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* In ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', [[spoiler: Kabru]] gets the drop on [[spoiler: Falin (who was transformed into [[BodyHorror a human/dragon chimera]] by the BigBad)]], slashes her throat, then follows it up by stabbing her in the lungs, kidneys, and heart. Bizarrely, [[spoiler: Falin]] [[NoSell shrugs these injuries off like they're nothing]], and fatally crushes [[spoiler: Kabru]] under her foot (Laios tries to save him, but fails).

* In ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', [[spoiler: Kabru]] gets the drop on [[spoiler: Falin (who was transformed into [[BodyHorror a human/dragon chimera]] by the BigBad)]], slashes her throat, then follows it up by stabbing her in the lungs, kidneys, and heart. Bizarrely, [[spoiler: Falin]] [[NoSell shrugs these injuries off like they're nothing]], and crushes [[spoiler: Kabru]] under her foot (Laios tries to save him, but fails).

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper:'' [[ArcVillain Zamasu]] ''almost'' does this to [[TheOmniscient Zuno]] with a wave of his RazorSharpHand when the latter goes into one of his long-winded explanations regarding the Super Dragon Balls.[[note]]He ''did'' ask Zuno to tell him ''[[LiteralMinded everything.]]''[[/note]] He promptly demands Zuno to quit wasting his time and tell him how they work.

This {{Death Trope|s}} is one of the classic ways to kill someone in media. Take a knife, a straight razor, or some other nasty edged weapon and draw it across your victim's throat. In a lot of media, this generally means {{instant death|Stab}}, but in more realistic works, it is quite slow (unless the carotid arteries are all severed, in which case the target passes out after a few seconds due to lack of oxygenated blood to the brain--though it takes a certain amount of expertise to land such a strike) and VERY messy to boot, particularly if the carotid artery or the jugular vein are severed. Not to mention the victim usually drowns in their own blood ''before'' passing out. Naturally, people with a preference for knives are particularly fond of this method.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': When Percy finds Professor Anders, he discovers that he has [[spoiler:Percy's sister Cassandra]] as a hostage. Percy points his gun at Anders and tells him to let go, but Anders, unwilling to negotiate, slits [[spoiler:Cassandra]]'s throat right in front of him. RealismInducedHorror fully applies here -- [[spoiler:Cassandra]] spends a good ten minutes on the floor, feebily hacking up blood as she tries to clear her airway, and only survives due to Keyleth's intervention.

** The method used by the murderer to dispose of his two victims in "The Great and the Good".
** Two people (and several sheep) were killed this way [[spoiler:with the skull of a smilodon]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', ComicBook/TheJoker kills a mobster by breaking a glass and slicing his throat. Graphically. If the movie were in live-action this would never be made, with this trope and the brutal beating of Jason Todd (which was actually toned down for the movie)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': When Percy finds Professor Anders, he discovers that he has [[spoiler:Percy's sister Cassandra]] as a hostage. Percy points his gun at Anders and tells him to let go, but Anders, unwilling to negotiate, slits [[spoiler:Cassandra]]'s throat right in front of him. RealismInducedHorror fully applies here -- [[spoiler:Cassandra]] spends the next few minutes of screen time clutching at her throat and staggering around the room as she drowns in her own blood, only barely surviving due to a timely intervention from Keyleth.