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* ''[[Moonraker]]'': [[James Bond]] is being all sneaky-like on the eponymous space station when he runs into the [[Giant Mook]], Jaws, from the previous film. Jaws is known for toughness and his metal teeth.<br />'''You'd expect''' That Bond would try hitting a weak spot, evading him, or pull out a fancy gadget to dispose of him.<br />'''Instead''' He punches Jaws in ''the teeth''. Nice going, James. One connection and a "CLANG" sound, and Bond's hand is in agony.

* ''[[District 9]]'': Aliens come to Earth, malnourished and unguided. They're taken from their ship, set up in a temporary camp which degenerates into a slum, and are constantly exploited by the private corporation responsible.<br />'''You'd Expect''' That the governments of the world would take an interest in preventing the abuse of these aliens, considering that they're 1) sapient and at least as intelligent as us and 2) capable of building technology that makes us look like cavemen in comparison. They're also bigger and probably a fair bit stronger. Clearly, treating them badly will not end well for us, in the long run.<br />'''Instead''' The private corporation turns the aliens into slaves in everything but name. They're restricted in where they can eat, where they can work (and what work they can do), and forced to live in slums. Their unhatched eggs are confiscated and destroyed. They are subject to being evicted from their dwellings without notice. They are required to take on human names, speak English (or understand it, anyway), and abandon any trace of their own culture. ''These requirements are published on the company's website'', where anyone can go look them up. The world's governments apparently don't give a crap, and are instead placated by the nifty new gadgets that the company is turning out.

* ''[[Resident Evil]]: Apocalypse:'' The S.T.A.R.S. sniper is sitting on the roof of a sporting goods store, picking off zombies, with headshots, at his leisure. He's even good enough to pop the head of one sneaking up on the [[Ethnic Scrappy]]. Then, [[Giant Mook|Nemesis]] shows up.<br />'''You'd Expect''' that, as an experienced, competent sniper who seems to have realized that the monsters wandering around the city only die with headshots, he'd put one of those high caliber bullets through the Nemesis' skull.<br />'''Instead''': He shoots him dead center in the chest, and is ''shocked'' that he doesn't go down. So he shoots him ''again'' in the '''same exact spot'''. Nemesis blows him up before the sniper can get a third shot off, and then proceeds to slaughter all the rest of the S.T.A.R.S. officers.

* In ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]],'' Bryan Mills courteously warns his daughter's captors that he has [[One-Man Army|"a particular set of skills that will make their lives very miserable"]] and that he will [[Person of Mass Destruction|kill all of them]] if they do not let her go.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That if you want to get into human trafficking in Europe, you'd get your supply from Eastern Europe, East Asia, Africa, and all those other places full of vunerable women without money. Hell, tell them that you'll take them to a 1st world country to work as a maid or something, and they'll climb into the truck and pay you for it. Their governments have little resources to defend them, their families are poor and without any international clout, and because they're in the country illegally, a lot of law enforcement will look the other way.<br />'''Instead:''' They kidnap young women from the airport. Yes, the ideal victim is a girl with a family rich enough to send her on vacations, from a countries with enough diplomatic clout to demand explanations. Better yet, let's do it at a post 9/11 airport where our actions will be taped by security cameras and since they just got past customs, all the women have been officially documented as having just entered the country. Yup, that'll end well.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' They'd consider the possibility that Mills is not bluffing, let the girl and her friend go, apologize for the inconvenience, and get the hell out of there while [[Papa Wolf]] is still in a charitable mood.<br />'''Instead:''' "Good Luck..." [[Hilarity Ensues]].