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* The Joker in ''Film/{{Batman}}'' kills his most loyal and faithful henchmen just for being in close proximity while Joker was upset about Batman. Mind you, Bob wasn't doing anything to actually annoy him; the Joker is just [[BadBoss that bad of a boss]].

* The Joker in ''Film/{{Batman}}'' kills one of his henchmen for standing there while Joker was upset about Batman.

* In Disney's ''Disney/PeterPan'', Hook kills one of his henchmen for loud singing.

* ''Film/ScaryMovie'': Played for laughs when a reporter of the killing spree in the town is annoyed by a teenager who pops up behind her to goof off in front of the camera. She pulls out a guy and shoots him, then immediately changes her report from "1 dead teen" to "2 dead teens".

Maybe TheHero stole his girl, killed his favorite GiantMook, or blew up his third ElaborateUndergroundBase this month. [[HairTriggerTemper Or maybe he's just an angry guy in general]].

But whatever the reason, the bottom line is that he's in no mood to be fucked with. So, of course, here comes some [[RedShirt pitiable]] [[VeryPunchableMan fool]] along to do just that. The unfortunate loudmouth shows up just at the villain's most irate moment and immediately starts pissing him off even further.

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Spy]] upon dominating a Scout

* ''Film/BrokenArrow'', when BigBad Deakins kills the panicking Pritchett with a heavy flashlight smacked across the throat.

-->'''Henchman:''' Killing innocent children? Isn't that a little...hmmm?

-->'''Penguin:''' It's a ''lot'' "hmmm"!

* In BoardwalkEmpire season 3, [[AxCrazy Gyp Rosetti]] has a habit of doing this. The real problem is that his definition of "annoyance" can include virtually ''anything''. His EstablishingCharacterMoment comes when a GoodSamaritan helps him fix his car, but (completely unintentionally) appears to be patronising Rosetti for his lack of education. Rosetti lets him finish helping, and then beats him to death with a tyre iron.

* [[ComicBook/KingdomCome "I said ''two'' sugars." *Snap*]]

* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', Elizabeta Torres [[spoiler:[[BoomHeadshot brains Manny and his cameraman with a Deagle]]]] for shouting at her while she's high on coke and [[spoiler:losing her mind over an impending police raid.]]

Maybe TheHero stole his girl, killed his favorite GiantMook, or blew up his third ElaborateUndergroundBase this month. [[HairTriggerTemper Or maybe he's just an angry guy in general.]]

* The Mesopotamian Flood myth had the gods attempting to kill all people (several times) because they are making too much noise.

The "horrific side" sees more use among towards [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the cynical side of the sliding scale]], to show that the villain is a CompleteMonster who will [[EvilIsPetty kill anyone for the pettiest of reasons]], such as speaking without permission or accidentally scuffing their shoes. In the most depressing examples, this trope begins to overlap with ShootTheMessenger: the victim was the OnlySaneMan, genuinely trying to provide some very valid advice, and the villain just shot him in the face because he didn't want to hear it.

* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' parody fic ''FanFic/HarryPotterAndTheSomethingSomething'' has Voldermont kill a series of [[MarySue Mary Sues]] that knock on his door for getting on his nerves. But of course, coming up with a list of ways to annoy the Dark Lord (and then reading it to him) was probably asking for it...

* In ''Film/CityOfGod'', a {{Motor Mouth}}ed gang member called Tuba gets killed by Lil' Ze for talking too much. It may be a case of TooDumbToLive. When your boss is a noted CompleteMonster who kills people for fun, praising the skills of the guy who just killed a few of his mooks, then shot him in the arm, isn't the best idea.

* Attempted by Yvonne Criddle from ''Series/{{MADtv}}'', who wanted to buy a shovel to brain her neighbour's dog for making her car wet, and then tried to kill an entire family by running them off a cliff after they took her parking space in front of the store.

The "horrific side" sees more use among towards [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the cynical side of the sliding scale]], to show that the villain is a CompleteMonster who will kill anyone for the pettiest of reasons, such as speaking without permission or accidentally scuffing their shoes. In the most depressing examples, this trope begins to overlap with ShootTheMessenger: the victim was the OnlySaneMan, genuinely trying to provide some very valid advice, and the villain just shot him in the face because he didn't want to hear it.

OffingTheMouth is a SubTrope which deals specifically with characters who die for [[DeadpanSnarker their snark]]. Compare VeryPunchableMan, ShutUpHannibal, ShootTheMessenger, and YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness, which are often more situation-specific examples of this trope in action.

* In ''Film/CityOfGod'', a {{Motor Mouth}}ed gang member called Tuba gets killed by Lil' Ze for talking to much. It may be a case of TooDumbToLive. When your boss is a noted CompleteMonster who kills people for fun, praising the skills of the guy who just killed a few of his mooks, then shot him in the arm, isn't the best idea.

* In the ''Film/FlashGordon'' parody ''MomAndDadSaveTheWorld'', Emperor Spengo is portrayed as a comedic version of TheCaligula.

* Happens near the end of ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2'', when [[TheScrappy Elliot]] informs the [[BigBad evil Queen Deidrenna]] that the rebels have breached Meduna's outer lines of defense. She goes on a rant how she should've hired the player character in the first place and Elliot doesn't pick up on her sarcasm, prompting her to finally snap and shoot Elliot in the head. Subverted, since Elliot, much to Deidrenna's shock, [[MadeOfIron survives the lethal gunshot wound to the head.]]

