History PlayingWith / LeaveBehindAPistol

* '''Downplayed''': Bob leaves a bottle of poison for Evulz so he can commit suicide with it.

** [[DeliberateValuesDissonance In the setting]], it's an acceptable way of showing remorse for one's past evil actions and salvaging your reputation for posterity.

** In the setting, [[CodeOfHonour honour demands]] that the defeated party commits suicide.

** In the setting, honour demands that the defeated party commits suicide.

** Evulz gives the pistol back to Bob, reasoning that he deserves to suffer.

** Bob's belief [[ThouShaltNotKill does not allow him to kill anyone directly]], and he needs to get rid of Evulz indirectly in order to stay true as a TechnicalPacifist.

'''Basic Trope''': Leaving a pistol for commting suicide.

** Bob [[DrivenToSuicide deliberate forces Evulz to kill himself]].

* '''Parodied''': Evulz asked for a gun for committing suicide, Bob gives him an [[ComicallyMissingThePoint airsoft gun]] instead.

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob hands Evulz a tant&#333... but specifically denies him a second, so he will die as slowly and painfully as possible. After a while, Bob hands Evulz a pistol... but it turns out to be an airsoft gun.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is notorious for leaving pistols for his victims, either for driving them to suicide deliberately or adding insult to injury with an emptied pistol, it finally bites back when [[KarmicDeath one of his victims shot Bob]].
** It's against regulations to [[SuicideIsCowardly allow your enemies the option of suicide,]] and Bob is chewed out for it by his superior.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob, feeling regret for what he had done, asked Alice to give him a pistol for committing suicide, she obligated.
** Everyone at the jail had a lot of respect for [[TheParagonAllwaysRebels Evulz]]before his FaceHeelTurn, and so they turn a blind eye to this offer.
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob hands Evulz a tanto...but specifically denies him a second, so he will die as slowly and painfully as possible.

* '''Exploited''': Evulz [[CombatPragmatist gleefully shoots Bob]] with that one bullet.
** Bob and Evulz are co-conspirators, and it's part of [[MyDeathIsJusttheBeginning a death-and-revival gambit.]]

* '''Enforced''': "We [[ThouShaltNotKill can't have Bob killing Evulz in cold blood]], how about letting Evulz to do it himself."

* '''Straight''': [[SociopathicHero Bob The Fettered]] locks [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] up and leaves a pistol loaded with one bullet to Evulz for committing suicide.

** Bob does it as a deliberate DrivenToSuicide by forcing Evulz to kill himself.

* '''Subverted''': Except [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets the pistol is empty]], Bob was planning to deliver a CruelAndUnusualDeath all along.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...but it turns out Bob fully intended to have the pistol work, it jammed on its own.

** Bob hands Evulz a tantō, and offers to be his second for honorable {{Seppuku.}}

** Evulz considers it, but even with the gun to his own head, he can't gro through with it.

** Evulz asks Bob for [[SuicideByCop one last favor before he goes...]]

** Bob offer the choice between the handgun and [[ sitting in timeout for five minutes.]] Evulz takes the timeout, much to Bob's surprise.

--> "[[SuicideDare kill yourself]]."

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** Bob wants to spare Evulz from [[CruelMercy life sentence]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Invoked''': Evulz asks Bob for a pistol with one bullet for commiting suicide.

* '''Defied''': Bob kicks the pistol away from Evulz just to add insult to injury.

* '''Defied''': Bob kicks away the pistol away from Evulz just to add insult to injury.

--> "What? You really expected me to give you a real gun? Have fun with your airsoft gun! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!"

* '''Subverted''': Except the pistol is empty, Bob was planning to deliver a CruelAndUnusualDeath all along.

-> "Evulz, I gave you a pistol, you know what to do, don't you?"
-> "What do you mean by this?!"
-> "[[SuicideDare kill yourself]]."
-> "..."
-> (Evulz pulls the trigger)
-> "What? You really expected me to give you a real gun? Have fun with your airsoft gun! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!"

* '''Conversed''': ???

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

** Bob locks Emperor Evulz into a blast shelter and leaves a ''[[ThereIsNoKillLiveOverkill hand grenade]]'' to Evulz for committing suicide.

* '''Straight''': Bob locks Emperor Evulz up, leaves a pistol loaded with one bullet to Evulz for committing suicide.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob locks Emperor Evulz into a blast shelter, leaves a ''rocket launcher'' to Evulz for committing suicide.

* '''Parodied''':
** Evulz asked for a gun for committing suicide, Bob gives him an [[ComicallyMissingThePoint airsoft gun]] instead.