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All about the complex, soldiers are hunting for our hero, with orders to shoot to kill. They know he's dangerous. They've taken shots at him. He may even be wounded. But.... his gun is still in its holster. Why isn't he fighting back? Why is he just defensively dodging? Because they ought to be on his side. They're good guys, and he knows it. It also may plant seeds of doubt when the character doesn't attack as violently as expected. Especially when The Hero refuses to Get It Over With. Examples of Would Not Shoot a Good Guy include:

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  • All about the complex, soldiers are hunting for our hero, with orders to shoot to kill. They know he's dangerous. They've taken shots at him. He may even be wounded. But.... his gun is still in its holster. Why isn't he fighting back? Why is he just defensively dodging? Because they ought to be on his side. They're good guys, and he knows it. It also may plant seeds of doubt when the character doesn't attack as violently as expected. Especially when The Hero refuses to Get It Over With. Examples of Would Not Shoot a Good Guy include:
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  • All about the complex, soldiers are hunting for our hero, with orders to shoot to kill. They know he's dangerous. They've taken shots at him. He may even be wounded. But.... his gun is still in its holster. Why isn't he fighting back? Why is he just defensively dodging? Because they ought to be on his side. They're good guys, and he knows it. The Rival, believing his own Malicious Slander, sent them after him, or The Mole is deliberately trying to disable him -- but at any rate, these Mooks ought to be on The Hero's side, so he can't shoot them, no matter how deluded they are about who's the good guy. A Sub-Trope of Never Hurt an Innocent and Friend or Foe. Policemen often fall under this if The Hero is accused of a crime, especially with the better sort of Vigilante Man. (Wrongful Accusation Insurance not withstanding -- and it does make Clear My Name much easier if he doesn't do this.) Sometimes overlaps with Arrested for Heroism. It also may plant seeds of doubt when the character doesn't attack as violently as expected. Especially when The Hero refuses to Get It Over With. More common on the idealistic side of Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism, though not quite as high as Thou Shalt Not Kill. On high stakes missions, a character may have to kill such men to keep his mission going. This trope comes into play if it results in Dirty Business, no matter how high the stakes. (Such as, all the guards will die if he doesn't defuse the bomb, and so he has to get past them.) This tends to push things toward cynicism. Examples of Would Not Shoot a Good Guy include:
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