History Main / VorpalPillow

** The first VictimOfTheWeek in "The Creeper". This instance is more realistic than many examples as the victim was drunk, drugged and [[spoiler:there were two people holding the pillow over his face]].

** In "The Axeman Cometh", the second VictimOfTheWeek is smothered with a pillow as he lies drunk in the back of his Cadillac. The killer then shoves the car into the swimming pool.

* In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', this is how [[spoiler:Mills kills Lockwood]]. Made somewhat plausible by the fact that [[spoiler:Lockwood]] is a crippled, dying old man on life support. Plus, as we only see the lead-up and not the act itself, we don't know how long it took or how easy it was.

** In "[[Recap/CSINYS03E09 And Here's to You, Mrs. Azrael]]," a mother unknowingly did it to her own daughter. She believed the girl in the hospital was the driver of the car in which her daughter died; however, due to their similar appearance, there was mistaken identity as to who survived and who died. The girl tried to tell her mother, but she didn't get it.

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* If one believes the account of Sir Thomas More (not everyone does), this is how 12-year-old King Edward V of England and his little brother Richard were killed in the Tower of London in the summer of 1483, by two assassins who smothered them in their beds--on the orders of their uncle, UsefulNotes/RichardIII.

* In ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings II'', if you plot to [[WouldHurtAChild murder a child character]], one of the possible event chains to execute the plot involves bribing a maid to smother the child with a pillow.

* Referenced a couple of times in ''WebComic/SomethingPositive''.

* ''Series/ColdCase'': In "Sherry Darlin'", it looks as if the main suspect James is about to confess to smothering his grandmother with a pillow. however, at the last moment, he decides he cannot go through with it. His girlfriend, who had put hhim up to it, takes the pillow and does it herself.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "And Here's to You, Mrs. Azrael," a mother unknowingly did it to her own daughter. She believed the girl in the hospital was the driver of the car in which her daughter died; however, due to their similar appearance, there was mistaken identity as to who survived and who died. The girl tried to tell her mother, but she didn't get it.

* The old Hong Kong horror film ''Film/HellHasNoBoundary'' has a rather disturbing and graphic example, where a little girl is eliminated by [[OffingTheOffspring her own parents]] using a pillow.
* Subverted in ''Film/IngloriousBasterds''. During his murder-montage, Hugo Stiglitz is seen shoving a pillow over the face of a Gestapo officer... then ''[[NightmareFuel stabbing him in the face repeatedly, THROUGH the pillow.]]''

* ''{{Series/Monk}}'': The killer does this in the opening scene of "Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man." Not as much of a stretch as some other examples, since the man was in fact very, very old. We don't see exactly how long it takes him to die, but the death is apparently quick and clean enough that no one at first suspects foul play.

* In ''Film/TheComedyOfTerrors'', this is how Trumbull disposes of his first victim in an effort to drum up business for his struggling funeral parlor. This plan goes awry when [[spoiler:the elderly victim's young widow immediately leaves town with all his money and possessions (she doesn't even pay off the servants)]].

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