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* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: |
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** [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by a Navy doctor in ''The Hunt for Red October'', when a KGB agent thinks it's a good idea to break out a cigarette and lighter next to a patient who's on 100% oxygen. |
** [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by a Navy doctor in ''The Hunt for Red October'', when a KGB agent thinks it's a good idea to break out a cigarette and lighter next to a patient who's on 100% oxygen. |
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*** Subverted in that the KGB agent wasn't actually trying to kill the patient, and in fact desperately wanted the man to live and regain consciousness (as he had vital information). He was just completely ignorant about hospitals, and thought that the doctors were forbidding him to light up simply because they were concerned about the health hazards of smoking. |
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** The assassination of the Premier of Turkmenistan by Daryaei's agents was done this way in ''Executive Orders'' to force elections to replace him with someone who would be friendly to the UIR. |
** The assassination of the Premier of Turkmenistan by Daryaei's agents was done this way in ''Executive Orders'' to force elections to replace him with someone who would be friendly to the UIR. |
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** The MO of the Caruso brothers in ''Teeth of the Tiger''. The poor sap who gets run over by the streetcar dies this way. |
** The MO of the Caruso brothers in ''Teeth of the Tiger''. The poor sap who gets run over by the streetcar dies this way. |
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