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Not to be confused with [[No Kill Like Overkill]], [[Rasputinian Death]] or [[Necro Non Sequitur]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Nodwick]]'' once was caught in a trap that didn't merely kill a victim, but... [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2006-05-31 see for yourself]. It even produces a copy of the manufacturer's business card when it gets triggered with the suggestion:
{{quote| [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Visit our showroom.]] [[Rain of Blood|Bring an umbrella.]]}}
* In his first appearence, the Phantom Blot tries to kill [[Mickey Mouse]] with exceptionally complicated home-made [[Death Traps]]. When finally caught and unmasked, the Blot reveals that he does this because, dispite his criminal endevours, he doesn't have the guts to kill someone with his own hands.
** In more recent appearances he [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|started using guns]], but sometimes he still uses complicated death traps for old times' sake (so he said when he tied Mickey to a wood trunk that was about to be cut by a laser and Mickey pointed out it was a while he didn't use complicated traps).
* [[Batman]] villains are partial to these, which makes sense since a lot of them do things [[For the Evulz]] rather than a practical motive.
** The Riddler used to set up insurance fires that were set off by such an elaborate series of events using items already in the buildings that they would look like accidents.
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