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* A standard in evil organizations (see Hydra for Marvel Comics) and villains' mooks. No one can leave [[The Joker]]'s gang alive, or the Red Skull. Even [[Exclusively Evil]] races are so: Skrulls (Marvel Comics) are said to be euthanized when old. [[Ninja]] clans in particular are notorious for this rule. |
* A standard in evil organizations (see Hydra for Marvel Comics) and villains' mooks. No one can leave [[The Joker]]'s gang alive, or the Red Skull. Even [[Exclusively Evil]] races are so: Skrulls (Marvel Comics) are said to be euthanized when old. [[Ninja]] clans in particular are notorious for this rule. |
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** The Hand is especially nasty, since they can raise the dead. Even ''death'' isn't an escape. |
** The Hand is especially nasty, since they can raise the dead. Even ''death'' isn't an escape. |
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* Less sinister version in ''[[Ex Machina]]''. During a crisis, Mitchell's second-in-command starts saying he's going to quit, only for Mitchel to interrupt forcefully and say he needs him because he needs someone questioning him every step of the way, even if he can't always agree. |
* Less sinister version in ''[[Ex Machina (comics)|Ex Machina]]''. During a crisis, Mitchell's second-in-command starts saying he's going to quit, only for Mitchel to interrupt forcefully and say he needs him because he needs someone questioning him every step of the way, even if he can't always agree. |
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* Late in [[The Seventies]], the Marvel villain the Purple Man had a [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]] epiphany. He realized that he didn't really need to be a supervillain to get what he wanted, because he had a [[Compelling Voice]] (actually, super-pheromones, but it works the same), so people would just hand him whatever he wanted, and thank him for the privilege. So he tried to quit being a villain and take up a life of hedonistic debauchery. Cue almost a decade of stories in which some [[Big Bad]] (like [[The Chessmaster|the Kingpin]] or [[Doctor Doom]]) would track him down and force him to help with their latest [[Evil Scheme]]. Since then, he's apparently become resigned to his fate, and his last several appearances have shown him trying to [[Take Over the World]]. |
* Late in [[The Seventies]], the Marvel villain the Purple Man had a [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]] epiphany. He realized that he didn't really need to be a supervillain to get what he wanted, because he had a [[Compelling Voice]] (actually, super-pheromones, but it works the same), so people would just hand him whatever he wanted, and thank him for the privilege. So he tried to quit being a villain and take up a life of hedonistic debauchery. Cue almost a decade of stories in which some [[Big Bad]] (like [[The Chessmaster|the Kingpin]] or [[Doctor Doom]]) would track him down and force him to help with their latest [[Evil Scheme]]. Since then, he's apparently become resigned to his fate, and his last several appearances have shown him trying to [[Take Over the World]]. |
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* ''[[Nextwave]]'' sees Dirk Anger contemplating/attempting various suicide methods. He eventually succeeds in hanging himself...accidentally, but to his annoyance, Beyond Corporation did not accept the terms of his retirement and brought him back as a ''zombie''. A green one, who craved brains. It's that kind of series. |
* ''[[Nextwave]]'' sees Dirk Anger contemplating/attempting various suicide methods. He eventually succeeds in hanging himself...accidentally, but to his annoyance, Beyond Corporation did not accept the terms of his retirement and brought him back as a ''zombie''. A green one, who craved brains. It's that kind of series. |
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