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* In one [[Tintin]] adventure (''Secret of the Unicorn''), Captain Haddock (who by now was well-established as a friend of Tintin) charges with a whiskey bottle raised. Tintin assumes that the captain is coming for ''him'', possibly drunk or crazy, until the bottle flies and hits a thug about to shoot Tintin.
* Happens (almost literally) in ''The Legend of Red Wolf'' by Enrique Villagrin. Jessica Hartmann and her maid are [[Two-Person Pool Party|having sex by the swimming pool]] when Red Wolf creeps up on them. Instead of attacking them, however, he crushes a scorpion that was about to sting them.
* In the ''Inquisitor Ascendant'' Inquisitor Reiker and Gravier [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|don't get along very well]] in their search of Gravier's former master who ran off in mighty suspicious circumstances. Eventually —
{{quote|'''Reiker''': (while walking away) Don't think I can't see that weapon, pupil. Don't even ''consider'' using it.
'''Gravier''': Praise the Emperor, Inquisitor...
(shoots a spider the size of a small horse lurking above)
'''Gravier''': ...that I have wits to ''disobey''! }}
 
== [[Film]] ==