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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Finn stops a "bazooka goblin" from shooting him and Jake by shouting, "Don't do it, man!"

* ''VideoGame/StarControlIITheUrQuanMasters'': The titular Ur-Quan generally attack and kill anyone who is not either an Ur-Quan, or a 'Battle Thrall' in their service, owing to a huge sense of paranoia regarding any sentient species other than their own race. However, one of the tenets of their shared philosophy involves the Question; if one of their enemies does ask in the proper way, the Ur-Quan captain has a moral duty to stop firing and explain the Ur-Quan's history and the reason why it has them killing and/or enslaving every sentient race in the universe. However, once they've finished explaining it, they'll get right back to shooting at you.

* Played for drama in ''Film/HoldTheDark'': Cheeon is having a LastStand by gunning down policemen with a machine gun. Russell, an unarmed civilian, runs out heedless of the danger to try to drag a wounded cop to safety. Cheeon turns his gun toward Russell, who can do nothing but shout "Just stop it!" For whatever reason, Cheeon returns to firing on the rest of the police and allows Russell to drag the wounded cop away. It helps that Cheeon's main beef is with the local police over their botched handling of his child's case and other grievances; he has no particular grudge with the outsider Russell.

Compare TalkingTheMonsterToDeath, where the hero has to put some more significant, speechifying effort into breaking through the villain's personal JerkJustifications, ShamingTheMob where it is done to a large group, and VerbalJudo where words are used to calm a conflict that wasn't necessarily going to get physical anyway. Contrast UnhandThemVillain where the villain obeys the hero's ExactWords in a way not intended. A villain who acts like they're following this trope, then immediately reveals that it was all for show, catching the heroes off-guard can invoke ISurrenderSuckers

Compare TalkingTheMonsterToDeath, where the hero has to put some more significant, speechifying effort into breaking through the villain's personal JerkJustifications, ShamingTheMob where it is done to a large group, and VerbalJudo where words are used to calm a conflict that wasn't necessarily going to get physical anyway. Contrast UnhandThemVillain where the villain obeys the hero's ExactWords in a way not intended.

Yes, the villain is merely ''told'' to stop their EvilPlan, and then does. Usually, this is a way to [[AnAesop teach the audience a lesson]] about the [[PoorCommunicationKills importance of communication]], and sometimes it stands as a testament to the hero's badassery, but just as often it's PlayedForLaughs due to the sheer unlikelihood of the idea. Note that, if the antagonist happened to be leading an army, corporation, or other organisation, his subordinates will all [[DecapitatedArmy very conveniently stand down with them]], with no need to convince them required!

Yes, the villain is merely ''told'' to stop their EvilPlan, and then does. Usually, this is a way to [[AnAesop teach the audience a lesson]] about the [[PoorCommunicationKills importance of communication]], and sometimes it stands as a testament to the hero's badassery, but just as often it's PlayedForLaughs due to the sheer unlikelihood of the idea.

* ''WebAnimation/FoxysFamily'': [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in "Treehouse Troubles" where the group see Swiper the fox climbing up the ladder so Jenny Wakeman tells the group to repeatedly chant the trope at him, making him say "Oh man!" and running away.

->'''[[TropeNamer Swiper the Fox]]:''' Oh, ''man'',''\\ TheStinger!

--> '''Rocko:''' ''([[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext Enters the room eating a stop sign]])''
--> '''Nitz:''' Rocko, you're being a dumb-ass. Stop that.
--> '''Rocko:''' ''(Stops)''

Oh, ''man,'' TheStinger!
->-- [[TropeNamer Swiper the Fox]]

** Dora would often stop Swiper the fox from stealing something (usually of little value) from her or her friends by putting her hand in front of his face and [[RuleOfThree repeatedly chanting the trope name at him]], making him say "Oh, man!", although it didn't always work. In fact, she would ask ''us'' to [[FakeInteractivity do that for her]].

[[{{Anticlimax}} The villain concedes]]. They power down the machine and turn themselves in. Battle over. Everyone lives HappilyEverAfter. If the antagonist is EasilyForgiven, you can expect that they will join the rest of the cast for the inevitable EverybodyLaughsEnding or DancePartyEnding.

