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* ''Film/ANewHope'': Tarkin destroys Alderaan with the Death Star to demonstrate the destructive power of the station. In ExpandedUniverse accounts, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this proves to be a colossal political blunder]]; many planets in the Empire realize that its leadership is made up of AxCrazy StupidEvil psychopaths who have to be stopped at all costs, and the Rebel Alliance gets an upsurge in support. It helps that the Empire's ''means'' of destroying planets got destroyed, otherwise fear of the Death Star might actually have kept the local systems in line.
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* ''Film/ANewHope'': Tarkin destroys Alderaan with the Death Star to demonstrate the destructive power of the station. In ExpandedUniverse accounts, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome [[DeconstructedTrope this proves to be a colossal political blunder]]; many planets in the Empire realize that its leadership is made up of AxCrazy StupidEvil psychopaths who have to be stopped at all costs, and the Rebel Alliance gets an upsurge in support. It helps that the Empire's ''means'' of destroying planets got destroyed, otherwise fear of the Death Star might actually have kept the local systems in line.
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* Discussed in ''Film/FinalScore'': when the police begins negotiations with Arkady (the leader of the terrorists who have taken over a football stadium, and also a Eastern European ultra-conservative), he makes clear that he will not be moved with his demands. The London Police commissioner tells Arkady to let go of some hostages as a standard "show of goodwill" gesture, to which Arkady answers with (paraphrased) "I will do that, and then I will gather the exact same number of women hostages and toss them off the roof with the whole world watching as a show of my resilience, so how about we just skip to the part where you give me what I want?"
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in the prologue sequence of ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'', in which [[BigBad Gabriel Shear]] argues with two FBI agents ([[RefugeInAudacity while calmly drinking coffee while his men hold a lot of people hostage in a bank across the street]]) about ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'' and how the only proper way Sonny would get [[TheBadGuyWins the happy ending he deserves]] would be for him to start killing hostages and scare the cops into compliance. Shear is DramaticallyMissingThePoint: the film is BasedOnATrueStory and Sonny never did that in the film because the real Sonny never did that, and if Sonny had started an indiscriminate slaughter, [[KickTheDog there was no way the audience was going to accept him winning]].
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in the prologue sequence of ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'', in which [[BigBad Gabriel Shear]] argues with two FBI agents ([[RefugeInAudacity while calmly drinking coffee while his men hold a lot of people hostage in a bank across the street]]) about ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'' and how the only proper way Sonny would get [[TheBadGuyWins the happy ending he deserves]] would be for him to start killing hostages and scare the cops into compliance. Shear is DramaticallyMissingThePoint: the film is BasedOnATrueStory and Sonny never did that in the film because the real Sonny never did that, and if Sonny had started an indiscriminate slaughter, [[KickTheDog there was no way the audience was going to accept him winning]]. Shear do performs this act, in a fashion, [[spoiler:when one of his hostages, who is wired with an ExplosiveCollar that will explode if they get away from a certain radius of the bank, is retrieved by the police and dragged beyond the radius. The resulting explosion wrecks the whole street and makes the police back off.]]
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* In ''Literature/TheNightAngelTrilogy'', the king attempts to intimidate the city's best killer, Durzo Blint, into working for him. Durzo explains how his apprentice, Azoth, is a prodigy, a valuable student, and a worthy successor... and then rams a knife through his heart, casually explaining that if he's willing to kill someone so useful to him to make a point, there's absolutely nothing they can hold over him that he wouldn't be equally willing to let go. He's bluffing: the blade is illusory, and Azoth is knocked out by a carefully dosed poison to sell the bit. [[spoiler:Seems he's learned his lesson; the last time he was in such a scenario, he left his loved one to die, and in response to this apathy his magical artifact (which runs on ThePowerOfLove) abandoned him permanently.]]
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'''Alfred:''' [[DeadpanSnarker You're too weak and will fail]].\\
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'''Alfred:''' Fine, prove it, put these on.\\
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'''Alfred:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Fine, prove it, put these on.on]].\\
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* In ''Film/ThePurge1'', when the Sandin family insist they don't know where the homeless man the purgers are hunting is, one of them starts screaming at the family to hand him over. The Polite Leader shoots him in the face. This is partly because [[AffablyEvil he genuinely dislikes that kind of rudeness]], but also for the purpose of this trope.
--> "Just keep in mind, Mr Sandin. He was my friend, and ''you'' are not."
--> "Just keep in mind, Mr Sandin. He was my friend, and ''you'' are not."
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[[GoneHorriblyRight This can backfire]] if taken too far though; it might simply convince your opponent that you are [[YoureInsane beyond all reason]] or that you [[TheFarmerAndTheViper cannot be trusted]], and decide that a more decisive and ruthless approach is needed, or maybe you end up looking so ObviouslyEvil that your otherwise reasonable demands [[NiceJobFixingItVillain are no longer taken seriously]], which often happens when there is a clash between moderates and extremists. On the other hand, [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow maybe that's what you are counting on]], and you ''want'' the other side to escalate things to make ''them'' look bad, extreme and unreasonable. And so on it goes, so this trope can lead to, or be the result of, some complex {{Gambit Pileup}}s and {{Serial Escalation}}s.
