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''{{spoiler|[[Killed Mid-Sentence|Before Gunray can finish, Anakin finishes him off]].}}''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}86rsi9vD_LY This scene] from ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Revenge of the Sith]]''}}▼
▲{{quote|'''Gunray''': The war is over! Lord Sidious promised us peace! We only want...<br />
▲''{{spoiler|[[Killed Mid-Sentence|Before Gunray can finish, Anakin finishes him off]].}}''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86rsi9vD_LY This scene] from ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Revenge of the Sith]]''}}
A subtrope of [[Evil Versus Evil]], this is for when a previous villain, whether a significant or minor one, is made significantly less of a threat (or in some cases outright killed) with the help of the next villain. The previous villain is put aside, to [[Title Drop|make way for the new villains]].
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Compare [[Always a Bigger Fish]], which sometimes overlaps with this but not always and [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]. Also [[The Worf Effect]], depending on how they take them out. In video games, this is often the [[True Final Boss]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* After Keith Giffen took over the second series of ''[[Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld]]'', he did a storyline where Carnelian is killed off to make way for the return of the first series' [[Big Bad]] Dark Opal. This lasts for one page in that issue and two pages in the following issue before Dark Opal himself is dispatched to make way for the new villains, The Child and Flaw.
* In the buildup to the Great Darkness Saga in the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* In ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' the first thing Mysterio did when he showed up was shoot the Kingpin out of a window.
* In ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' when the Marquis of Death appeared he set [[Doctor Doom]] on fire and tossed him into prehistory. Unsurprisingly, he came back.
== [[Direct to Video]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Calvin {{spoiler|killing William Henry Harrison}} in ''[[The Tales of Alvin Maker]]''.
* In ''[[Magic:
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'': Kakeru makes his entrance by easily defeating {{spoiler|the surviving Magic Gods.}}
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In "[[Star Trek: Voyager]]", Species 8472 is introduced by destroying an armada of Borg Cubes.
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the Anointed One (a little kid vampire who was held over from season one) is {{spoiler|shoved into a cage and hoisted into sunlight early in season two by Spike}}.
* ''[[Power Rangers
* This is done to {{spoiler|Captain Crais}} by Scorpius at the end of the first season of ''[[
* In ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', Pearl {{spoiler|suffocating a baby-fied Forrester to death, and turning out to be more dangerous}}.
* In ''[[
** The Daleks were also subject to this in the [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]], as they end brutally killed by [[Not So Harmless|Krotons]].
* Happens in [[Stargate SG
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' loved to do this. [[Archnemesis Dad|Arthur]] announced his prescence by killing [[A God Am I|Adam]], and shortly afterward killing [[Mind Rape|Maury.]] Arthur in turn was killed off by [[Serial Killer|Sylar]], who had previously disposed of [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul|Bob]]. Then [[Knight Templar|Danko]] was killed by [[Knife Nut|Edgar]] on behalf of [[Manipulative Bastard|Samuel]]. And that's not even counting all the minor villains killed by Sylar.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In [[Super Robot Wars]] Z2: Rebirth Chapter, {{spoiler|1=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHkSmu91PRc Uther does this to Gaioh].}}
* [[
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