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Slaves, oppressed citizens, abused prisoners, terrorized villagers, tortured laboratory subjects and the families of the victims are the most commonly used. |
Slaves, oppressed citizens, abused prisoners, terrorized villagers, tortured laboratory subjects and the families of the victims are the most commonly used. |
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Differs from [[The Dog Bites Back]] in that that is a form of [[Karmic Death]], while with this one, the hero deliberately sets it up. A subtrope of [[Throw |
Differs from [[The Dog Bites Back]] in that that is a form of [[Karmic Death]], while with this one, the hero deliberately sets it up. A subtrope of [[Throw'em to The Wolves]]. |
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* In ''Shamran'' by Bjarne Reuter, the hero, Filip, confronts the officer in charge of "marking" the people of Tronn, a mandatory practice where any citizen (except for members of the government and the military) of a certain age has one of his/hers abilities (sight, hearing or speech) surgically removed. After disarming the officer, Flip throws him at the feet of the patrons in one of the capitols larger inns, all of them people the officer so zealously have marked throughout his life. In the next scene, the guards of the capitol's castle gets a nasty surprise in form of the officer, now blind, deaf, and mute, fumbling and crawling around in the dirt in front of them. |
* In ''Shamran'' by Bjarne Reuter, the hero, Filip, confronts the officer in charge of "marking" the people of Tronn, a mandatory practice where any citizen (except for members of the government and the military) of a certain age has one of his/hers abilities (sight, hearing or speech) surgically removed. After disarming the officer, Flip throws him at the feet of the patrons in one of the capitols larger inns, all of them people the officer so zealously have marked throughout his life. In the next scene, the guards of the capitol's castle gets a nasty surprise in form of the officer, now blind, deaf, and mute, fumbling and crawling around in the dirt in front of them. |
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* Ged does this in the third book of the [[Earthsea Trilogy]]. On a slaver ship. Where there are only half a dozen slavers. All he needs is to remove the slaves' chains. |
* Ged does this in the third book of the [[Earthsea Trilogy]]. On a slaver ship. Where there are only half a dozen slavers. All he needs is to remove the slaves' chains. |
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* In Neal Stephenson's ''Quicksilver'', Daniel Waterhouse does this to [[Big Bad]] (and actual historical figure) [ |
* In Neal Stephenson's ''Quicksilver'', Daniel Waterhouse does this to [[Big Bad]] (and actual historical figure) [[wikipedia:George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys|George Jeffreys]]. |
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{{quote| '''Daniel Waterhouse''': You speak of putting Jeffreys to death with the strength of your right arm. Yet I tell you that if we must rely on your arm, strong as it is, we would fail. But if, as I believe, England is with us, why, then we need do no more than find him and say in a clear voice, 'This fellow here is my lord Jeffreys,' and his death will follow as if by natural law, like a ball rolling down a ramp.<br /> |
{{quote| '''Daniel Waterhouse''': You speak of putting Jeffreys to death with the strength of your right arm. Yet I tell you that if we must rely on your arm, strong as it is, we would fail. But if, as I believe, England is with us, why, then we need do no more than find him and say in a clear voice, 'This fellow here is my lord Jeffreys,' and his death will follow as if by natural law, like a ball rolling down a ramp.<br /> |
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'''Daniel Waterhouse''' (some time later): I apologize for the disruption. You have heard of Jeffreys, the Hanging Judge, the one who decorated trees in Dorset with bodies of ordinary Englishmen, who sold English schoolgirls into chattel slavery? [...] The man I speak of, whose name you have all heard, the man who is responsible for the Bloody Assizes and many other crimes besides-judicial murders, for which he has never dreamed he would be made to pay, until this moment-George Jeffreys, Baron of Wem, is he. *''points''* }} |
'''Daniel Waterhouse''' (some time later): I apologize for the disruption. You have heard of Jeffreys, the Hanging Judge, the one who decorated trees in Dorset with bodies of ordinary Englishmen, who sold English schoolgirls into chattel slavery? [...] The man I speak of, whose name you have all heard, the man who is responsible for the Bloody Assizes and many other crimes besides-judicial murders, for which he has never dreamed he would be made to pay, until this moment-George Jeffreys, Baron of Wem, is he. *''points''* }} |
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