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1'''Basic Trope''': Hero leaves the villain at the mercy of their former victims.
2* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] and his friends have just ousted the [[CorruptBureaucrat corrupt official]] Iwan Tumuchs. Though he could easily execute Iwan himself, Hiro chooses to spare his life...and hand him over to [[DefiantCaptive Debora]] and her family, whom Iwan had tormented.
3* '''Exaggerated''':
4** After breaking Iwan's stranglehold on the town, Hiro turns him over to the mob forming in the main square.
5** TheDrifter visits one town after another, defeating any bad guys he finds. He never kills anyone himself, just hands them over to the same people they wronged and leaves...
6* '''Downplayed''': TheTeam hand Iwan Tumuchs over to the local militia who helped them bring him down in the first place.
7* '''Justified''':
8** Hiro and his party weren't as personally affected by Iwan's crimes, and feel his victims have the right to decide his fate.
9** This is a part of Hiro's DisproportionateRetribution, he's more than glad to torture Iwan without doing the dirty jobs on his own.
10* '''Inverted''': [[AntiHero Hiro]] stops an angry mob from killing Iwan... because he [[ItsPersonal wants the pleasure of killing him personally]].
11* '''Subverted''': Hiro hands Iwan over to Debora and her family, expecting them to kill him for how he treated them in the past. Debora instead declares that "We're better than him. We won't stoop that low."
12** Hiro hands Iwan over to the crowd. Iwan bellows [[WhoWillBellTheCat that the first man to touch him dies.]] [[VictoryThroughIntimidation No-one moves.]]
13* '''Double Subverted''': Upon hearing this, Iwan [[TooDumbToLive taunts their inability to act]] until her sister, who suffered the worst at his hands, steps in and skewers him, much to his shock.
14** No-none moves until Iwan is [[DefiantStoneThrow belted by a rock]], [[TagAlongKid thrown by a little girl.]] The crowd joins in, with Iwan being stoned to death. [[NoManOfWomanBorn True to form, no man touches him, and no-one (else) is killed.]]
15* '''Parodied''': Hiro hands Iwan to a group of kids and gives them BB guns.
16** Debora's families are all too dang nice, and the worst they can do to Iwan is [[PokeThePoodle call him names]]- and they [[BigStupidDooDooHead can't even do that correctly.]] Hiro just shakes his head and walks away.
17* '''Zig Zagged''': Hiro hands Iwan to Debora and her family, claiming that as his victims, they should be able to be the ones deciding his fate. However, Debora hands Iwan back to Hiro, claiming that as his victor, he should be able to be the one deciding his fate. This goes on until Hiro accidentally throws Iwan to a nearby mob, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim who proceed to murder Iwan in a horrible and embarassing way.]]
18* '''Averted''': Hiro always kills the villains himself when he gets the chance.
19* '''Enforced''': "We don't want to portray Hiro as a cold-blooded murderer, since [[RonTheDeathEater the fans will get the wrong idea.]] I know! Let's have him hand Iwan over the Debora's family when he's done with him!"
20* '''Lampshaded''': Debora throws a NotSoDifferentRemark to Hiro after delivering a MercyKill.
21* '''Invoked''': Hiro deliberately breaks Iwan's limbs and throws him to Debora.
22** Debora offers to kill Iwan in Hiro's place.
23* '''Exploited''': Iwan pretended to be powerless so that Hiro would hand him over to Debora's family, where he would finish the whole massacre.
24** Hiro knows Iwan has access to a DyingCurse- if killed, [[DeadmansSwitch a powerful magical countermeasure that would kill hiro as well would activate.]] He hands him to the mob so that they can take the fall in Hiro's place, and distribute responsibility for the murder across multiple targets, breaking the curse.
25* '''Defied''': Hiro refuses to hand Iwan over to "mob justice," either killing him outright or throwing him in jail, away from those he wronged.
26* '''Discussed''':
27** "I found his tainted blood disturbing, so, do as you wish and just finish him off already!
28-->'''Iwan''': "Why do you get to decide whether I live or die?"\
29'''Hiro''': You're right, I don't. But I know some people who do."
30* '''Conversed''': "You don't have the guts to spill my blood, do you?" "Perhaps she will?"
31* '''Deconstructed''':
32** Hiro does this to dodge any thoughts of IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim or to dodge having to break the ThouShaltNotKill rule, while still getting to enjoy seeing people like Iwan punished. BlackMagicianGirl [[MoralityChain Marcy]] eventually notices and [[WhatTheHellHero calls him on this]].
33** Satisfying as Iwan's death is, it sets an ugly precedent for mob rule...[[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized and the rebellion sparked by his death only becomes more brutal with time.]]
34** Iwan is killed in such a [[CruelandUnusualDeath horribly grotesque fashion that Hiro is disgusted]]. His culpability in this death feeds into Hiro's GuiltComplex, and he grows resentful of the townsfolk who he once helped save, alienated by their cruelty.
35* '''Reconstructed''':
36** Hiro only did that because [[KarmicDeath he felt that dying to a random stranger wouldn't be as good as dying to those he wronged]]. Not to mention, if Iwan was spared, he'd only grow more angry and resentful, thus becoming more of a danger and a threat, and hurt more people after making a comeback. And if it's not Iwan, it's definitely his descendants.
37** Hiro hands over Iwan-but makes a point that this is a one-time favor, and he'll be watching to make sure the Deborah's family doesn't go TOO far in their vengeance.
38* '''Played For Laughs''': Iwan's victims condemn him to a FateWorseThanDeath: An involuntary makeover, [[TraumaticHaircut cutting off his hair]]!
39* '''Played For Drama''':
40** After being violently disarmed, Iwan tries to flee. However, Hiro and his companions deliberately herd him towards the waiting mob.
41** Altenatively, Deborah's evil father kills Iwan himself, to show how dangerous he is.
42* '''Implied''': Iwan dies offscreen, and Hiro's friend asks why Hiro violated his no-kill policy. Hiro says, "''I'' didn't kill him."
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45Back to DoWithHimAsYouWill, hand this troper to me, we'll deal with him for you.
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