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that part of the quote is more Bond Villian Stupidity than general Why don\'t you just shoot him
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->'''Scott Evil:''' What? [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine Are you feeding him?]] [[StatingTheSimpleSolution Why don't you just kill him?]]\\
'''Dr. Evil:''' I have an even better idea. [[ContractualGenreBlindness I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death.]]
-->--''AustinPowers: International Man of Mystery''
Villains (and occasionally darker {{Anti Hero}}es) frequently find themselves in conundrums that could easily be solved by [[MundaneSolution finding the right person and shooting them]]. But rare is the villain who actually takes this direct approach.
'''Dr. Evil:''' I have an even better idea. [[ContractualGenreBlindness I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death.]]
-->--''AustinPowers: International Man of Mystery''
Villains (and occasionally darker {{Anti Hero}}es) frequently find themselves in conundrums that could easily be solved by [[MundaneSolution finding the right person and shooting them]]. But rare is the villain who actually takes this direct approach.
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'''Dr. Evil:''' I have an even better idea. [[ContractualGenreBlindness I'm going to place
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-->--'''Scott Evil''', ''AustinPowers: International Man of Mystery''
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Someone in the story [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that the above three options are stupid and that a simpler, more direct solution exists (usually by using this line verbatim).exists. The villain may or may not actually take their advice.
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* EvilGloating: Even when the villain intends to kill the hero in a straightforward fashion, they still feel the need to gloat about it immediately beforehand, thus giving the hero time to escape or fight back.
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->'''Scott Evil:''' What? [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine Are you feeding him?]] Why don't you just kill him?\\
'''Dr. Evil:''' I have an even better idea. [[ContractualGenreBlindness I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death.]]
-->-- ''AustinPowers: International Man of Mystery''
Villains (and occasionally darker {{Anti Hero}}es) frequently find themselves in conundrums that could easily be solved by [[MundaneSolution finding the right person and shooting them]]. But rare is the villain who actually takes this direct approach.
There may or may not be some in-story justification for this failure to take the direct approach. However, the {{Doylist}} explanations generally boils down to the fact, if he ''did'' just shoot him, then the story would be much shorter and would end with the bad guys winning.
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* BondVillainStupidity: The villain has the opportunity to kill the good guy, but leaves them alive anyway, sometimes for no adequately explained reason.
* ComplexityAddiction: The villain ''does'' try to kill the hero, but employs some ridiculously elaborate (and thus easily-foiled) method, rather than just shooting them.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Someone in the story [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that a simpler, more direct solution exists. The villain may or may not actually take their advice.
Compare ThirdActStupidity. Contrast DangerouslyGenreSavvy and NoNonsenseNemesis.
If you, the viewer, are wondering why someone won't just shoot someone else, {{Headscratchers}} is the place to ask.
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