1 | '''Basic Trope''': A wounded enemy is finished off with a killing blow. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice approaches a mortally-wounded Bob and dispatches him with a close-range [[BoomHeadshot shot to the head]]. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob's been the victim of "ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill", but Alice still goes over and tucks a live grenade in his pocket before [[UnflinchingWalk casually strolling away]]. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice takes Bob down with shots to the body and quickly follows up with a headshot just to be sure. |
5 | ** Alice only kills wounded enemies instead of sending for a medic when they themselves request a MercyKill. |
6 | * '''Justified''': |
7 | ** Alice knows Bob is MadeOfIron and isn't going to [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat assume he's dead]] until she personally makes certain of it. |
8 | ** Alice has ordered her {{mooks}} to LeaveNoSurvivors, so they go over the battlefield making sure. |
9 | ** [[MercyKill It's more humane to end it quickly.]] |
10 | * '''Inverted''': Alice sees Bob is quickly slipping away and orders TheMedic to keep him alive. Either they're FriendlyEnemies, or she just wants him to suffer longer... |
11 | * '''Subverted''': |
12 | ** ThwartedCoupDeGrace; Bob shoots Alice before she can kill him. |
13 | ** Bob survives the attempted killing blow... |
14 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
15 | ** TakingYouWithMe; Alice just has time to return the favour before falling over and [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dying in Bob's arms]]. |
16 | ** ... only to succumb to his wounds shortly after. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob are in a {{food fight}}. Bob goes down in a hail of bun-fire, and Alice walks over to stand over his groaning body, gives a BondOneLiner (something about "just desserts", probably) and slaps a custard pie in his face. |
18 | * '''Zig Zagged''': There's an OverlyLongGag of successive {{Thwarted Coup de Grace}}s, with a ClickHello and a PreMortemOneLiner from each one. |
19 | * '''Averted''': No-one is killed at the mercy of an enemy. Either they're killed instantly, they escape, or they're captured and [[OfficerAndAGentleman treated well]]. |
20 | * '''Enforced''': |
21 | ** Alice and Bob need to have a final conversation, but Bob would never talk if he was still able to fight. |
22 | ** DeathIsDramatic, Bob can't just be ''shot dead'' in the middle of a battle. |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': ??? |
24 | * '''Invoked''': Alice has ordered that Bob be taken down non-lethally so she can gloat before killing him. |
25 | * '''Exploited''': Bob knows Alice will want to finish him off personally, so [[InvokedTrope plans]] a ThwartedCoupDeGrace. |
26 | * '''Defied''': Alice checks on Bob, and orders him to be left to die slowly and painfully. |
27 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
28 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
29 | * '''Played For Laughs''': |
30 | --> '''Alice''': "[[TheMedic Medic! Medic!]] Bob's dead! What do we do!?"\ |
31 | '''Medic''': "Calm down. First thing we need to do is make sure he ''is'' dead..."\ |
32 | '''Alice''': *BANG* "OK, now what?" |
33 | * '''Deconstructed''': Killing Bob this way gives him enough time to fight back and escape successfully. |
34 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
35 | ** Killing Bob this way gives him enough time go OhCrap before being finished off. |
36 | ** It's a risk, but [[ImplacableMan considering what Bob has shrugged off]], it's probably a good idea to double tap, just to be sure. |
37 | ---- |
38 | Back to CoupDeGrace |
39 | ---- |
40 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
41 | %% |
42 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
43 | %%* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': ??? |
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