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Compare [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me]].

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

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** Similiarly, it's all over ''[[The Host (Film)|The Host]]'', though not because the heroes are afraid to shoot. They're not; they're just (mostly) shitty shots. Add to that one of the characters, a national bronze-medallist in archery, has a nasty habit of hesitating before taking a shot, and you know the monster has nothing to worry about. Hence why it charges the main characters at every available opportunity.

* Subverted in ''[[Wolf Creek]]''. {{spoiler|However, it doesn't kill the villain: the rifle bullet passes through his neck and somehow he doesn't bleed to death.}}

* ''[[The Rock]]'': Just after Goodspeed and Mason's Navy SEAL teammates are all drawn into a trap and killed, Goodspeed tries to stop Mason from leaving Alcatraz Island by pulling his pistol on him. Mason replies that [[Defensive Failure|Goodspeed doesn't have what it takes to kill him]], and also remarking [[Not With the Safety On You Won't|"Besides, the safety's on"]], before grabbing the gun away.

* ''[[The Rock]]'': Just after Goodspeed and Mason's Navy SEAL teammates are all drawn into a trap and killed, Goodspeed tries to stop Mason from leaving Alcatraz Island by pulling his pistol on him. Mason replies that [[Defensive Failure|Goodspeed doesn't have what it takes to kill him]], and also remarking [[Not With the Safety On, You Won't|"Besides, the safety's on"]], before grabbing the gun away.

* A rare good-guy/good-guy example occurs in ''[[Independence Day]]'', as Major Steven Hiller is climbing into a helicopter to go look for his girlfriend:

{{quote| '''NCO:''' ''Hey, what the hell you doing?'' (Draws pistol, points it at Hiller) ''Get out of there, sir.''<br />

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* Occurs in the pilot of ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'', except the gun wouldn't have stopped the vampiric villain. Not that the victim knows that.

* In an early episode of ''[[Stargate SG 1]]'' Samantha Carter has an ex-lover at gunpoint as he has been suffering delusions of grandeur. He even tells her to shoot him but she still cannot.

* [[Lampshaded]] in an episode of ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' - Martha has an enemy at gunpoint who says she doesn't have the nerve to fire - she replies that nervous people with guns are not a safe combination, and asks him if he wants to risk it.

* [[Lampshaded]] in an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - Martha has an enemy at gunpoint who says she doesn't have the nerve to fire - she replies that nervous people with guns are not a safe combination, and asks him if he wants to risk it.

** And reversed in an earlier episode. The Doctor is holding a man at gunpoint. He being the Doctor, he handles it differently when the man starts getting nervous...

{{quote| '''Doctor''': Like I was ever going to shoot ''[throws him the gun]''. So you were saying?<br />

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* Happens a couple of times in the ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid'' series

** In the first game Meryl points her rifle at Snake, and Snake taunts her about not being able to pull the trigger

*** Snake even points out that [[Not With the Safety On You Won't|she hadn't even taken the safety off.]]

*** Snake even points out that [[Not With the Safety On, You Won't|she hadn't even taken the safety off.]]

** Subverted in Snake Eater, near the beginning when Ocelot points his gun at Snake, Snake laughs and says "You don't have what it takes to kill me." An enraged Ocelot pulls the trigger, only to discover that his gun is empty. Whoops.

*** There are implications that Ocelot [[Magnificent Bastard|intended for this to happen all along.]] {{spoiler|It's hard to maintain an image of being a Russian soldier if you refuse to shoot an American spy, after all. Emptying your weapon beforehand is a nice [[Take a Third Option|third option.]]}}

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