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** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': General Ludendorff barges in on a meeting of the German High Command, who are preparing to accept an armistice with the Allies, and exposes them all to the new toxic gas developed by Doctor Poison, wiping them out.
*** To twist the knife further, he tosses in a gas mask that's useless against the new toxin to watch them fight over it.

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** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': General Ludendorff barges in on a meeting of the German High Command, who are preparing to accept an armistice with the Allies, and exposes them all to the new toxic gas developed by Doctor Poison, wiping them out.
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out. To twist the knife further, he tosses in a gas mask that's useless against the new toxin to watch them fight over it.



* ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part III]]'': At a meeting of the mafia Commission, Michael pays off the other dons in order to get them to stay away from his business deal with the Immobiliare corporation, but excludes his rival Joey Zasa, who storms out in a rage. Minutes later, a helicopter flies in and opens fire on the meeting, with most of the dons being gunned down.
** Although Michael himself reasons immediately after that Zasa doesn't have the ambition or ability to pull off an attack like that, and is simply an accomplice - he is right, a Sicilian Don called Lucchese arranged it.

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* ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part III]]'': At a meeting of the mafia Commission, Michael pays off the other dons in order to get them to stay away from his business deal with the Immobiliare corporation, but excludes his rival Joey Zasa, who storms out in a rage. Minutes later, a helicopter flies in and opens fire on the meeting, with most of the dons being gunned down.
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down. Michael himself reasons immediately after that Zasa doesn't have the ambition or ability to pull off an attack like that, and is simply an accomplice - he is right, a Sicilian Don called Lucchese arranged it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In [[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E7TheRicklantisMixup "The Ricklantis Mix-up"]], a Morty is elected President of the Citadel. As soon as he takes office, he gets a haircut while meeting with the Shadow Council of Ricks, who smugly inform him that they are TheManBehindTheMan and that President Morty is a figurehead with no power. Unfortunately, they fail to realize they are talking to PresidentEvil. Evil Morty asks who agrees, promptly has them shot, then intimidates the survivors with a DeadlyEuphemism.
-->'''Stylist Rick:''' ''[nervous; talking about Morty's haircut]'' Is... that enough off the top?\\
'''President Morty:''' ''[looks at self in a mirror]'' I don't know... ''[turns around; pointedly directed to the remaining Shadow Council Ricks] Is it?''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Harold Saxon's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums first day]] as [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Prime Minister]].]]

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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]]]]
Minister]].]]

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