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There are some opponents you want to defeat. There are some opponents you want to kill. Then there are the opponents whom you're not satisfied with until you've [[BackStab stabbed them in the back]], [[BoomHeadshot shot them in the head]], [[StuffBlowingUp blown them up]], [[AttackAnimal unleashed the hounds on them]], [[HighVoltageDeath electrocuted them]], [[FinishingStomp jumped up and down on them]], and then [[RasputinianDeath shot the remains into space on a rocket full of time bombs]] [[HurlItIntoTheSun heading towards the sun]].

This trope comes in three categories (with some overlap): the killer either [[ComedicSociopathy loves violence for its own sake]], [[ThePowerOfHate really, really HATES whoever they're doing this to]], or (usually due to fighting TheJuggernaut or an ImplacableMan) knows that ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure whoever they're doing this to ''won't'' be coming back. There Is No Kill Like Overkill may be played for comedy or for drama. If the former, another character may [[LampshadeHanging remark]] [[CaptainObvious "I think he's dead already"]] near the end of the process.

There are some opponents you want to defeat. There are some opponents you want to kill. Then there are the opponents whom you're not satisfied with [[RasputinianDeath until you've]] [[BackStab stabbed them in the back]], [[GatlingGood shot them a lot]] [[BoomHeadshot in the head]], [[StuffBlowingUp blown them up]], [[AttackAnimal unleashed the hounds on them]], [[ShockAndAwe electrocuted them]], [[GoombaStomp jumped up]] [[FinishingStomp and down on them]], and then shot the remains into space on a rocket full of time bombs [[HurlItIntoTheSun heading towards the sun]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge'': Scorpion has spent the entire movie thinking that Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei slaughtered his clan and his family, and sought nothing but bloody retribution. It's only after he kills Sub-Zero that he learns [[MisplacedRetribution the massacre was orchestrated by Quan Chi]], after which he makes a beeline for him and challenges him to a fight as Shang Tsung's palace begins to crumble. After a brutal fight, Scorpion seizes an opening to deliver [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the mother of all beatdowns]] on Quan Chi, before summarily breaking his ribs, [[AnArmAndALeg ripping his arms off]], piercing his torso with his kunai, dragging his ass closer ("[[YouWillNotEvadeMe GET OVER HERE!]]"), grabbing his throat, ''[[OffWithHisHead ripping his head off]]'' and finishing him off by incinerating his mutilated corpse with {{hellfire}}, before tossing Quan Chi's head and spine over the burning remains. ExtremeMeleeRevenge? Yes. Did Quan Chi deserve every second of it? ''[[AssholeVictim Oh, yes]].''

* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge'': Scorpion has spent the entire movie thinking that Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei slaughtered his clan and his family, and sought nothing but bloody retribution. It's only after he kills Sub-Zero that he learns [[MisplacedRetribution the massacre was orchestrated by Quan Chi]], after which he makes a beeline for him and challenges him to a fight as Shang Tsung's palace begins to crumble. After a brutal fight, Scorpion seizes an opening to deliver the mother of all beatdowns on Quan Chi, before summarily breaking his ribs, [[AnArmAndALeg ripping his arms off]], piercing his torso with his kunai, dragging his ass closer ("[[YouWillNotEvadeMe GET OVER HERE!]]"), grabbing his throat, ''[[OffWithHisHead ripping his head off]]'' and finishing him off by incinerating his mutilated corpse with {{hellfire}}, before tossing Quan Chi's head and spine over the burning remains. To say that [[AssholeVictim Quan Chi deserved every second of it]] would be an understatement.

* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge'': Scorpion has spent the entire movie thinking that Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei slaughtered his clan and his family, and sought nothing but bloody retribution. It's only after he kills Sub-Zero that he learns the massacre was orchestrated by Quan Chi, after which he makes a beeline for him and challenges him to a fight as Shang Tsung's palace begins to crumble. After a brutal fight, Scorpion seizes an opening to deliver the mother of all beatdowns on Quan Chi, before summarily breaking his ribs, [[AnArmAndALeg ripping his arms off]], piercing his torso with his kunai, dragging his ass closer ("[[YouWillNotEvadeMe GET OVER HERE!]]"), grabbing his throat, ''[[OffWithHisHead ripping his head off]]'' and finishing him off by incinerating his mutilated corpse with {{hellfire}}, before tossing Quan Chi's head and spine over the burning remains. To say that [[AssholeVictim Quan Chi deserved every second of it]] would be an understatement.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': At urging, Gru enters the girls he adopted at a shooting gallery, and discovers the main target actually can't be knocked down with the guns provided. Regardless of how much he actually cared about the girls at this point, Gru clearly isn't happy that he got cheated, so his solution? He has a go, and uses a ray gun to level the ''whole stand''. The man who cheated them decides it's in his best interest to give Gru the prize after that.

This trope comes in three categories (with some overlap): the killer either [[ComedicSociopathy loves violence for its own sake]], [[ThePowerOfHate really, really HATES who they're doing this to]], or (usually due to fighting TheJuggernaut or an ImplacableMan) knows that ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure that whoever they're doing this to won't be coming back. There Is No Kill Like Overkill may be played for comedy or for drama. If the former, another character may [[LampshadeHanging remark]] [[CaptainObvious "I think he's dead already"]] near the end of the process.

This trope comes in three categories (with some overlap): the killer either [[ComedicSociopathy loves violence for its own sake,]] or [[ThePowerOfHate wishes to express dislike for the target,]] or (usually due to fighting TheJuggernaut or an ImplacableMan) knows that ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure. There Is No Kill Like Overkill may be played for comedy or for drama. If the former, another character may [[LampshadeHanging remark]] [[CaptainObvious "I think he's dead already"]] near the end of the process.

For common ways to overkill, see BeamSpam, WaveMotionGun, MegatonPunch, GatlingGood, BoomHeadshot, YourHeadAsplode, GrenadeSpam, MultipleGunshotDeath, MacrossMissileMassacre, NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, StuffBlowingUp, HomeRunHitter, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, {{BFS}}, {{BFG}}, RapidFireFisticuffs, and/or NukeEm. Said methods are almost always more overkill with a CriticalHit.

There are some opponents you want to defeat. There are some opponents you want to kill. Then there are the opponents whom you're not satisfied with [[RasputinianDeath until you've]] [[BackStab stabbed them in the back]], [[GatlingGood shot them a lot]] [[BoomHeadshot in the head]], [[StuffBlowingUp blown them up]], [[AttackAnimal unleashed the hounds on them]], [[ShockAndAwe electrocuted them]], [[ILoveNuclearPower irradiated them]], [[GoombaStomp jumped up]] [[FinishingStomp and down on them]], and then shot the remains into space on a rocket full of time bombs [[HurlItIntoTheSun heading towards the sun]].