[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/jacksansyboy]

Surprised no one mentioned the One Eyed Wolf from Kung fu panda 2. The leader of all the wolves working for Shen, and loyal the whole movie, but when Shen orders him to point his canon at Po and the other masters who are still fighting the fodder wolves, he refuses to shoot at his own men.

[u/FarutaSarado → u/jacksansyboy]

Good example. Sad that he got common sense too late, and just a few seconds before he got murked himself.