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[-[[caption-width-right:223:[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Well... That's gonna leave a mark.]]]]-]

Contrast CherryTapping and OnceIsNotEnough. Characters who don't have enough overkill at their disposal just might resort to crossing the GodzillaThreshold instead.

* In ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Ratigan tries to dispose of Basil with an overkill-tastic DeathTrap including a mousetrap, a crossbow, an axe, a gun (given that the characters are mice, it's more like a ''cannon''), and a falling anvil, noting that he couldn't decide which method would be best... so he used them all. [[spoiler:Of course, Basil is able to use the various parts of the trap against each other and escape.]]
* Yzma's initial plan to kill Kuzco in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' is to turn him into a flea, a harmless little flea, then put him inside a box, put that box inside another box, mail it to herself, and then smash it with a hammer. The plan was rejected in favor of immediate poisoning to save on postage.

* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', the villain Shan Yu charges his entire army against what is about 30 or 40 soldiers. Naturally, the ConservationOfNinjutsu wasn't on his side.

** After he's already killed [[spoiler:Agent South]], Agent Washington goes on to dispose of the body by shooting at it, incinerating it, and detonating a bunch of exploding crates next to it. This is apparently standard procedure.

* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', the villain Shan Yu charges his entire army against what is about 30 or 40 soldiers. Naturally, the ConservationOfNinjitsu wasn't on his side.

* ''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 to give Gru the prize after that.

* In the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Star War'', Kip opts to fire at [[spoiler: Palpatine]] with his gun set to ion cannon mode, which Alan points out is designed for attacking ''starships''. [[spoiler: He manages to destroy him, and most of the castle he was in, and anything past that for a few miles.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill/ProWrestling

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill/{{Theatre}}

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill/WebComics

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* From ''Film/SisterAct'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hd0yzfL6U4 this song.]] To put it in comparison, the man singing killed a mole (aka a spy) by a single gunshot (which his girl saw). For that former mistress, he wants to '''drill, shoot, stab, drown, disembowel,''' or "give her skull a big dent with a blunt instrument." [[LyricalDissonance All while dancing to disco/jazz and having his henchmen sing backup.]]
* ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' has "Then he ran into my knife. He ran into my knife ten times."
* In ''[[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical A Very Potter Senior Year]]'', Voldemort has a particularly gruesome sendoff, though it's PlayedForLaughs. It's made even funnier by the fact that Voldemort mimes the whole thing:
-->'''Narrator:''' Harry lifts up the Sword Gryffindor and stabs the diary. Blood begins to spurt from the diary as Voldemort convulses. Voldemort's chest explodes, a blinding white light shines out. Pieces of Voldemort's body begin to break off as he desperately wails. His face flaes away, revealing a grotesque screaming skull. Soon all his skin ignites into flames. His burning skeleton crumbles into a mess of gore and green goo. JOE WALKER DIES!!!
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For common ways to overkill, see BeamSpam, WaveMotionGun, MegatonPunch, GrenadeSpam, MultipleGunshotDeath, MacrossMissileMassacre, NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, HomeRunHitter, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, {{BFS}}, {{BFG}}, RapidFireFisticuffs, and/or NukeEm.

For common ways to overkill, see BeamSpam, WaveMotionGun, GrenadeSpam, MacrossMissileMassacre, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, {{BFS}}, {{BFG}} RapidFireFisticuffs, NukeEm and/or MultipleGunshotDeath.

Compare ChunkySalsaRule, CriticalExistenceFailure, NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, DeaderThanDead, DisproportionateRetribution, RasputinianDeath, RefugeInAudacity, SurplusDamageBonus and VideogameCrueltyPotential.

For common forms of overkill, see BeamSpam, GrenadeSpam, MacrossMissileMassacre, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, RapidFireFisticuffs, NukeEm and/or MultipleGunshotDeath.

For common forms of overkill, see BeamSpam, MacrossMissileMassacre, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, RapidFireFisticuffs, NukeEm and/or MultipleGunshotDeath.

For common forms of overkill, see BeamSpam, MacrossMissileMassacre, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, RapidFireFisticuffs, and/or MultipleGunshotDeath.

For common forms of overkill, see BeamSpam, MacrossMissileMassacre, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, RapidFireFistcuffs, and/or MultipleGunshotDeath.

For common forms of overkill, see BeamSpam,MacrossMissileMassacre, MoreDakka, MultiDirectionalBarrage, and/or MultipleGunshotDeath.

Compare ChunkySalsaRule, CriticalExistenceFailure, NoHoldsBarredBeatdown DeaderThanDead, DisproportionateRetribution, RasputinianDeath, RefugeInAudacity, SurplusDamageBonus and VideogameCrueltyPotential.

Compare ChunkySalsaRule, CriticalExistenceFailure, DeaderThanDead, DisproportionateRetribution, RasputinianDeath, RefugeInAudacity, SurplusDamageBonus and VideogameCrueltyPotential.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill/FanFic
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill/ProfessionalWrestling