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{{quote|'''[[Villains|Villain]]:''' "I'm going to kill your daughter, [[Sophie's Choice|Sophie]]. [[Sadistic Choice|But only one of them. Now, which one should I-"]]

'''Sophie:''' "The ugly one."~~|''[[Family Guy]]''}}~~

'''Sophie:''' "The ugly one."

|''[[Family Guy]]''}}

Someone is faced with a difficult choice, perhaps a [[Sadistic Choice]]. They will undoubtedly need to spend a few moments thinking it over, perhaps [[Wangst]]ing a little, and-

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== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[GoldenEye (film)|GoldenEye]]'', the villain has the Distressed Damsel at gunpoint and says he'll shoot her if Bond doesn't surrender. Bond's response: "Kill her; she means nothing to me." Subverted a few scenes later when he reveals he was just calling the other's bluff; then parodied later still when their positions are reversed and she says this of him.

== ~~Literature~~ ==

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Hot Chocolate Between Times]]'' when Marcus is given 2 years to decide if he wants to trade his soul for ''[[Reset Button]]'' powers.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Firefly]]'', Zoe picks her husband, Wash, before Niska can even offer the [[Sadistic Choice]] between him and Mal. "I'm sorry, you were going to ask me to choose, right?"

* In an episode of ''[[Angel]]'', Wesley's father shows up and turns out to be a bad guy. Even after this revelation, Wesley can't bring himself to shoot his dad. But the instant his father points a gun at Fred, Wes shoots him seven times before he can even finish the threat. {{spoiler|It turns out that was just a robot designed to look like Wesley's dad, but Wes didn't know that.}}

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Joey: North route!

Phoebe: Bam! There you go! }}

::Joey then tries this with Ross, with ~~disastarous~~ results...mostly because he reused Phoebe's "who would you rather sleep with" question.

::Joey then tries this with Ross, with disastrous results... mostly because he reused Phoebe's "who would you rather sleep with" question.

== ~~Webcomics~~ ==

== Web Comics ==

* From ''[[Homestuck]]'' [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006865 here], uu tries to give Dirk a [[Sadistic Choice]] between drawing despicable, sickening porn for him or letting an innocent person die. Dirk agrees to do it before uu can even give him his other option.

{{quote|'''uu:''' DIRK. I WANT YOu TO DRAW ME SOME PORNOGRAPHY.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'':

* In ''[[The Simpsons]] ~~[[The Movie|~~Movie]]'', President Arnold Schwarzenegger is given five folders, each one containing a potential response to the Springfield situation. He doesn't even open any of them before picking #3. "I was elected to lead, not to read."

** In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', President [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] is given five folders, each one containing a potential response to the Springfield situation. He doesn't even open any of them before picking #3. "I was elected to lead, not to read."

** In an episode where it looks like Homer and Marge might get divorced, the kids are asked to think about which parent they might want to live with. Bart and Lisa both answer "Mom!" before the question has even finished being asked.

** And again, in a Halloween episode, Lisa is selected to come aboard a space ark meant to save the best and brightest. She is told she can only take one of her parents and answers "Mom" before the question is even finished.

*** Homer's response is typically... Homerish...

{{quote|'''Homer:''' Goodbye, Lisa. I want you to remember me just as I am... ''filled with murderous rage!''}}

* In an episode of [[Duck Dodgers]], Dodgers is given the powers of a [[Green Lantern]]. After the other Lanterns are captured, Sinestro offers him a chance to [[We Can Rule Together|join him]]. Dodgers agrees so quickly that at first Sinestro [[Won't Take Yes for An Answer|doesn't even realize what he said]]. In fact, he's disappointed that he doesn't get to do the whole "villain seduction speech". Dodgers lets him do it anyway.

* In an episode of ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'', Dodgers is given the powers of a [[Green Lantern]]. After the other Lanterns are captured, Sinestro offers him a chance to [[We Can Rule Together|join him]]. Dodgers agrees so quickly that at first Sinestro [[Won't Take Yes for An Answer|doesn't even realize what he said]]. In fact, he's disappointed that he doesn't get to do the whole "villain seduction speech". Dodgers lets him do it anyway.

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