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** This movie essentially created [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|its own trope]]: prostitutes are beautiful princesses waiting for a Prince Charming to redeem them.
* ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' does this twice with the same character, "Steamboat Willie" (the unnamed German soldier they consider murdering). First, the Allied soldier who does not want to commit a war crime by killing a surrendering German is portrayed as a complete wimp, unable to fire his gun even as his friends and comrades are being killed. Second, if a squad doesn't murder POWs, they'll come back to kill.
**Actually the ''proper'' aesop is that behaving decently doesn't for some odd reason mean people will behave decently toward you and tough break. But admittedly that is not [[Viewers are Morons|what viewers will see.]]
* ''[[Death Wish]]'' and many other movies with a [[Vigilante Man]] as a protagonist give a clear message that murder can be beneficial to society. Also, "playing by the rules" usually means "avoid shooting suspects," and any [[Cowboy Cop]] worth his salt never does that.
** ''[[Cobra]]'' takes it further with the notion that policemen should always shoot first and never ask questions because all criminals, without exception, are [[Ax Crazy]] [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]s who will constantly murder innocents [[For the Evulz]] until they're killed, and due process only allows them to get off scott-free.
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