The Dog Shot First/Playing With

Basic Trope: A edited scene that gives the hero justification for killing some one
 * Straight: In the first version the hero shoot a bad guy, in the edited version, the bad guy shot first and missed
 * Exaggerated: EVERY bad guy shots and misses before the hero can kill him
 * Justified: The edit is more consistent with Bob's personality.
 * Inverted: In the first version of a show there was a justification of killing a man to prevent miscegenation. As he was already wanted at the time removing this heinous bit made him more Anti-Hero than Villain Protagonist.
 * Subverted: ???
 * Double Subverted: ???
 * Parodied: The justifications given are for "offenses" so minor it amounts to Disproportionate Retribution like "was a bad tipper" or "jaywalked back in 1989".
 * Deconstructed: ???
 * Reconstructed: ???
 * Zig Zagged: The edited version with the villain shooting first is in some re-releases, but left out in others.
 * Averted: The hero finds the villain and kills them with no hesitation.
 * Enforced: The writers are worried the audience might lose sympathy for the hero for killing a villain that isn't fighting them.
 * Lampshaded: ???
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: ???
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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