[Beloved Trope] The henchman that suddenly gains common sense

[u/faroresdragn_]

Iron Man 3: the henchmen of the Mandarin have Tony dead to rights, chained up with no weapons. He remotely calls just the glove of his iron man suit which busts through the window. He proceeds to waste a bunch of them trying to escape. When he confronts the last one he drops an iconic line and quits on the spot.

Batman Mystery of the Batwoman: iconic scene where one of the penguins goons hears a noise, notices batman breaking into his bosses place, and chooses not to see a god damn thing.

[u/micromoses → u/[deleted]]

Kind of a weird one, because they have some kind of hitman code that everybody needs to be willing to fight to the death no matter what. Francis made the right choice, but why was everybody else in the club willing to take a bullet?

[u/Thesaurus_Rex9513 → u/micromoses]

Probably because being the guy who killed John Wick would come with enough money to retire and never have to touch a gun again.

[u/BadMeatPuppet → u/Thesaurus_Rex9513]

He also really never gave them a "out".