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* Happens early in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. A local union attempts to intimidate Breya into hiring lots of unnecessary local labor for her new ship-refitting operation. Having failed to notice her day job commanding a mercenary company with very big guns, and very little concern about collateral damage. [[Hilarity Ensues]], and [[BFG|Plasma Cannon]], ensue.
* In ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'', Urban Eddie and his goons use this approach on several businesses in the rebuilt Barthis, as part of Stunt's plan to take control of the town. Subverted when the aforementioned townsfolk and business owners see through the ploy and aren't intimidated by it. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', the protagonists gain the help of the Gungans when Anakin mentions that they know where the Gungan's Lost Orb of Phanastacoria is, and [
** [https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0786.html Later] in [[The Rant]]:
{{quote|That's the one mistake PCs often make. Why raid a cave system full of goblins, slaughtering all before you at considerable risk to life and limb, when you can simply rock up to the front door, make pleasant conversation about how nice a cave system it is, and how it'd be a right shame if anything were to happen to it, while meaningfully picking your teeth with a two-handed sword?}}
* In [[Dinosaur Comics]], [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2186 T. Rex] apparently says this kind of thing all the time out of genuine concern, unaware of how it sounds.
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