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{{quote|'''Harry''': "We'll take him to the castle."
'''Wormtail''': "Oh bless you boy, bless you!"
'''Harry''': "Quiet! I said we'd take you to the castle. After that, [[Fate Worse Than Death|the dementors can have you]]."|''[[Harry Potter and
A way for [[The Hero]] to dispose of a villain without [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|getting blood on his hands]]. Rather than the hero doing justice onto the villain (or what have you) himself, he decides to do it indirectly, by leaving him in the not-so-good hands of someone with fewer qualms about...harsh justice. Note that this is the hero's doing; this does not apply to the common situation of a villain leaving the hero at the mercy of his [[Mooks]].
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In short, it's in the middle of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]; [[The Hero]] doesn't actually kill the [[Big Bad]], and the [[Big Bad]] gets a [[Karmic Death]]...but one that [[The Hero]] throws them into.
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== Comics ==
* One Authority story has a [[Captain America (comics)]] knockoff beating the crap out of Apollo. At the end, said knockoff is paralysed and taunts Apollo into killing him. Instead of killing him, Apollo just says he promised him to someone else. Cut to Midnighter, wielding a jackhammer. "A pleasure to finaly make your acquaintance" indeed.
== Television ==
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== Serials and Literature ==
* A [[Judge Dee]] story ends with the bad guy <s>confessing </s> freely admitting his murders. Being of the [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]] type, any accusation would end with him getting away free and destroying the judge's career, so the judge fools him into entering a small courtyard containing a bear and locking the door. Said bear was [[Chekhov's Gun|earlier shown]] to leave those he liked alone and maul the rest, leaving the bad guy some chance.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
== Webcomics ==
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