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* Achilles to Briseis in the movie ''[[Troy]]'' with a knife to his neck. More like "kill me or [[Coitus Ensues|have sex with me]], [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|your choice]]."
* Achilles to Briseis in the movie ''[[Troy]]'' with a knife to his neck. More like "kill me or [[Coitus Ensues|have sex with me]], [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|your choice]]."
* In ''[[The Princess Bride]]'', when Inigo and Westley are dueling, and Westley defeats Inigo. Inigo kneels and says "Kill me quickly." Westley says "I would sooner smash a stained glass window than kill an artist such as yourself. But since I can't have you follow me either---" He then knocks Inigo unconscious with the side of his sword.
* In ''[[The Princess Bride]]'', when Inigo and Westley are dueling, and Westley defeats Inigo. Inigo kneels and says "Kill me quickly." Westley says "I would sooner smash a stained glass window than kill an artist such as yourself. But since I can't have you follow me either---" He then knocks Inigo unconscious with the side of his sword.
* A nearly perfect example happens in the movie ''[[In Bruges]]'' when Harry Walters confronts his hitman Ken for not killing Ray. It's partially subverted in that Harry still shoots Ken in the leg. {{spoiler|It's fully subverted later when Harry finds out Ray is still in Bruges; Harry then shoots Ken in order to stop Ken from stopping him so he can kill Ray.}}
* A nearly perfect example happens in the movie ''[[In Bruges]]'' when Harry Walters confronts his hitman Ken for not killing Ray. It's partially subverted in that Harry still shoots Ken in the leg. {{spoiler|It's fully subverted later when Harry finds out Ray is still in Bruges; Harry then shoots Ken in order to stop Ken from stopping him so he can kill Ray.}}
* Delivered by Mal in ''[[Serenity]]'' trying to talk down a psychotic River, only to be rapidly rescinded when she cocks the gun she's holding in reply.
* Delivered by Mal in ''[[Serenity]]'' trying to talk down a psychotic River, only to be rapidly rescinded when she cocks the gun she's holding in reply.
* Joker in ''[[Dark Knight]]'' confronts the newly emerged Two-Face and when threatened with a gun, ''presses his head to the muzzle''. It works only because {{spoiler|Dent resorts to his trademark coin}}, but Joker actually approves of that.
* Joker in ''[[Dark Knight]]'' confronts the newly emerged Two-Face and when threatened with a gun, ''presses his head to the muzzle''. It works only because {{spoiler|Dent resorts to his trademark coin}}, but Joker actually approves of that.


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** ''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Command_Decision Command Decision]'', another [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars EU]] story by [[Timothy Zahn]], has a version of this. Thrawn's captain is infuriated by the tactics he's using and ''could'' mutiny with a general who wants to - but after some agonizing he doesn't, and Thrawn knew he wouldn't. That part of [[The Plan|the scheme]] was to make this captain realize that he did trust Thrawn to know what he was doing.
** ''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Command_Decision Command Decision]'', another [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars EU]] story by [[Timothy Zahn]], has a version of this. Thrawn's captain is infuriated by the tactics he's using and ''could'' mutiny with a general who wants to - but after some agonizing he doesn't, and Thrawn knew he wouldn't. That part of [[The Plan|the scheme]] was to make this captain realize that he did trust Thrawn to know what he was doing.
* While Bink and Chameleon in ''[[Xanth|A Spell For Chameleon]]'' do not actually want to kill Trent, they certainly regard him as "Evil Magician Trent", mistrust him, and would cause his defeat if they could. Their [[Strange Bedfellows]] situation caused them to reevaluate him, but a particularly important event was when Trent handed Bink his sword, to keep guard, and went to sleep. Chameleon explicitly states that an evil man [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|would not have trusted them]].
* While Bink and Chameleon in ''[[Xanth|A Spell For Chameleon]]'' do not actually want to kill Trent, they certainly regard him as "Evil Magician Trent", mistrust him, and would cause his defeat if they could. Their [[Strange Bedfellows]] situation caused them to reevaluate him, but a particularly important event was when Trent handed Bink his sword, to keep guard, and went to sleep. Chameleon explicitly states that an evil man [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|would not have trusted them]].
* In the ''[[Illuminatus]]'' trilogy, Hagbard Celine uses this as the climax of his program to convert people away from authoritarianism.
* In the ''[[Illuminatus]]'' trilogy, Hagbard Celine uses this as the climax of his program to convert people away from authoritarianism.
** That is, he intimidates people with a loaded gun, and after awhile gives the gun to them, telling it's their turn now.
** That is, he intimidates people with a loaded gun, and after awhile gives the gun to them, telling it's their turn now.
* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''The Traitor's Hand'', how [[Ciaphas Cain]] got Beije to stop trying to arrest him. To be sure, he was wearing armor at the time, but he didn't know if it would save him.
* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''The Traitor's Hand'', how [[Ciaphas Cain]] got Beije to stop trying to arrest him. To be sure, he was wearing armor at the time, but he didn't know if it would save him.
{{quote|''We don't have any more time to waste on these ridiculous fantasies. If you're going to shoot us, you'll have to do it [[In the Back]].''}}
{{quote|''We don't have any more time to waste on these ridiculous fantasies. If you're going to shoot us, you'll have to do it [[In the Back]].''}}
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* Alexander the Great, when bedridden with illness, is said to have done something like this to a doctor whose loyalty he suspected. When warned that the doctor might try to poison his medicine he invited the doctor to his bedside. He then downed the medicine in one gulp and told the doctor that he didn't know anything about medicine, but he did know people and he knew that he would never betray him. The medicine was not poisoned, nor was any subsequent medicine.
* Alexander the Great, when bedridden with illness, is said to have done something like this to a doctor whose loyalty he suspected. When warned that the doctor might try to poison his medicine he invited the doctor to his bedside. He then downed the medicine in one gulp and told the doctor that he didn't know anything about medicine, but he did know people and he knew that he would never betray him. The medicine was not poisoned, nor was any subsequent medicine.
* '''[[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]:''' "Here I am. Kill your Emperor, if you wish."
* '''[[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]:''' "Here I am. Kill your Emperor, if you wish."
** Not only that, he pretty much proceeded to do exactly the same thing with the entirety of France. Of course, he got pulverized in the subsequent war, but still.
** Not only that, he pretty much proceeded to do exactly the same thing with the entirety of France. Of course, he got pulverized in the subsequent war, but still.
* Before [[Theodore Roosevelt]] became president, while he was away on a hunting trip, someone hired a man named Paddock to either scare him off his land or just shoot him off it. When Teddy came back and found out that Paddock had be hired to kill him, he personally went to Paddock's house and told him "I understand you have threatened to kill me on sight. I have come over to see when you want to begin the killing.” Obviously, the threats ended then and there.
* Before [[Theodore Roosevelt]] became president, while he was away on a hunting trip, someone hired a man named Paddock to either scare him off his land or just shoot him off it. When Teddy came back and found out that Paddock had be hired to kill him, he personally went to Paddock's house and told him "I understand you have threatened to kill me on sight. I have come over to see when you want to begin the killing.” Obviously, the threats ended then and there.


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