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So the hero has a chance to kill the [[Big Bad]], or some other villain, but the villain actually wants this. He practically goads the hero into doing so. Often it's because [[My Death Is Just the Beginning]], or the villain is invoking [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]] and wants to push the hero [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|off the Slippery Slope.]] The latter motivation is pretty much exclusively the province of [[The Corrupter]].
Of course, this is often more than a [[Thanatos Gambit]]
The other times, the villain ''really'' does want to die. [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|But they can't]], so they [[Suicide by Cop|goad the hero into killing them]]. After which they explain their true motive.
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