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'''[[The Crow]]:''' [[Nietzsche Wannabe|It doesn't matter. Existence is nothing but frustration and pain! Everything you love eventually leaves you. Misery is your only constant friend.]]
'''Winged Monkey:''' ... you're right. <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Driven to Suicide|Hangs himself with a noose]]]
'''The Crow:''' [Wipes away a tear at a job well done.]
|''[[Robot Chicken]]'', 4.17}}
{{quote|"Has anyone tried talking to him? [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Violence may be the best answer, but it's not the only answer!]]"
|''[[Duck Dodgers]]''}}
The hero has cornered the vicious monster. It's taken out everyone who has confronted it thus far, and the hero seems like no exception.
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This is, in a way, using the [[Kirk Summation]] as a weapon. Compare [[Break Them by Talking]], [[Verbal Judo]], [[Contemplate Our Navels]] and the [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]. When doing this, the hero might ask [[And Then What?]] will the villain do if he wins. Related to [[Shaming the Mob]]. For a different sort of talking someone to death, see [[Logic Bomb]] and [[Brown Note]]. For an alternative to death, see [[Talking Your Way Out]]. See also [[I'm Not Afraid of You]] for times a monster is ''disbelieved'' to death. See [[Holding the Floor]] for when our hero talks to the monster long enough for [[The Cavalry]] to arrive.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* In ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage killed Astos by making a really bad joke.
** Astos? Mo' like yo' ass ''is'' toast!
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