History Main / NooseCatch

'''As this is a DeathTrope, all spoilers will be unmarked. Beware.'''

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* ''WebAnimation/ElementsOfJustice'': A theatre costume designer named Overall Concept dies from being hung by a rope from up on a catwalk ''during a production, in full view of the audience''. The following trial seeks to determine who killed him.
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* ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' has the series' villain Makarov be killed by Captain Price in this manner after [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating Makarov's face and head in with Price's fists and the glass floor they're on]] while Price ties a crashed helicopter's winch cable around his neck. Makarov gets to let out a BigNo before Price drives them both through the weakened glass with a final effort and the cable snaps his neck to quickly ending his flailing. It's probably worth noting there was Makarov's dropped Desert Eagle pistol nearby that Price could have grabbed instead to finish him off with, but the hastily-prepared hanging [[DeathIsDramatic was definitely the funner option]].

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* The CorruptCorporateExecutive in ''Film/TheIsland'' is hanged by his own grappling hook.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' has a variant when Indy wraps one end of his {{whip|ItGood}} around a {{mook|s}}'s neck and the other end around a ceiling fan. Instead of getting hanged by falling, the mook gets hanged when the fan yanks him ''upward'' and breaks his neck.

However, sometimes this is not enough. Perhaps the villain can [[SoftWater swim]] or they miraculously [[TrashcanLanding land on a soft pile of bags]]. Perhaps the hero is worried that nobody will ever [[NeverFoundTheBody find the body]] and wants to make sure he's [[KilledOffForReal really gone]]. Or perhaps the villain's truly evil, yet [[NotProven no court will find him guilty]].

Often a villain will end up [[DisneyVillainDeath falling]] [[GravityIsAHarshMistress from a high place]], never to be seen again. This generally allows TheHero to remain [[ThouShaltNotKill virtuous and ethical]].

However, sometimes this is not enough. Perhaps the villain can [[SoftWater swim]]. Perhaps the hero is worried that nobody will ever [[NeverFoundTheBody find the body]] and wants to make sure he's [[KilledOffForReal really gone]]. Or perhaps the villain's truly evil, yet [[NotProven no court will find him guilty]].

This is commonly used as an IronicDeath: a villain may avoid being hanged by the authorities, but is still hanged by "other" means. Similarly, it could involve a VigilanteMan taking matters into [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner his own hands]], because a fatal fall only requires a neatly placed push.

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* In ''Weird Western Tales'' #17, ComicBook/JonahHex shoves a CorruptHick HangingJudge off a cliff. However, rather than falling to her death, she suffers a KarmicDeath when [[KillerOutfit her scarf snags on a tree]] sticking out of the cliff and snaps her neck.