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See also: [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]], [[Kill Him Already]], and [[Talking Is a Free Action]]. [[Gunpoint Banter]] can be considered a subtrope of [[Mexican Standoff]]. |
See also: [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]], [[Kill Him Already]], and [[Talking Is a Free Action]]. [[Gunpoint Banter]] can be considered a subtrope of [[Mexican Standoff]]. |
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== [[Anime and Manga]] == |
== [[Anime and Manga]] == |
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* At the end of ''[[Code Geass]]'' first season, {{spoiler|Lelouch, aka Zero the resistance leader, abandons the [[La Résistance|Black Knights]] in the middle of the climatic battle in order to find [[Sick Girl|his sister]], whom he has just been informed has been kidnapped and taken to a remote island. [[The Rival|Suzaku]] follows him, intent on finding out who Zero is and also stopping him for good. Kallen, being both [[The Ace]] and Zero's personal bodyguard, follows Suzaku. They end up having a [[Mexican Standoff]] on the island, with Suzako [[The Reveal|revealing Lelouch to be Zero]] and Kallen too shocked to shoot either of them while the two have a big falling out over each other's actions.}} |
* At the end of ''[[Code Geass]]'' first season, {{spoiler|Lelouch, aka Zero the resistance leader, abandons the [[La Résistance|Black Knights]] in the middle of the climatic battle in order to find [[Sick Girl|his sister]], whom he has just been informed has been kidnapped and taken to a remote island. [[The Rival|Suzaku]] follows him, intent on finding out who Zero is and also stopping him for good. Kallen, being both [[The Ace]] and Zero's personal bodyguard, follows Suzaku. They end up having a [[Mexican Standoff]] on the island, with Suzako [[The Reveal|revealing Lelouch to be Zero]] and Kallen too shocked to shoot either of them while the two have a big falling out over each other's actions.}} |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* This occurs, with wands, at the end of ''[[Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' between Harry and {{spoiler|Lord Voldemort}}. It makes appearances all throughout the series, in fact. |
* This occurs, with wands, at the end of ''[[Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' between Harry and {{spoiler|Lord Voldemort}}. It makes appearances all throughout the series, in fact. |
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* In the prologue of ''Red Seas Under Red Skies'', Locke and Jean face off against two mooks with crossbows who try to convince them that they're at a disadvantage. When they eventually resort to taunting that Locke's arm will get tired first, Locke retorts that he'll rest his crossbow bolt against the mook's nose. Then Jean breaks the [[Mexican Standoff]] by [[Et Tu Brute|turning on Locke]], without giving the signal that means he's bluffing. {{spoiler|We find out six hundred pages later that Locke just missed the signal.}} |
* In the prologue of ''Red Seas Under Red Skies'', Locke and Jean face off against two mooks with crossbows who try to convince them that they're at a disadvantage. When they eventually resort to taunting that Locke's arm will get tired first, Locke retorts that he'll rest his crossbow bolt against the mook's nose. Then Jean breaks the [[Mexican Standoff]] by [[Et Tu, Brute?|turning on Locke]], without giving the signal that means he's bluffing. {{spoiler|We find out six hundred pages later that Locke just missed the signal.}} |
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== [[Live Action Television]] == |
== [[Live Action Television]] == |
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