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Synchronicity
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(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
24th Apr, 2018 07:01:32 AM
Sounds like a specific version of Ironic Echo.
A character asks for mercy multiple times, using the same language. But because of betrayal, lying, etc, isn't granted it.
This is in Miller's crossing, where Bernie begs Tom for mercy in the forest, saying "Look in your heart", and Tom letting him go. At the end, the scene plays out again, this time Tom responds with "what heart?" and kills him.
This also happens in season one of The Expanse, with Kenzo begging James Holden for mercy. The second time Holden taunts him by repeating things from the first time "Tell me about your wife and kids".
It seems to have elements of the following, but it's not quite any one of them.
Please, I Will Do Anything!, Villains Want Mercy, Ain't Too Proud to Beg, Crying Wolf, Manipulative Bastard
Edited by RatKorga