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** In ''Straight Silver'', we are told that Muril whirled about, and a knife struck to the heart, but {{spoiler|not until many scenes later do we know that Cuu killed her, and not she Cuu}}.

* In [[Ben Counter]]'s [[Warhammer 40000]] [[Horus Heresy]] novel ''Galaxy In Flames'', when {{spoiler|Cassar}} learns that {{spoiler|Turnet}} knew of, and supported, {{spoiler|the treacherous attack on their own forces}}, they draw their guns and fire. {{spoiler|Cut to another scene. After it, we learn they both missed.}}

* Happens in ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)/Allegiance|Allegiance]]''. [[La Rone]] is snidely accused of disobeying orders by an ISB officer who then pulls a blaster on him. [[La Rone]] instinctively wrests it away, the officer pulls out a holdout blaster, there is a "soft flash, a muted blast" - and the officer falls dead. [[Damn You Muscle Memory]]. Stormtrooper combat training doesn't cover ISB officers playing threat games.

* Happens in ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)/Allegiance|Allegiance]]''. [[La Rone]] is snidely accused of disobeying orders by an ISB officer who then pulls a blaster on him. [[La Rone]] instinctively wrests it away, the officer pulls out a holdout blaster, there is a "soft flash, a muted blast" - and the officer falls dead. [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]. Stormtrooper combat training doesn't cover ISB officers playing threat games.

** Also happens in the ''[[X Wing Series]]''. Corran is rescued from Imperials by an old enemy's lover and then taken to that old enemy, who has her remove his blaster. The enemy levels a blaster at Corran, "the whine of a single blaster shot filled the hangar and the bolt tinted everything with the color of blood", and then the enemy crumples because his lover shot him. She'd gone through a slow [[Heel Face Turn]] that culminated here.

* When the guardians of the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas review [[Dragonlance|Raistlin]]'s memories of his duel with Fistandantilus, they are unable to determine who won and stole the "life-force" of the other, but conclude that either way, the winner was before them and qualified for entrance.

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* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'': This happens when Rick brings a gun to school. {{spoiler|After shooting Jimmy in the back, which turns him into a paraplegic, Rick and Sean wrestle for the gun and a news report reveals that Rick died.}}

* ''[[Los Hombres De Paco]]'': Played with when Sara and Alison are struggling for a gun while Sara's relatives look on from a live camera feed via computer. The camera cuts to them as two gunshots ring out from the computer, and it's unclear who, if anyone, was injured. We later see that {{spoiler|Alison is alive, but shot in the shoulder. For the next twenty minutes it is unclear if Sara is alive or dead, but all seems to be fine when she shows up for her elopement with Lucas. Until halfway through the ceremony, when it's revealed that she's been shot in the stomach. [[Secret Stab Wound|She toughs it out]] in order to finish the wedding, but then collapses after the priest pronounces them man and wife}}.

* A variation in ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined ~~(TV)~~|Battlestar Galactica]]''. When [[La Résistance|the resistance]] is ambushed by Centurians a shootout begins. Helo and Anders start shooting and leading people into the woods to escape but Starbuck just stands around in the middle of the firefight by the jeep. After a few seconds the camera pans down to reveal that the first shot caught her in the gut, hence the dazed. She falls. [[Only a Flesh Wound|Don't panic though]]

* A variation in ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]''. When [[La Résistance|the resistance]] is ambushed by Centurians a shootout begins. Helo and Anders start shooting and leading people into the woods to escape but Starbuck just stands around in the middle of the firefight by the jeep. After a few seconds the camera pans down to reveal that the first shot caught her in the gut, hence the dazed. She falls. [[Only a Flesh Wound|Don't panic though]]

* In the season 2 finale of ''[[Nip Tuck|Nip/Tuck]]'', {{spoiler|Adrian and Ava}} are close together and we hear a stabbing noise, {{spoiler|Ava}}'s shocked look and bloody hands, but the reveal shows that {{spoiler|Adrian stabbed himself so that Ava would never leave him again}}.

* Episode 20 of ''[[The Flash]]'', "Good Night Central City," involved an inventor (Bill Mumy) being pressured by his cousin into using his sleep-inducing invention to commit robberies. When the cousin proved willing to kill with the device, Mumy rebelled and tried to stop him, they wrestled over a gun, and the gun went off between them. There was a suspenseful pause... and at this exact moment in the original April 4, 1991 broadcast of the episode (at least on the East Coast), CBS cut away to a special report in which Dan Rather spent the rest of the hour reporting on a minor and ultimately harmless heart flutter that had been suffered by then-President George H. W. Bush. As a result, the suspenseful moment was never resolved, at least until the show went into reruns. In fairness, though, it was easy to guess which character must have died.

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* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'': In episode 4 of season 10 "Lunacy", astronaut Col. Finley tackles Anton Thibodeaux to the ground after he has shot a suspect. The two wrestle on the ground, a shot goes off and both men lie motionless for a few seconds before {{spoiler|Finley}} stirs, unharmed.

* ''[[House (TV)|House]]'': In episode 10 of season 6 "The Down Low" there is an interesting twist on this trope. After the gun goes off one man falls to the ground apparently dead and the other moves off. But the one standing has been shot in the foot, and the one unconscious on the ground is unhit. {{spoiler|It turns out that a symptom of his disease is that loud noises make him pass out.}}

* The season 4 finale of ''[[~~Babylon 5 (TV)|~~Babylon 5]]'' shows a scene where Garibadi is being held by a group of renegade telepaths who are threatening to shoot him (and others) if their demands are not met. After a few moments of trying to reason with them, Garibaldi is interrupted by Sheridan appearing on the com screen saying he has rejected their demands and telling them to surrender. Garibaldi mutters "Swell" as a gun is raised and pointed at his head. The clip ends with the sound of a shot being fired. It's not until midway through season 5 that we find out {{spoiler|that the one who fired the shot was Byron, the one the hostage takers were trying to get freed, who shot the gunman himself and allowed Garibaldi and the other hostages to go free}}.

* The season 4 finale of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' shows a scene where Garibadi is being held by a group of renegade telepaths who are threatening to shoot him (and others) if their demands are not met. After a few moments of trying to reason with them, Garibaldi is interrupted by Sheridan appearing on the com screen saying he has rejected their demands and telling them to surrender. Garibaldi mutters "Swell" as a gun is raised and pointed at his head. The clip ends with the sound of a shot being fired. It's not until midway through season 5 that we find out {{spoiler|that the one who fired the shot was Byron, the one the hostage takers were trying to get freed, who shot the gunman himself and allowed Garibaldi and the other hostages to go free}}.

* [[Fringe]] had something similar to this. Agent Dunham and an assailant are fighting, both armed with a gun, but they're at close range, and so are resorting to brawling. eventually Olivia puts some distance between them and they both fire at each other. {{spoiler|The attacker falls over dead with a [[Pretty Little Headshots|Pretty Little Headshot]], and Olivia glances over and sees a bullet hole mere inches from her.}}

* [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] liked this trope, except with swords.

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