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Compare [[Bait and Switch Gunshot]]. See also [[Framed for Heroism]]. The [[Single Stroke Battle]] is the Eastern version of this. This is a specific kind of [[Mortal Wound Reveal]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[So Ra No wo To]]'''s first OVA features this at the climax of a [[What Do You Mean
* [[Egregious|Egregiously]] used in ''[[Saint Seiya]]''. The jarring part is that enemies, or the heroes themselves can go on like nothing happens for a while and then humongous holes or cracks will appear on the downed Saint/General/Spectre's cloth/scales/surplice.
* Not quite this trope, as there was no struggle for a gun, but the ending for ''[[Code Geass]]'' season 1 was kinda like that: {{spoiler|Lelouch}} and {{spoiler|Suzaku}} in a [[Mexican Standoff]], fading screen and sound of gunshot. Viewers are left to guess who shot whom.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In the ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'' graphic novel ''Explorers on the Moon'', Jorgen and Wolf fight over a gun, and the shot is not shown.
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'', {{spoiler|Raiden}} and {{spoiler|The President of the United States of America}} are struggling over {{spoiler|Raiden}}'s pistol, what with {{spoiler|Mr. President wanting Raiden to kill him and Raiden refusing}}. A shot rings out; the camera pans to reveal that {{spoiler|Revolver Ocelot, who before was not even in the scene, has shot the President himself}}.
** Used again in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4]]'' at the end of the game when {{spoiler|Solid Snake [[Ate His Gun|puts a gun in his mouth]]}}, and the camera cuts away on the sound of the gunshot, presumably to spare the player from the gore. It then cuts to another scene entirely for several minutes, leaving you with the feeling that {{spoiler|Solid Snake is dead}}. As it turns out, {{spoiler|Solid Snake [[Interrupted Suicide|did not kill himself]], and Big Boss, his [[Luke, I Am Your Father|father]], appears to meet his son for the last time}}.
* In ''[[Halo]] 3'', Keyes decides to to kill Johnson and herself to prevent activation of the Halos, but Truth kills Keyes first.
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