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Even "nonlethal" weapons such as tasers, pepper spray, tear gas, and beanbag guns can kill under the right circumstances, e.g. a taser being used on someone with preexisting health problems or heart disease, or pepper spray or tear gas being used on someone with breathing problems.
Probably a special case of the larger trope of [[Plot
See Also: [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] (kill in one shot, even at beyond limit range, or conversely never accidentally strike a mortal blow when not shooting to kill) and [[A-Team Firing]] / [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] (can't hit the broad side of a mountain at point-blank range) / [[Made of Iron]] (Human Beings Without Special Powers surviving things they really, really shouldn't))
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* Justified in the ''[[Halo]]'' games. The best-equipped soldiers, both human and Covenant, have plasma shields. These prevent instant death most of the time, but a handful of weapons are still one-hit kills if properly aimed. In other cases -- especially with the plasma pistol -- your shields may be downed in a single shot, at which point you can be killed with realistic ease, like any [[Mook]].
** Or if you play on Heroic (the way the games are meant to be played) or Legendary (which is what the books assume), in which case it's completely averted.
** Indecisively used on sniper rifles, which will [[One-Hit Kill]] you on a [[Boom! Headshot!|head shot]] but just take out your shield if aimed anywhere else. Either sniper rifles magically do more damage when aimed at a head, or your [[Force Field]] shield is weakest in the place it should be strongest.
* Brutally averted in ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon]]'' - unless your armor and health are maxed out, if the enemy shoots you with a weapon that instagibs them, you will die instantly in turn.
* In ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Ace Attorney]]'', murder victims rarely require more than a single blow, stab, or shot to die. But if you're a major character like {{spoiler|Manfred von Karma, Franziska von Karma, or Shi-Long Lang}}, a bullet is a mere inconvenience.
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