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== Newspaper Comics ==

* ''[[The Far Side]]'': "Why...yes...thank...you...[[Aliens in Cardiff|I...would...like...]][[Clark Kenting|a...knuckle...sandwich.]]" [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tehboypop/2842106530/\]

* ''[[The Far Side]]'': "Why...yes...thank...you...[[Aliens in Cardiff|I...would...like...]][[Clark Kenting|a...knuckle...sandwich.]]" [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tehboypop/2842106530/\]{{Dead link}}

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* This happens a few times in ''[[Wapsi Square]]''. The mugger pulls a knife. [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/02242005/ Heather pulls a gun.]

* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130624095659/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue3/ib059.html some men decide to stalk Caspian as a freak lover].

* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [http://endstone.net/2010/08/12/4-14/ finding a naked girl in the woods may not be that lucky a thing.]

* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702031359/http://endstone.net/2010/08/12/4-14/ finding a naked girl in the woods may not be that lucky a thing.]

** In the [[Backstory]], aiming your [[Witch Hunt]] [http://endstone.net/2011/05/23/5-37/ at Kyri and her daughter may not be wise], even with [[Torches and Pitchforks]].

* In ''[[Heartcore]]'', a couple of thugs attempt to do [[Rape as Drama|horrible things]] to a helpless woman. {{spoiler|Oh wait, that's no helpless woman; that's Amethyst Lashiec, former [[Everything's Better with Princesses|princess]] of [[Hell|Asgard]] and a powerful [[Horny Devils|succubus]], incognito.}}

* According to ''[[Quentyn Quinn, Space Ranger]]'', [http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00013.html this is the inevitable fate of space pirates].

* According to ''[[Quentyn Quinn, Space Ranger]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20120619085720/http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00013.html this is the inevitable fate of space pirates].

* During one story in ''[[At Arm's Length (webcomic)|At Arms Length]]'', a troupe of conquistador-like alien bugs choose Reece's house as the starting point of their invasion of Earth. [http://atarmslength.smackjeeves.com/comics/739955/theimmigrantsong-1/ They quickly regret this.]

* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', [http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1252606/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-21/ this is broadly implied to be part of the] [[Backstory]] of Claremont Apartments and why such a wretched neighbor is so safe.

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* A variation [[Truth in Television|occurs in nature]], but with predators instead of muggers. Tiger Beetle larva feed on ants, and the ''Methocha'' wasp looks like an ant. When the larva attacks, the wasp wriggles out of the larva's grasp, paralyses the larva and then lays its eggs, which hatch and devour the larva alive.

** The Portia Spider will go to another spider's web and tap on it, most likely imitating a trapped insect. When the spider approaches, Portia rushes it and quickly kills and eats it.

* In a particuarly amusing example of this trope, two yobs attacked a pair of crossdressers only for said crossdressers to turn out to be a couple of cage fighters in fancy dress. Full story [http://www.mmauniverse.com/news/SS4727 here].

* In a particuarly amusing example of this trope, two yobs attacked a pair of crossdressers only for said crossdressers to turn out to be a couple of cage fighters in fancy dress. Full story [https://web.archive.org/web/20091011114938/http://www.mmauniverse.com/news/SS4727 here].

** Speaking of [[Drag Queen]]s, a valuable lesson is to never pick a fight with one. You will probably lose. To paraphrase a famous queen, "A guy doesn't dress up like this unless he's prepared to get shit for it." Also, two words: [[Combat Stilettos]].

* Somali pirates attacked a French navy command ship, mistaking it for a cargo ship, leading to the swift arrest of the pirates.

** And [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/04/01/2010-04-01_us_navy_captures_5_somali_pirates_siezes_pirate_mother_ship_off_kenya_somali_coa.html more recently], Somali pirates in a small skiff fired on what they (presumably) assumed was an unarmed freighter. The US Navy guided missile frigate ''Nicholas'' promptly returned fire with its deck-mounted, water-cooled, .50 caliber machine gun. (The pirates were captured, their ship sunk, and their "mother ship" subsequently tracked down and also captured.)

* In 1993, somewhere in the Pacific, two pirate boats fired machinegun warning shots in the direction of unidentified dry-cargo freighter. And got an auto-cannon warning shot in return, which dissuaded them from trying to board a vessel that's supposed to carry 440 marines. It was "Nikolai Vilkov" - Russian large landing ship. Being a remake of civilian project it [http://www.navy.ru/nowadays/strength/images/vilkov.jpg resembles a freighter] with its big crane.

* In 1993, somewhere in the Pacific, two pirate boats fired machinegun warning shots in the direction of unidentified dry-cargo freighter. And got an auto-cannon warning shot in return, which dissuaded them from trying to board a vessel that's supposed to carry 440 marines. It was "Nikolai Vilkov" - Russian large landing ship. Being a remake of civilian project it [http://www.navy.ru/nowadays/strength/images/vilkov.jpg resembles a freighter]{{Dead link}} with its big crane.

* A man attempted to mug a 77-year-old Air Force veteran, who [http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news~~/local~~&id=7083552 beat his attacker off with a Pepsi bottle] after being ''shot in the balls.'' Apparently he's okay except for a slight limp.

* A man attempted to mug a 77-year-old Air Force veteran, who [https://web.archive.org/web/20091121021510/http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=7083552 beat his attacker off with a Pepsi bottle] after being ''shot in the balls.'' Apparently he's okay except for a slight limp.

* There's a case mentioned in one of John Douglas's true crime books where a serial killer broke into a ranch house and assaulted the couple that lived there. As it was a ranch house ''on'' a ranch, and in Montana no less, the killer should've at least considered the possibility that the residents would keep guns at home. Douglas cites it as one of the few known instances in which a serial killer got killed by his intended prey in real life.

* In 2008, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH8kxDPl6tc two men with machetes tried to rob a club in Australia.] Inside were fifty members of [[Badass Biker|a motorcycle club]], who promptly [[Bar Brawl|grabbed the bar stools, chased down the thieves and hogtied one of them]].

* In 2010, three men in South Africa, armed with a firearm and and knife, [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1~~&click_id=13&art_id=nw20100422133102533C543176~~ attempted to rob some schoolchildren]. The schoolchildren responded by [[Vigilante Execution|stoning one of the assailants to death]].

* In 2010, three men in South Africa, armed with a firearm and and knife, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100821113237/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 attempted to rob some schoolchildren]. The schoolchildren responded by [[Vigilante Execution|stoning one of the assailants to death]].

* Dressing up policewomen like [[Ms. Fanservice]] and sending them out to troll for johns is standard practice for vice squads worldwide. Muggers and psychos occasionally fall for their act, and get snapped up by the decoy or her backup.

* This is the entire basis of pedo-hunting, whether by the FBI or Anonymous. You pose as a gullible young girl, wait to be solicited by a child molester, track them down, and either arrest them or just ruin their life.