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== [[Film]] ==
* Hilariously subverted in the 1992 sci-fi movie ''[[Freejack]]'', where a nun who helped the hero is being slapped around by corporate goon Mr. Michellete.
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''She kicks Michellete in the groin, making him double over in agony.''
'''Nun:''' But He never had to deal with ''dickheads'' like you. }}
* This is basically the whole plot of The ''[[Butter Cream Gang]]''.
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* Some early Christians took this [[Up to Eleven]], following almost a manic desire to be martyred. There is a Roman record where an official so freaked out by this behaviour that after executing few Christians for refusing to follow the Roman customs, he disgustedly told the rest to kill themselves if they were so eager to die, and let them go.
* An amusing historical example is told of Governor John Winthrop in the [[The Colonial Period|Massachusetts Bay colony]]:
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== [[Theatre]] ==
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