Self-Disposing Villain: Difference between revisions

This can work so well that the hero can now walk away from this climactic fight into a [[Burger Fool]] and order a [[Deus Ex Machina|Delicious Extra Meaty]] without feeling the tiniest shred of guilt. Well, except maybe for the empty calories in the fries, and if they're really [[Nice Guy]]s that the villain got himself killed/trapped/disposed off. But whatever. It's not like he'll be [[Reset Button|back next episode]] anyway.

 

 

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* [[Complete Monster|Johan Liebert]] of ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' holds a boy hostage and forces [[The Hero|Tenma]] to make the [[Sadistic Choice]] of [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|killing him]] or letting the boy die. Then the boy's [[Chekhov's Gunman|father]] conveniently shows up armed and suddenly it's a moot point.

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': The major villains ([[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] and up) have a tendency to either kill each other off for various reasons ([[You Have Failed Me...]], [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]], [[Evil Versus Evil]]) or be destroyed by their [[Hoist by His Own Petard|own technology/attacks]], leaving the [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|less human looking]] [[Monster of the Week|Monsters of the Week]] and [[Big Bad]]s to be destroyed by the heroes. This is especially true of the Witches 5 from the ''S'' season. Eudial is killed by Mimette, Mimette is killed by Tellu, Tellu is killed by her own plant, Viluy is killed by her own nanobots, and Cyprine and Ptilol actually end up killing each other in battle. The Sailor Senshi never have to do a thing.

* Used in all three ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movies to remove the villain while allowing the main character to keep to his [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|code against killing]]. The first Green Goblin is [[Hoist by His Own Petard]], Dr. Octopus and the second Goblin die due to [[Redemption Equals Death]], and Eddie Brock kills himself by diving into the Venom symbiote just as Spidey's about to incinerate it.

* In the movie-version of ''[[Ella Enchanted]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Prince Edgar defeats himself with the poisoned crown he planned on using to kill his nephew and heir by putting it on during his [[Motive Rant]] at the end of the movie.

 

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