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[[GoneHorriblyRight This can backfire]] if taken too far though; it might simply convince your opponent that you are [[YoureInsane beyond all reason]] or that you [[TheFarmerAndTheViper cannot be trusted]], and decide that a more decisive and ruthless approach is needed, or maybe you end up looking so ObviouslyEvil that your otherwise reasonable demands [[NiceJobFixingItVillain are no longer taken seriously]], seriously, which often happens when there is a clash between moderates and extremists. On the other hand, [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow maybe that's what you are counting on]], and you ''want'' the other side to escalate things to make ''them'' look bad, extreme and unreasonable. And so on it goes, so this trope can lead to, or be the result of, some complex {{Gambit Pileup}}s and {{Serial Escalation}}s.
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[[GoneHorriblyRight This can backfire]] if taken too far though; it might simply convince your opponent that you are [[YoureInsane beyond all reason]] or that you [[TheFarmerAndTheViper cannot be trusted]], and decide that a more decisive and ruthless approach is needed, or maybe you end up looking so ObviouslyEvil that your otherwise reasonable demands [[NiceJobBreakingItHero are no longer taken seriously]], which often happens when there is a clash between moderates and extremists. On the other hand, [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow maybe that's what you are counting on]], and you ''want'' the other side to escalate things to make ''them'' look bad, extreme and unreasonable. And so on it goes, so this trope can lead to, or be the result of, some complex {{Gambit Pileup}}s and {{Serial Escalation}}s.
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[[GoneHorriblyRight This can backfire]] if taken too far though; it might simply convince your opponent that you are [[YoureInsane beyond all reason]] or that you [[TheFarmerAndTheViper cannot be trusted]], and decide that a more decisive and ruthless approach is needed, or maybe you end up looking so ObviouslyEvil that your otherwise reasonable demands [[NiceJobBreakingItHero [[NiceJobFixingItVillain are no longer taken seriously]], which often happens when there is a clash between moderates and extremists. On the other hand, [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow maybe that's what you are counting on]], and you ''want'' the other side to escalate things to make ''them'' look bad, extreme and unreasonable. And so on it goes, so this trope can lead to, or be the result of, some complex {{Gambit Pileup}}s and {{Serial Escalation}}s.
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* In the Australian satire ''Go to Hell!!'' (1997) by Ray Nowland, AncientAstronaut G.D. is interfering in the evolution of Mankind so he can set himself up in a god. Unfortunately, humanity has stopped being frightened by the holograms he's sending down from his spaceship and started worshipping other gods. So G.D. sends a gift-wrapped nuclear weapon to King Ramses II.
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* In the Australian satire ''Go to Hell!!'' (1997) by Ray Nowland, AncientAstronaut AncientAstronauts led by G.D. is are interfering in the evolution of Mankind so he G.D. can set himself up in a god. Unfortunately, humanity has stopped being frightened by the holograms he's sending down from his spaceship and started worshipping other gods. So G.D. sends a gift-wrapped nuclear weapon to King Ramses II.
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-->'''G.D.:''' [[NukeEm Powerful magic!]] But use it...and die! Unless you obey the will of God. Well, chickenshit? Call my bluff! OPEN IT! ''(vanishes)''
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-->'''G.D.:''' [[NukeEm Powerful magic!]] magic!]] But use it...and die! Unless you obey the will of God. Well, chickenshit? Call my bluff! OPEN IT! ''(vanishes)''
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* In the Australian satire ''Go to Hell!!'' (1997) by Ray Nowland, AncientAstronaut G.D. is interfering in the evolution of Mankind so he can set himself up in a god. Unfortunately, humanity has stopped being frightened by the holograms he's sending down from his spaceship and started worshipping other gods. So G.D. sends a gift-wrapped nuclear weapon to King Ramses II.
-->'''G.D. hologram:''' You think I'm [[GodGuise just a bluff]], right?
-->'''Pharaoh:''' You are just an illusion!
-->'''G.D.:''' That ''box'' isn't an illusion. Open it!
-->'''Pharaoh:''' Why? What is in it?
-->'''G.D.:''' [[NukeEm Powerful magic!]] But use it...and die! Unless you obey the will of God. Well, chickenshit? Call my bluff! OPEN IT! ''(vanishes)''
-->''(King Ramses II has his slaves carry the box off into the desert. Cue thermonuclear explosion.)''
-->'''G.D. hologram:''' You think I'm [[GodGuise just a bluff]], right?
-->'''Pharaoh:''' You are just an illusion!
-->'''G.D.:''' That ''box'' isn't an illusion. Open it!
-->'''Pharaoh:''' Why? What is in it?
-->'''G.D.:''' [[NukeEm Powerful magic!]] But use it...and die! Unless you obey the will of God. Well, chickenshit? Call my bluff! OPEN IT! ''(vanishes)''
-->''(King Ramses II has his slaves carry the box off into the desert. Cue thermonuclear explosion.)''
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* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars''. After delivering his ultimatum to the people of Akir, Sador orders his snipers to gun down random citizens simply to show he means business.
