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** Justified as well in the series, as the Minbari had demonstrated it over and over. Also, Sheridan's distress signal ''was'' genuine. He simply [[Genre Savvy|knew]] that the Minbari ship would likely find them before any rescuers did. |
** Justified as well in the series, as the Minbari had demonstrated it over and over. Also, Sheridan's distress signal ''was'' genuine. He simply [[Genre Savvy|knew]] that the Minbari ship would likely find them before any rescuers did. |
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* A random, unnamed soldier does this in an episode of ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'', [[Faking the Dead]] in order to attempt to kill an alien. Most of the guards stationed at the entrance to a stockpile of United Kingdom nuclear weapons have all been slaughtered by the attacking alien, who has now crossed the entrance and is approaching the facility itself, when suddenly one of the soldiers lying on the ground bounds up, grabs his assault rifle, and starts gunning right into the aliens back. It fails (Damn forcefields), but still, [[Badass]]. |
* A random, unnamed soldier does this in an episode of ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'', [[Faking the Dead]] in order to attempt to kill an alien. Most of the guards stationed at the entrance to a stockpile of United Kingdom nuclear weapons have all been slaughtered by the attacking alien, who has now crossed the entrance and is approaching the facility itself, when suddenly one of the soldiers lying on the ground bounds up, grabs his assault rifle, and starts gunning right into the aliens back. It fails (Damn forcefields), but still, [[Badass]]. |
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* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S15 E6 The Invasion of Time|The Invasion of Time]]'', one of the savage Gallifreyans, after telling Leela [[I Will Only Slow You Down]]. |
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** One of the pirates in ''[[Doctor Who |
** One of the pirates in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S18 E2 Meglos|Meglos]]''. |
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* Can be done in ''[[Unreal (Video Game)|Unreal]]'' and ''[[Unreal Tournament (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament]]''. In the earlier editions of the game, it caused the player to rather obviously fall over very slowly without bending any joints, leading to a "hinges in the feet" type of effect. Later games corrected this with the use of a ragdoll engine, though it returns in ''[[Unreal Tournament III (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament III]]''. |
* Can be done in ''[[Unreal (Video Game)|Unreal]]'' and ''[[Unreal Tournament (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament]]''. In the earlier editions of the game, it caused the player to rather obviously fall over very slowly without bending any joints, leading to a "hinges in the feet" type of effect. Later games corrected this with the use of a ragdoll engine, though it returns in ''[[Unreal Tournament III (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament III]]''. |
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* Hunters' Feign Death move in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. Like similar moves in other MMOs, it causes monsters to stop attacking the Hunter, thinking him dead, although it can fail. |
* Hunters' Feign Death move in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. Like similar moves in other MMOs, it causes monsters to stop attacking the Hunter, thinking him dead, although it can fail. |
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** In the early days it was pretty effective in [[ |
** In the early days it was pretty effective in [[PvP]] as well. Well timed Feign Death could make the opposing player think their enemy is already dead... until the realized the Hunters' pet was still attacking (normally auto dismissed at player death), and that Hunter that ''was'' on the floor is now using Aimed Shot (charging, really powerful attack back in the day) on you... ouch! Trying it these days will now get you the following statement from your opponent: KEK! N00b! |
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** [[Truth in Television]], as it turns out, ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' saved the life of one kid. [http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/12/boy-survives-mo/ report here] |
** [[Truth in Television]], as it turns out, ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' saved the life of one kid. [http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/12/boy-survives-mo/ report here] |
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* Similarly, you can do this in ''Tenchu: The Wrath Of Heaven/Return From Darkness'' (same game, different consoles). |
* Similarly, you can do this in ''Tenchu: The Wrath Of Heaven/Return From Darkness'' (same game, different consoles). |
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