* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[GeneralFailure Director Tagg of the PRT]] gives one of these to [[{{Seers}} Dinah Alcott]], with regards to the girl who saved her from captivity. [[TookALevelInBadass Dinah responds by giving him the chance to three decimal places that he dies slowly and painfully within the next few years.]]
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158	[[folder:Real Life]]
159	* After the Gunfight of the OK Corral, a feud kicked up, with two of the Earp brothers getting shot and Wyatt Earp going on a vendetta spree. Johnny Behan, a police officer with some very longstanding bad blood with Earp (it included a love triangle and them running against each other for office), just so happened to be a part of the posse that was chasing after him. One day, when he was away from backup, he came across Earp in the street:
160	-->'''Behan:''' I have to see you, Wyatt.\
161	'''Earp:''' One of these days, Behan, you may see me one time too many.
162	* "Pretty Boy" Floyd once sent a message to the sheriff of his home town of Sallisaw, Oklahoma: "I'm coming to see my mother. If you're smart you won't try to stop me." The sheriff was smart.
163	* During the 2020 Democratic presidential debates, candidate Beto O'Rourke vowed that he would ban and buy back all assault rifles should he be elected President. In response, Rep. Briscoe Cain posted a tweet saying "My AR-15 is ready for you, [[FullNameUltimatum Robert Francis]]". Twitter has since deleted the tweet for violating their policy against violent threats.
164	%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBSB9a3iTMQ Rodrigo Duterte's 2015 Christmas Message.]]
165	* In response to the "[[Area51 Storm Area 51]]" thing that had gone viral, the United States Air Force officially stated "[Area 51] is an open training range for the US Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces." It's pretty much the friendliest way a military force could say "by the by, cross this line and you'll be perforated by 3000 rounds per minute." Of course, when people still seemed ''dead'' set on storming the place, they dropped the "implied" part and just said "[[BringIt [The Air Force] is ready to protect America and its assets]]." Essentially, the Air Force response to the group's "They Can't Stop All of Us" tagline was was "yes we can."
166	* [[https://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2015/08/thoughts-on-pratchett/ In a 1995 interview]], Creator/TerryPratchett was asked why he writes fantasy when he is such a talented writer he could write for more "serious" genres. Pratchett responded, before rather exasperatedly spelling out his thoughts on the dismissing of fantasy as a "ghettoized" genre, "I had a decent lunch, and I’m feeling quite amiable. That’s why you’re still alive."
167	* Wrestling/JimCornette has told the story about how Jack Pfefer, a dubious promoter who used to threaten to reveal that ProfessionalWrestling isn't legitimate unless other promoters used his wrestlers, once came to the Memphis territory. Apparently, Christine Jarrett warned Pfefer that, should he expose wrestling, he might just end up dead somewhere. Pfefer was a notorious record keeper and kept a note that said "This is where Christine Jarrett threatened to kill me."
168	* The memetic phrase "_____ wants to know your location," where the blank is a person or an organization, and which is a play on smartphone apps and websites asking the user permission to access their location data (e.g. "Google wants to know your location [so it can fine-tune your search results]"). What it means is that the subject wants to find you and ''tear you a new one'', in response to something you said that offended them.
169	** Another of a more direct and dubiously-legal form is the response, "That's a very good argument. However [insert first user's IP/Home address here]." The meaning of this one is a bit clearer: They've already ''found'' you and they're ''coming''.[[note]]Thankfully, it's rare that someone actually makes good on this, since most people are smart enough to not try and follow through on this threat and end up arrested or ''worse''.[[/note]]
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