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** Some people theorize he ''did'' cut the handcuffs and was wearing the cast to conceal it on the plane. He probably got it through the metal detector using the rest of the pen.
** Of course, many fans forget something about Hannibal: genius he may be, he's also ''crazy''.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (film)|Harry Potter]] and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer's Stone]]'', Ron sacrifices himself as a chess piece so that they can win the magical game of chess and reach the stone. [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole|Noted by Hermione and Harry in the book]], where he himself is the knight, so he has to stand still and let the queen 'take' him. In the film he's sitting atop a massive stone horse, and many people have asked themselves why he just sat on that horse and watched as the queen approached, rather than jumping off... Granted, he doesn't die, but he could have. It's likely that Ron jumping off of the horse could have screwed up the game (that is, he only counts as the knight as long as he remains on the horse).
** Also Harry himself. Although he realises that he has little to no chances against the thief, be it Voldemort or Snape, he doesn't consider simply sending an owl to the absent Dumbledore until well into the "obstacle course". Neither does he heed McGonagall's assurances that the Stone was perfectly safe, which, big shock, it actually was.
* The 2007-version of ''[[I Am Legend]]'' has a particularly bad example of this, when the main character spontaneously decides to blow himself and all the vampires up while a perfectly fine escape route was available. Some times you can rewrite the script's ending at last minute without any ill effects. Other times, not so much.
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