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*** On the one hand, he had been pretty docile for about seventeen years, not making a sound or causing anyone any trouble. On the other hand, he was in the hospital for committing multiple brutal murders, and even killed one of the hospital staff for insulting him. Best not to provoke him.
*** On the one hand, he had been pretty docile for about seventeen years, not making a sound or causing anyone any trouble. On the other hand, he was in the hospital for committing multiple brutal murders, and even killed one of the hospital staff for insulting him. Best not to provoke him.
* Multiple characters in ''[[Burn After Reading]]'' more than qualify, but Chad Feldheimer goes above and beyond the call of duty, and definitely earns the title since he ends up getting shot in the head before the second act is even over.
* Multiple characters in ''[[Burn After Reading]]'' more than qualify, but Chad Feldheimer goes above and beyond the call of duty, and definitely earns the title since he ends up getting shot in the head before the second act is even over.
* In ''[[Species]]'', SIL is a sexy female alien who is driven by instinct to reproduce as much as she can, doing so by seducing male humans, who she later kills. Most victims at least don't know this; Dr. Arden, however, ''does'', so he has nobody to blame for what happens to him but himself.
* In ''[[Species]]'', SIL is a sexy female alien who is driven by instinct to reproduce as much as she can, doing so by seducing male humans, who she later kills. Most victims at least don't know such an alien is out hunting for them; Dr. Arden, however, ''does'', and is deceived by SIL disguising herself with [[Paper-Thin Disguise| nothing more than a new hairstyle]]. He has nobody to blame for what happens to him but himself.
* The science fiction spoof ''[[Mom and Dad Save The World]]'' has a memorably absurd case of this on a massive scale, played for laughs of course: There's a weapon called the light grenade that disintegrates anyone it comes in contact with once the pin is pulled, but only if the victim is dumb enough to actually pick it up. It has the phrase "PICK ME UP" engraved on it. Because the movie literally takes place on a planet full of idiots, one of these left out in the open takes out an entire platoon of evil troops, each one picking it up immediately after seeing what just happened to the last guy who did that.
* The science fiction spoof ''[[Mom and Dad Save The World]]'' has a memorably absurd case of this on a massive scale, played for laughs of course: There's a weapon called the light grenade that disintegrates anyone it comes in contact with once the pin is pulled, but only if the victim is dumb enough to actually pick it up. It has the phrase "PICK ME UP" engraved on it. Because the movie literally takes place on a planet full of idiots, one of these left out in the open takes out an entire platoon of evil troops, each one picking it up immediately after seeing what just happened to the last guy who did that.
** When last seen, the next-to-last survivor of the platoon is just getting disintegrated, while the last survivor is radioing for more reinforcements to come pick up the grenade.
** When last seen, the next-to-last survivor of the platoon is just getting disintegrated, while the last survivor is radioing for more reinforcements to come pick up the grenade.
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