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* SterilityPlague: Sterilize the enemies, preventing them from multiplying. From there, time will take care of the rest of the finite enemy population. Arguably this is the most humane method of mass killing.

->''"The trouble with Scotland is that it's full of Scots."''

* LeaveNoSurvivors: The aim of most planned genocides is the ''complete'' annihilation of an ''entire'' category of people (whether they succeed at doing so is another matter).

* OmnicidalManiac: The villain wants to kill everyone and destroy everything in the known universe.

* ThePurge: An organization slaughters every member who dissents with them.

* VanHelsingHateCrimes: A [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunter]] who wants to kill every single "monster", [[FantasticRacism regardless of how good or evil they are]].

->''"The trouble with Scotland is that it's full of Scots!"''

-->-- '''King Edward I (Longshanks)''', ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''

See also DeathTropes, RaceTropes, PrejudiceTropes, and {{Reichstropen}}.

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* AbsoluteXenophobe: A group kills everyone not part of their kind.
* BiologicalWeaponsSolveEverything: Using a biological weapon to wipe out the enemy.

* EvilutionaryBiologist: The villain wants to better the human race on their terms, which may involve killing everyone they deem genetically inferior.
* FinalSolution: Using genocide to get rid of the enemy.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: A character feels prejudiced towards a group even though the group has never harmed them in any way.
* {{Gendercide}}: Killing an entire gender.
* GenocideBackfire: An attempted genocide ends with a survivor now wanting to make those responsible for their kind being wiped out pay.

* GenocideFromTheInside: Someone wipes out their own kind.
* GuiltFreeExterminationWar: An all-out war that won't end until one side is exterminated.

* KillAllHumans: A being wants to kill all humanity.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: A killer murders everyone who comes in their path.
* MasterRace: People who feel that their race is superior to all others.
* MisanthropeSupreme: A person who despises all of humanity.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Someone demonstrates Nazi-like characteristics, such as a penchant for exterminating races they despise.
* NiceJobBreakingItHerod: The villain fails to kill a child who is destined to defeat him.
* OmnicidalManiac: The villain wants to murder everyone.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: You'd have to be evil and bigoted if you're willing to kill an entire race.
* ThePurge: An organization slaughters everyone who dissents with them.

* VanHelsingHateCrimes: A monster hunter who targets monsters who aren't intentionally hurting anyone.
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: The people causing the genocide try to use more benign-sounding terms for the deed to sugarcoat the fact that they're killing an entire race.

* DeathMarch: Captives are transported on foot to a new location, and survival is optional.

* InferredHolocaust: The work glosses over events that realistically would result in many people dying.

* GenocideFromTheInside: Someone kills their own kind.

* AbsoluteXenophobe
* BiologicalWeaponsSolveEverything
* EvilutionaryBiologist
* FinalSolution
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence
* {{Gendercide}}
* GenocideBackfire
* GenocideDilemma
* GenocideFromTheInside
* GuiltFreeExterminationWar
* InferredHolocaust
* KillAllHumans
* LeaveNoSurvivors
* MasterRace
* MisanthropeSupreme
* ANaziByAnyOtherName
* NiceJobBreakingItHerod
* OmnicidalManiac
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* ThePurge
* TheSocialDarwinist
* VanHelsingHateCrimes
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide

See also DeathTropes, RaceTropes, and PrejudiceTropes.

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* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide

Motivations vary, but they most commonly tend to be employed by either xenophobic racists, [[FantasticRacism fantastic]] or otherwise, or by the heroes against [[AlwaysChaoticEvil groups of beings who are all pure evil]]. The former will often signify a crossing of the MoralEventHorizon, the latter makes the protagonists morally grey {{Pragmatic Hero}}es depending on how the work handles the implications of such an extreme action.