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'''Basic Trope''': Minion fails his task. Villain kills the minion for that.

* '''Justified''': The Mook was planing to betray Stellow and had intentionally screwed up.

** Stellof had given the Mook three chances already, and he's blown every single one. When he screws up for the fourth time, Stellof finally runs out of patience.

** Alternatively, the Mook has succeeded capturing the hero and gets promoted.

** Alternatively, the Mook has failed his task but it's a [[Career-Building Blunder]]: he's promoted because of it.

** Alternatively, Stellof realizes that the Mook's talents could be used more constructively elsewhere. He reassigns the Mook to another position in the organization, and the Mook turns out to be much better at this job.

** Alternatively, Stellof tries to kill the Mook with a gun after failing his task, but the Mook manages to narrowly escape.

** Stellof carries a gun full of blanks and gives all his Mooks squibs. He feels that pretending to shoot his Mooks has wonderful stress-removing properties.

{{quote|'''Stellof:''' "Pffffffft... Ha! Ha ha ha! You should have seen your face when I pulled my gun! It's not even loaded! Haaa ha ha!"}}

** Stellof is angry at the Mook's failure, but isn't about to demoralize the rest of his minions by killing him. Instead of killing the Mook, Stellof humiliates him by demoting him within the organization, which costs him money, prestige and privileges. Stellof then appoints his most successful lower-ranking henchman to take the Mook's place, with the understanding that he'll suffer the same fate as the first Mook if ''he'' screws up.

** Stellof initially looks like he's about to kill the Mook for failing him, but proceeds to kill one of the Mook's immediate subordinates. The subordinate Mook was the one actually to blame, however.

* '''Parodied''': Stellof goes to a restaurant where the waiter gives him the wrong order, so Stellof tells him "You have failed me" and kills him.

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