History Main / DoubleTap

* Inverted in the opening shootout of ''Film/TheKiller2023'' when the titular character assassinates a mob boss. After killing some mooks, the killer took out his target with a ''point-blank'' headshot... and put two more bullets into the guy's chest (also point-blank) just to be sure. He does the same thing in a later sniping mission, shooting his target's head and putting two more rounds in the back when the target falls.

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse. Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually]].[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that (statistically speaking) getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that's from ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second is another 1-in-10 chance, which means the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots. And those odds are from Handgun Cartridges; Rifle bullets are much more powerful & lethal and the chance of surviving a headshot from one, much less multiple, is even lower if not zero.[[/note]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse. Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually]].[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second is another 1-in-10 chance, which means the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots. And those odds are from Handgun Cartridges; Rifle bullets are much more powerful & lethal and the chance of surviving a headshot from one, much less multiple, is even lower if not zero.[[/note]]

* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' has this as Rule #2 for surviving the ZombieApocalypse. Despite the zombies in the movie being of the [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Technically Living]] variety, the characters frequently make sure to [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain Remove The Head Or Destroy The Brain]]. This is seen performed with guns, [[DropTheHammer giant mallets]], and even a [[CarFu car]] at one point. ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'' has a scene where the characters encounter a more powerful variant of zombie called the T-800, which is much harder to kill. This leads to a gag where it is repeatedly shot in the head as the Double Tap notice changes to "Triple Tap", "Quadruple Tap", and eventually goes all the way up to "Whatever the nine uple word is Tap" (for those wondering, it's nonuple).

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': At the end of [[Recap/FireflyE01Serenity the pilot episode]], Mal shoots [[TheMole Lawrence Dobson]] in the eye and leaves him behind on Whitefall. Dobson miraculously survives ([[EyeScream minus an eye]]) and, in [[ComicBook/{{Serenity}} the sequel comics]], returns to take revenge on the crew... only for Mal to shoot him in the head again, then shoot his corpse once more to make sure he [[KilledOffForReal stays dead]] this time. [[spoiler:He does.]]

* WebVideo/DevilArtemis: [[https://youtu.be/6Kqd7jUi__4 "Kermit's Lost VS Episode: The "Holy" Knight"]] has Cell lampshade this even after the Knight delivered a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] with his Glock, with the android mentioning that in the [=DAU=], just about everyone is MadeOfIron. The Knight immediately sees his point and delivers another shot to Kermit's head for good measure.

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An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse. Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually]].[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet is another 1-in-10 chance, which means the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots. And those odds are from Handgun Cartridges; Rifle bullets are much more powerful & lethal and the chance of surviving a headshot from one, much less multiple, is even lower if not zero.[[/note]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse.[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet is another 1-in-10 chance, which means the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots. And those odds are from Handgun Cartridges; Rifle bullets are much more powerful & lethal and the chance of surviving a headshot from one, much less multiple, is even lower if not zero.[[/note]] Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse.[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet is another 1-in-10 chance, which means the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots. And those odds are from Handgun Cartridges; Rifle bullets are much more lethal and the chance of surviving a headshot from one, much less multiple, is even lower.[[/note]] Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse.[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from just ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet is another 1-in-10 chance, which means the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots. And that’s with Handgun Cartridges; Rifle bullets are much more lethal and the chance of surviving a headshot from one, much less two, is even lower.[[/note]] Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse.[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from just ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet is another 1-in-10 chance, which means the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots. [[/note]] Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse.[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from just ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet is another 1-in-10 chance, meaning a the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots[[/note]] Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse.[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room Studies]] [[https://youtu.be/QNTCRBArJ38?si=XB6wgw0gF6Wz7ju8 have shown]] that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from just ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet still a roughly 1-in-10 chance, meaning a the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots[[/note]] Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse.[[note]] [[https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Gunshot-Wound-Head-Trauma#:~:text=Gunshot%20wounds%20to%20the%20head%20are%20fatal%20about%2090%25%20of,die%20in%20the%20emergency%20room. Studies]] have shown that getting shot in the head is fatal 90% of the time, meaning that meaning that any headshot victim has an approximately 1-in-10 Chance of Survival. However, that’s from just ''One'' Bullet; surviving a second bullet still a roughly 1-in-10 chance, meaning a the victim has 1% Chance ''at most'' of surviving two headshots[[/note]] Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of both BoomHeadshot and AttackOnTheHeart, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse. Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]

An amateur only shoots once. A ''professional'' always shoots twice. A subtrope of BoomHeadshot, this is usually the difference between a sniper and a more up close and personal silenced pistol assassin. [[MakeSureHesDead Better safe than sorry, after all]]. The Double Tap seems like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill overkill]], but in both real life and in fiction it is an example of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]]. It's rare that the target survives a shot to the heart or brain, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain but it happens]], and there's nothing like [[WhyWontYouDie someone surviving their attempted killing]] to [[SpannerInTheWorks ruin your carefully laid plans]]. Similarly, there have been occasions where despite shots to the chest or head, people have continued to be coherent and capable of retaliation for some time thereafter. Some training methods insist on at least two shots to the torso and one to the head, a technique known as the Mozambique Drill. Being shot in any vital organ is bad but being shot twice in one is worse. Two to the head tend to be just as effective... [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Usually.]]