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** In a deleted scene he asked her to, but she refused. However, why did he need anyone to begin with? If he was powerful enough to pick up the Golden Gate Bridge off its struts, and bring it to Alcatraz, couldn't he have just crushed the entire island and everyone on it with the bridge or at least form the metal of the bridge and cars into a swarm of lethal shrapnel and eviscerate all the guards?
** It was ''supposed'' to be a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] showing the strength of Mutant-kind as a "whole". Magneto fully expected to be able to stop the darts and guns being used... Except they were made out of [[Oh Crap|very not-magnetic plastic]]. He wasn't entirely unprepared for such an eventuality, however, notable due to his comment to the Juggernaut "allow [[Cannon Fodder|the pawns]] to move first".
* The same thing as the KGBeast example above happens in [[The Film of the Book]] of ''[[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal]]''. Hannibal Lecter, supergenius, who once got out of restraints using ''part of a ballpoint pen'', cuts off his own hand to escape from ''normal handcuffs''. As [[Roger Ebert]] put it, "I'm disappointed [[I'm a Humanitarian|he didn't take it with as a snack]]." ''[[MAD]]'' magazine also notes in their parody - through Clarice's comments - that he also could have also used the cleaver to cut the handcuff.
** 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 (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.
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*** While using the terrain to survive was part of her strategy, she was also presenting herself as the most dangerous target, being the only one with missiles. If she was just slipping in and out of cover, the gunship would have had time to take out other targets. She was, in essence, drawing its fire away from the Na'vi (read: Jake) so he could do his job.
* A mild and non-lethal case happens to Kevin's mom in ''[[Home Alone]]''. She goes to a lot of trouble and extra expenses to get home to her abandoned son as soon as possible, but only gains a few minutes ahead of the rest of the family who arrive by plane she refused to wait for. Not to mention that Kevin was perfectly fine, and there was no need to hurry at all. [[Justified Trope]], because reason doesn't apply to mothers when it comes to care for their children.
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