Line #28 PlayingWith/CoupDeGrace


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.
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38	Back to CoupDeGrace
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40	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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42	%%* '''Implied''': ???
43	%%* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': ???

Context PlayingWith / CoupDeGrace