Killing people for being annoying is an interesting way to KickTheDog: for the audience, it can be either horrifying or cathartic, depending largely on how much of an asshole the victim was being.

* In ''OnePiece'', Eustass Kidd and his first mate Killer do not like being argued against and will immediately use lethal force against anyone who disagrees with them. Demalo Black attempts to kill the bartender with his flintlock for not serving drinks fast enough and then at Nami when she refuses to sit next to him. The most extreme case are the Celestial Dragons. These guys not only aim their guns at anyone who doesn't bow down and do everything that they're told to do quickly (and often unreasonably so), but will shoot immediately, up to and including firing a cannon and sinking [[spoiler: a little boy whose boat happens to cross the path of one of their ships.]] At least Demalo just hovers his gun without shooting to give the victim another chance.
* ''DragonballZ'': Frieza fatally wounds Vegeta out of annoyance when the latter gloats over Goku beating up the former.

BrokenArrow, when BigBad Deakins kills the panicking Pritchett with a heavy flashlight smacked across the throat.
- "Hush!"

* ''TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossTheEighthDimension''.

* In the ''FlashGordon'' parody ''MomAndDadSaveTheWorld'', Emperor Spengo is portrayed as a comedic version of TheCaligula.

->Evil: What sort of Supreme Being created such riff-raff? Is it not the workings of a complete incompetent?
->Minion 1: But He created you, Evil One.
->Evil: What did you say?
->Minion 1: Well, He created you, so He can't be totally...
->Evil: [blasts Mook 1 out of existence] Never talk to me like that again! No one created me! I am Evil! Evil existed long before Good. I made myself. I cannot be unmade. I am all-powerful!
->Minion 2: But why, if that's the case, [Other minions edge away from him] are you unable to escape from this fortress?
->Evil: [blasts Mook 2 out of existence] That's a good question.
* Almost invoked in Mel Brook's Robin Hood- Men In Tights, when a mime annoys the Sheriff to the point that he just shouts 'Kill him!', before he's stopped by Prince John, who says 'You know, a mime is a terrible thing to waste.'

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* In HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality, [[spoiler:a dementor sucked Harry's warmth away, leaving him an EmptyShell incapable of warmth or love—but quite capable of annoyance. "X is annoying. They should die." becomes a short-lived catchphrase of his.]]
* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' parody fic ''HarryPotterAndTheSomethingSomething'' has Voldermont kill a series of [[MarySue Mary Sues]] that knock on his door for getting on his nerves. But of course, coming up with a list of ways to annoy the Dark Lord (and then reading it to him) was probably asking for it...

* In the book ''Peter Pan'', Hook kills his men frequently. It's almost like GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity {{Up to Eleven}}

** Another ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' example: in the Visitors sketch, John Cleese responds to Graham Chapman's demand that he leave the house by saying [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_iWOpcPaVc "I don't much like the tone of your voice."]] and then shooting him dead.
* In the ''[[XenaWarriorPrincess Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "Been There, Done That" at one point Xena takes advantage of the GroundhogDayLoop to kill Joxer, knowing he'll be alive and well the next time she wakes up.
* Averted in the BuffyTheVampireSlayer episode ''The Harsh Light of Day''. Spike stakes [[spoiler: Harmony]] after becoming annoyed with her babbling but [[spoiler:she happens to be wearing a ring that makes vampires indestructible at the time]].
* Attempted by Yvonne Criddle from MadTV, who wanted to buy a shovel to brain her neighbour's dog for making her car wet, and then tried to kill an entire family by running them off a cliff after they took her parking space in front of the store.
* ''IClaudius'': 10 (or so) year old Gemellus dies of an IncurableCoughOfDeath - which is to say, Caligula has him killed because he won't stop coughing.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', episode "Two Minutes To Midnight". During Death's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment character-defining]] intro, he takes a stroll in Chicago looking like a normal human and a rude guy too busy with his phone makes the mistake of bumping into him and scolding ''him''. Grim barely glances back, slightly brushes his coat as if getting rid of a pesky fly, and the guy immediately drops dead right on the street.

* Happens near the end of JaggedAlliance 2, when [[TheScrappy Elliot]] informs the [[BigBad evil Queen Deidrenna]] that the rebels have breached Meduna's outer lines of defense. She goes on a rant how she should've hired the player character in the first place and Elliot doesn't pick up on her sarcasm, prompting her to finally snap and shoot Elliot in the head. Subverted, since Elliot, much to Deidrenna's shock, [[MadeOfIron survives the lethal gunshot wound to the head.]]

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* In ''TheSandman'' Cain kills Abel for annoying him [[spoiler: over and over again, since they're immortal]].
* In ''HeroSquared'' supervillainess Caliginous has one, very obsequious, henchbeing. Whenever he annoys her too much she kills him and activates another clone.
* In the comic version of {{Wanted}}, the hero (once he's found out about his new powers) kills (among others) his neighbor, who annoyed him by always repeating the same mindlessly optimistic message every morning.

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* In ''DragonBallZAbridged'', Vegeta kills Nappa for annoying him, after finally being pushed too far. And then Nappa's ghost continues to annoy him.

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* A RunningGag in one-shot comics in ''WebComic/NeglectedMarioCharacters'' has VideoGame/{{Kirby}} do nothing but sleep, which eventually drives Fred the Spanyard into obliviating him with one of his rays.

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* The Mesopotamian Flood myth had the gods attempting to kill all people (several times) because they are making too much noise.

* * In the book ''Peter Pan'', Hook kills his men frequently. It's almost like GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity {{Up to Eleven}}