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Line 13: ** Joker just seems to be DC's go-to guy for being absolutely thorough in making sure a character is [[Killed Off for Real]]. Plus he was REALLY pissed that he didn't get in on the whole ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' schtick. * [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]] in ''[[The Invisibles]]'': {{quote\| '''Boy''': Jesus, KM, how many times can you shoot two guys?}} * During the early years of the Cold War, atom bombs had a habit of showing up in fiction as the [[Finishing Move]] in situations where it'd seem like overkill, or even dangerously self-destructive, to use them. One example is the cover of the 1951 propaganda comic "[http://www.esquirecomics.com/resources/collection_images/AtomicWar2.jpg Atomic War!]", featuring two American bombers fighting a Soviet submarine, and the following quote from one of the pilots: {{quote\| "His bomb missed! But even a near miss will get that red sub when I fire my atomic rockets!".}} * On occasion, Frank ''[[The Punisher]]'' Castle will do this, when an enemy is just too dangerous [[Chunky Salsa Rule\|to leave solid.]] {{quote\| '''Punisher''': Harry "Heck" Thornton. Hitman and all around Arkansas redneck. Heard a story about Harry that four state troopers managed to surround him once. He draws and kills three of them, the fourth one gets off a shot, Harry ducks it and shoots him dead. Dodged a bullet, so [[More Dakka\|I use thirty.]]}} * [[Gold Digger (Comic Book)\|Gold Digger]]: ** Brianna Diggers LOVES this trope so much that she made smart bombs with their own AI in them to "go boom" on "baddies". To date, due to her love of this trope, she has scared demons which once terrorized the planet and her bombs, hundreds of them, were able to knock out a giant Dynasty War Gigas. Don't even get started on how over-equipped she comes for a camping trip in an area with lots of target practi... er, wild monsters. Line 27: {{reflist}} [[Category:There Is No Kill Like Overkill]] ~~[[Category:Comic Books]]~~