History Main / ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure

Oddly enough, ''{{Alien}}s'' [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample is not an example]] despite being the TropeNamer. This is only because [[spoiler: the business interests pushed for recovery rather than containment, thus preventing the proposed plan being enacted]].

* One of the possible methods by which you defeat the [[BigBad Naughty Sorceress]] in ''KingdomOfLoathing''. After you counter her first two attacks with [[spoiler:the Wand of Nagamar]], [[OneWingedAngel her final form]] attacks you with a [[SignificantAnagram HEARTBREAKING TOFU MOUSSE]]. You counter ''[[RuleOfThree again]]'' with the same thing, and [[SignificantAnagram NUKE THE SAUSAGE FROM ORBIT]]. [[ShoutOut After all, it's the only way to be sure.]] Referencing the TropeNamer is a bit of a RunningGag in that game.

[[folder: Western Animation]] In ReBoot the Guardian Collective takes this approach to dealing with web creatures. They don't even ''try'' conventional methods to get rid of them, opting to destroy the system as soon as one is found. Bob knows about this and is pissed when he sees Mouse tell the guardians about the web creature in Mainframe. Bob manages to stop this, [[ItGotWorse but makes the situation worse]].

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Oddly enough, ''{{Alien}}s'' [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample is not an example]] [[spoiler: but only because they don't get a chance to enact THIS EXACT PLAN before shit hits the fan]], although it is the TropeNamer.

->''"I say we take off and nuke it from orbit. [[TropeNamer It's the only way to be sure.]]"''

** The latter being more likely, as the safest and most efficient way to kill the survivors would be to simply refuse to lower the bridge.

TheVirus or some similar infestation has gotten out of containment and threatens to spread uncontrollably. If any conventional means have been deployed to control it, they were grossly inadequate. [[GodzillaThreshold The danger is now severe enough that Plan B - maybe even Plan A - is sheer overkill]]: a conflagration which will destroy the whole facility, the whole city, or the entire region. It could be [[NukeEm a nuke]], it could be a fuel-air bomb, it could be [[KillSat orbital bombardment]] - but whatever it is, high civilian or friendly casualties are chalked off as "acceptable losses."

* The Covenant in {{Halo}} doesn't stop at nukes, when it comes to Flood outbreaks. They bombard the entire planet with plasma guns until rock and sand starts to melt and is transformed to vulcanic glass. Earth gets spared this treatment, due to the Arbiter advising Half-Jaw against it.

* In ''{{Prototype}}'', Manhattan is set to be destroyed by a nuclear bomb after the Blacklight and Redlight viruses have run amok. [[spoiler: The player character Alex Mercer averts this by personally flying the bomb away from Manhattan, dumping it into the river and sacrificing himself in the process. [[FromASingleCell He gets better.]]]]

* The Covenant in {{Halo}} doesn't stop at nukes, when it comes to Flood outbreaks. They bombard the entire planet with plasma guns until rock and sand starts to melt and is transformed to vulcanic glass.

* In ''Cloverfield'', the exact nature of the [[NukeEm Hammerdown Protocol]] is never explained, but it clearly involves a WeaponOfMassDestruction or maybe several. The fact that the US Army was willing to do this on [[BigApplesauce Manhattan Island]] is meant to indicate how desperate the situation had become.

Oddly enough, ''{{Alien}}s'' [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample is not an example]], although it is the TropeNamer.

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* ''The game [[http://www.hardcorepawn.com/zombie3/ Zombie 3]] requires the player to bomb entire city blocks to stop a spreading zombie infestation. Depending on the player's skill, it may be easier to protect a small enclave of survivors and carpet-bomb the rest of the city as a precaution.
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TheVirus or some similar infestation has gotten out of containment and threatens to spread uncontrollably. If any conventional means have been deployed to control it, they were grossly inadequate. Plan B - maybe even Plan A - is sheer overkill: a conflagration which will destroy the whole facility, the whole city, or the entire region. It could be [[NukeEm a nuke]], it could be a fuel-air bomb, it could be [[KillSat orbital bombardment]] - but whatever it is, high civilian or friendly casualties are chalked off as "acceptable losses."

* In ''[[Film/ResidentEvil Resident Evil Apocalypse]]'', the Umbrella Corporation fires a nuclear missile at Raccoon City to cover up an outbreak of the T-Virus, which is also what happened at the end of the second and third games of the series.
** To clarify, both the second and third games dealt with the same missile strike. Even Umbrella wasn't so ruthless as to NukeEm [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill twice]].

* This is what is implied in The Parish campaign in ''Left4Dead 2''. Many dead bodies found are noted that they were shot up and were not infected. This makes Nick worry that the military is aiming to kill everyone in one fell swoop without checking to see who is infected and who isn't and his fears become true when the survivors discover that the military is bombing the whole city. Regardless, the other 3 survivors seek out the military to escape. Because the military now assumes the survivors are carriers, [[EpilepticTrees many people theorize that the military are going to kill the survivors after aiding their escape or perform experiments on them since they have not turned into zombies.]] This theory got more wild when the original survivors in The Passing campaign refuse to go to New Orleans, stating they are sick of dealing with the military.