History PlayingWith / ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill

** Alternatively, the attacker '''really''' [[ThatOneBoss hates the victim]].

** CoupDeGrace, DoubleTap or FinishingStomp on a downed target.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...he failed to realize that miniguns (and other gattling guns) don't have semi-automatic modes by definition and ends up reducing everything to rubble.

* '''Implied''': The heroes go through a lengthy LockAndLoadMontage.

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

* '''Straight''': Shooting an unarmed person with a minigun, then setting him on fire, then [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking punching him]] [[GroinAttack in the balls]]

** [[SummonBiggerFish Summoning]] [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]] to kill someone.

** [[SummonBiggerFish Summoning]] [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]] to deal with sharks.

* '''Straight''': Shooting an unarmed person with a minigun, then settting him on fire, then [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking punching him]] [[GroinAttack in the balls]]

** [[SummonBiggerFish Summonig]] [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]] to deal with sharks.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...he failed to realise that miniguns (and other gattling guns) don't have semi-automatic modes by definition and ends up reducing everything to rubble.

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

** CoupDeGrace or DoubleTap on a downed target.

* '''Downplayed''': A character uses an AK-47 when a pistol would be more appropriate.

** Killing a fly with the '''[[Franchise/StarWars Death]] [[KillSat Star]]''' and that's after you cut it to pieces and eletrocuted it.

** The heroes fail to overkill one villain and their side pays greatly for it when he returns to wreak havoc. Now their allies understand that it may be grisly, but some things are better safe than sorry.

* '''Straight''': Shooting an unarmed person with a minigun, then settting him on fire, then [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking punching him in the balls]]

** Killing a fly with the '''[[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]]''' and that's after you cut it to pieces and eletrocuted it.

* '''Averted''': The main characters are snipers, and are slow and methodical with their firing.

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

* '''Exaggerated''': Running someone over in a tank, then backing up, shooting them with [[MoreDakka 17 miniguns at once]], and then covering the entire area in napalm.
** Killing a fly with the '''[[StarWars Death Star]]''' and that's after you cut it to pieces and eletrocuted it.

* '''Justified''': The victim is [[MadeOfIron extremely hard to kill]].

* '''Inverted''': Using the [[CherryTapping least amount of force necessary]] to get the job done.

* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes use so much ammo that they run out and are quickly killed.
** Alternately, going all-out with the weaponry causes so much collateral damage that heroes fail their mission.
** The heroes are considered insane for being so excessive and everyone else is wary around them.
* '''Reconstructed''': The heroes bring more ammo to account for their increased use.
** The heroes have an explicit license to do whatever it takes to complete the mission, collateral damage be damned.
** The heroes fail to overkill one villain and their side pays greatly for it when he returns to wreak havoc. Now their allies understand that it may be grisly, but some things are better safe than sorry.

* '''Exploited''': Alice first send her minions in to take care of Bob. After they're defeated, Alice ambushes Bob, knowing that he is left exhausted.

* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''':

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* '''Defied''': Bob kills every enemy with a single shot.

* '''Exaggerated''': Running someone over in a tank, then backing up, shooting them with [[MoreDakka 17 miniguns at once]], and then covering the entire area in napalm.

* '''Parodied''': The victim is killed by a massive barrage of teddy bears, soft pillows, [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus comfy chairs]] and water balloons.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...And then switches it to full auto when too many Mooks show up.

* '''BeyondTheImpossible''':Killing a fly with the '''[[StarWars Death Star]]''' and that's after you cut it to pieces and eletrocuted it.

* '''Downplayed''': A character uses an AK-47 when a pistol would be more aproppriate
* '''Justified''': The victim is [[MadeOfIron extremely hard to kill]]
** Alternatively, the attacker '''really''' [[ThatOneBoss hates the victim]]

* '''Deconstructed''': The heros use so much ammo that they run out and are quickly killed.

* '''Reconstructed''': The heros bring more ammo to account for their increased use.

[[{{ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill}} I just riddled the villain full of bullets, set his body on fire, called in an air strike, and as I was driving away to escape said air strike, ran his dead body over about four times.]]

* '''Inverted''': Using the [[CherryTapping least amount of force necessary]] to get the job done

* '''Inverted''': Using the least amount of force necessary to get the job done