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* InvokedTrope in ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015''. Two thugs are sent to rob [[UndercoverAsLovers Gaby Teller and her 'fiance']] Illya Kuryakin to see if he really is a harmless civilian. After they goad him for a bit, Illya beats one of them up. When called on this, Illya retorts that [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong any Russian would have done the same]], and it would be more suspicious if he didn't. They'd expect a KBG agent to kill the guy.

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* InvokedTrope in ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015''. Two thugs are sent to rob [[UndercoverAsLovers Gaby Teller and her 'fiance']] Illya Kuryakin to see if he really is a harmless civilian. After they goad him for a bit, Illya beats one of them up. When called on this, Illya retorts that [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong any Russian would have done the same]], and it would be more suspicious if he didn't. They'd expect a KBG KGB agent to kill the guy.
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* ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate''. When someone expresses skepticism that she is a SuperSoldier from the future, Grace proceeds to [[SuperFlyReflexes cut a fly lengthways in mid-air with her knife]].
* Two examples in the stinger of ''Film/TheWolverine''. [[spoiler:The metal stuff flying to the air announces, for those who realize things quickly, that Magneto is back and with his power restored. The people frozen in their tracks, a stunt from Film/XMen2, announce that Xavier is alive again.]]

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* ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate''. ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'': When someone expresses skepticism that she is a SuperSoldier from the future, Grace proceeds to [[SuperFlyReflexes cut a fly lengthways in mid-air with her knife]].
* Two examples in the stinger TheStinger of ''Film/TheWolverine''. [[spoiler:The metal stuff flying to the air announces, for those who realize things quickly, that Magneto is back and with his power restored. The people frozen in their tracks, a stunt from Film/XMen2, ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', announce that Xavier is alive again.]]



* ''Literature/AbleTeam''. While traveling with a truckload of drunken soldiers in Guatemala, an equally drunk Carl Lyons is handed a Galil assault rifle and invited to shoot a stray dog. Instead of snap aiming and jerking the trigger, Lyons flips up the tritium night sights, aims carefully and kills the dog with a single shot, then puts on the safety before handing back the weapon. The soldier's commander comments that Lyons is not the innocent American tourist he's claiming to be.

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* ''Literature/AbleTeam''. ''Literature/TheExecutioner'': While traveling with a truckload of drunken soldiers in Guatemala, an equally drunk Carl Lyons is handed a Galil assault rifle and invited to shoot a stray dog. Instead of snap aiming and jerking the trigger, Lyons flips up the tritium night sights, aims carefully and kills the dog with a single shot, then puts on the safety before handing back the weapon. The soldier's commander comments that Lyons is not the innocent American tourist he's claiming to be.

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