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Korval
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11:03:20 PM Feb 16th 2012
Removed:

Cap was perfectly *willing* to kill the Big Bad. He just wasn't able; he basically used The Hulk as a super-human gun and aimed at at the badguys.

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CesarAurelio
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04:31:44 PM Jun 24th 2010
I think this trope needs a different name, it seems that a lot of tropers get confused and use it instead of Villainous Rescue, like A LOT. I see it misused more often than not
GreatLimmick
04:05:34 PM Jul 25th 2011
edited by GreatLimmick
I'm not sure the name is the problem, but there does seem to be a lot of confusion. Just regarding the Blackest Night examples, one seems to be more of a Godzilla Threshold, and the other (as noted) seems to be more of an Enemy Mine.
varren
07:41:20 PM Aug 23rd 2011
What would we change it to? The trope is, after all, about villains bailing out the heroes. Sure, they're bailing them out by doing the necessary evils the heroes refuse to do themselves, but I'm not sure how we'd make that clear in just one short phrase.

I guess, since it's a morality-based trope, we could go with the old standby of putting a dog in the title. Designated Dog-Shooter? Dog-Shooter for Hire?

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