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Ofttimes, a villain shall tumble forth from a high place, never again to be seen. For many reasons, this allows The Hero to remain virtuous and ethical. However, sometimes, this is simply not quite enough. Perhaps they can swim. Perhaps one is worried that they'll never find the body. They definitely want him gone. Or perhaps he's just really evil, yet no court will find him guilty. When one of these annoying problems poses itself, there is a solution; Noose Catch. A Sub-Trope of Disney Villain Death. Compare [or contrast, whichever] No Kill Like Overkill. Examples of Noose Catch include:

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  • Ofttimes, a villain shall tumble forth from a high place, never again to be seen. For many reasons, this allows The Hero to remain virtuous and ethical. However, sometimes, this is simply not quite enough. Perhaps they can swim. Perhaps one is worried that they'll never find the body. They definitely want him gone. Or perhaps he's just really evil, yet no court will find him guilty. When one of these annoying problems poses itself, there is a solution; Noose Catch. A Sub-Trope of Disney Villain Death. Compare [or contrast, whichever] No Kill Like Overkill. Examples of Noose Catch include:
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  • Ofttimes, a villain shall tumble forth from a high place, never again to be seen. For many reasons, this allows The Hero to remain virtuous and ethical. However, sometimes, this is simply not quite enough. Perhaps they can swim. Perhaps one is worried that they'll never find the body. They definitely want him gone. Or perhaps he's just really evil, yet no court will find him guilty. When one of these annoying problems poses itself, there is a solution; Noose Catch. This is when a (character, usually a) villain falls from something rather tall, such as a tree, a cliff, a construction site, or a building, and is stopped by some long, thin, dangling object that happens to wrap around his neck. Vines, chains, ropes, most anything will do. But no, this doesn't just stop them from falling. It also kills them. Sometimes, their neck just snaps. Otherwise, they get to hang there, dying, as the ropes slowly chokes them to death... This is commonly used as something like an Ironic Death, as you may have avoided being hanged due to a normal trial, due to lack of evidence or a broken court system, but you still get to be hanged by "other" means. Fate can truly be a cruel mistress. Similarly, it could be the Vigilante Man taking matters into their own hands. Because really, many fatal falls only needed a neatly placed push. Otherwise, this can be just as easily used in rather the opposite manner, to show that indeed, this villain certainly is just that evil. To be hanged is often seen as the. most. justice-filled way to die. While beheading is often used to show that the executioner is pretty much sadistically evil. But with a nice and proper hanging, it's the hangee that gets the Spotlight of Evil. Thusly, it proves beyond a doubt that this villain got exactly what he deserved. A Sub-Trope of Disney Villain Death. Compare [or contrast, whichever] No Kill Like Overkill. Examples of Noose Catch include:
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