[[{{Anticlimax}} The villain concedes]]. They power down the machine and turn themselves in. Battle over. Everyone lives HappilyEverAfter. If the Antagonist is EasilyForgiven, you can expect that they will join the rest of the cast for the inevitable EverybodyLaughsEnding or DancePartyEnding.

[[{{Anticlimax}} The villain concedes]]. They power down the machine and turn themselves in. Battle over. Everyone lives HappilyEverAfter.

[[{{Anticlimax}} The villain concedes]]. They powers down the machine and turns themself in. Battle over. Everyone lives HappilyEverAfter.

It's the moment of truth. The villain, cackling, stands before their DoomsdayDevice. Their finger hovers unsteadily over the BigRedButton, and you ''know'' they're enough of an [[ForTheEvulz asshole]] to push it. All hope seems lost... but then, the hero [[BigDamnHeroes kicks open the double doors]] and bursts into the room. They look the villain straight in the eye, [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger points their index finger at them]], and says:

It's the moment of truth. The villain, cackling, stands before their DoomsdayDevice. Their finger hovers unsteadily over the BigRedButton, and you ''know'' they're enough of an [[ForTheEvulz asshole]] to push it. All hope seems lost... but then, the hero [[BigDamnHeroes kicks open the double doors]] and bursts into the room. They looks at the villain straight in the eye, [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger points their index finger at them]], and says:

* In the finale of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', the pirates have just bested the constables, when the policemen ask the pirates to yield in the name of Queen Victoria. [[HonorBeforeReason Since disobeying the queen is unthinkable]], the pirates promptly surrender.

It's the moment of truth. The villain, cackling, stands before their DoomsdayDevice. their finger hovers unsteadily over the BigRedButton, and you ''know'' they's enough of an [[ForTheEvulz asshole]] to push it. All hope seems lost... but then, the hero [[BigDamnHeroes kicks open the double doors]] and bursts into the room. They looks at the villain straight in the eye, [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger points their index finger at them]], and says:

* In the 1971 ''Series/SesameStreet'' animated segment "Cowboy X" (narrated by Creator/JeanShepherd), the title character is "terrorising" the town of Sniddler's Gulch by tagging everything he can with a branding iron in the shape of an X. Though the townsfolk claim to have "tried everything" to get him to stop, that apparently doesn't include just asking him to stop, as when this is suggested, it is deemed "just crazy enough to work". And it does - sort of. Cowboy X simply re-names himself Cowboy O and tags everything with a new, O-shaped branding iron, and the townsfolk "lived happily ever after, because they weren't very smart."[[note]] (Which may be why simply asking him didn't occur to them sooner.)[[/note]]

* An inverted example in ''VideoGame/MegaMan7''; Dr. Wily, about to be shot by Mega Man, brings up the fact that [[ThreeLawsCompliant robots can't harm humans]], and Mega Man just stops. In the North American version, he proceeds to say "I am more than a robot! Die, Wily!"... and do absolutely nothing. In the original Japanese script, he silently dropped his weapon, as if [[VillainHasAPoint contemplating Wily's words]].

* In the opening of ''[[VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage Spyro: Gateway to Glimmer]]'', Ripto and co. steal the orbs from Hunter, Elora and the Professor. Elora tells Hunter to do something about it.

** Dora would often stop Swiper the fox from stealing something (usually of little value) from her or her friends by putting her hand in front of his face and [[RuleOFThree repeatedly chanting the trope name at him]], making him say "Oh, man!", although it didn't always work. In fact, she would ask ''us'' to [[FakeInteractivity do that for her]].

** Funnily enough, the show actually subverted this in the YetAnotherChristmasCarol episode when Swiper himself tries it on his future self. Future Swiper just laughs at him, tells him it doesn't work anymore, and swipes the object in question anyway. It turns out that Swiper really ''was'' just being polite and listening to Dora whenever she asked him to stop in all those other episodes. When he got put on the Naughty List, he decides to [[TookALevelInBadass stop]] [[TookALevelInJerkass listening]] and went on to swipe so much stuff that Future Dora angrily tells the present Swiper there's nothing left in their time to steal.

Yes, the villain is merely ''told'' to stop their EvilPlan, and they does. Usually, this is a way to [[AnAesop teach the audience a lesson]] about the [[PoorCommunicationKills importance of communication]], and sometimes it stands as a testament to the hero's badassery, but just as often it's PlayedForLaughs due to the sheer unlikelihood of the idea.