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* The 1520 Stockholm Bloodbath. As Sweden surrendered to Danish King Kristian II, he gathered Sweden's nobility for his coronation, and has 80 of them condemned to death for heresy.
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* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', the Barraki warlord Carapar managed to conquer an island by giving them "a bounty of food as a gesture of friendship". The food was secretly poisoned and left the island's leaders too sick to resist his armies. As one of his fellow Barraki reminded him:
-->'''Takadox:''' Sometimes, the most effective first blow in a battle comes wrapped as a gift.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}}'': Parodied in an issue of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'', in which ComicBook/LexLuthor, whose building (along with the rest of Metropolis) was recently replaced by a 64th century version of itself by Brainiac 13, is being shown what all the buttons on the control pad next to his seat in the [=LexCorp=] board room do:
-->'''Luthor:''' Splendid. And this?\\
'''Minion:''' WAIT! Uh-- heh-- that switch apparently causes the chairs around the conference table to flip backwards, dumping its occupants through a floor panel down through a chute into a [[AcidPool vat of acid]], sir.\\
'''Luthor:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe This is a joke?]]\\
'''Minion:''' No, sir. We lost two men today before we restudied the schematics.\\
'''Luthor:''' Hmm. Just when I thought the Luthors couldn't stoop any lower, my successor installs {{Death Trap}}s into the board room. [[SarcasmMode I love the future.]]



-->'''Council Member:''' ''[choking on chlorine gas]'' Starr — No — Don't — You kill the Grail, you damn the world — this is about mankind's salvation...\\

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-->'''Council Member:''' ''[choking ''(choking on chlorine gas]'' gas)'' Starr — No — Don't — You kill the Grail, you damn the world — this is about mankind's salvation...\\



* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Parodied in an issue of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'', in which ComicBook/LexLuthor, whose building (along with the rest of Metropolis) was recently replaced by a 64th century version of itself by Brainiac 13, is being shown what all the buttons on the control pad next to his seat in the [=LexCorp=] board room do:
-->'''Luthor:''' Splendid. And this?\\
'''Minion:''' WAIT! Uh-- heh-- that switch apparently causes the chairs around the conference table to flip backwards, dumping its occupants through a floor panel down through a chute into a [[AcidPool vat of acid]], sir.\\
'''Luthor:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe This is a joke?]]\\
'''Minion:''' No, sir. We lost two men today before we restudied the schematics.\\
'''Luthor:''' Hmm. Just when I thought the Luthors couldn't stoop any lower, my successor installs {{Death Trap}}s into the board room. [[SarcasmMode I love the future.]]



* ''{{WesternAnimation/Robots}}'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ratchet]], after taking over Bigweld Industries, tends to eliminate those who miss the old boss and his focus on helping others over profit.

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* ''{{WesternAnimation/Robots}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ratchet]], after taking over Bigweld Industries, tends to eliminate those who miss the old boss and his focus on helping others over profit.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Harold Saxon's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums first day]] as [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Prime Minister]]]]
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