History Main / NoHarmRequirement

** The Celestial Dragons (also known as World Nobles) are the Descendents of the 19 kings that founded the [[TheEmpire The World Government]]. Purely because of their lineage, descendents are treated as higher beings than the rest of civilization and they [[TheSociopath VERY MUCH]] abuse their power. The kicker though is that due to being descendents of the kings, absolutely [[DiplomaticImpunity NO ONE is allowed to lay a finger on them]] [[KarmaHoudini no matter how vile their actions are]]. Should anyone defy them in spite of this rule, they'll be swiftly greeted by an [[PersonOfMassDestruction Admiral]] with a massive fleet for good measure. [[spoiler: Luffy found out the hard way just horrifying this could be when he socked one of the biggest {{Jerkass}}es amongst the Celestial Dragons in the face.]]

** During Johto in the episode ''Once In A Blue Moon'', a Quagsire steals the GS Ball. When Ash gets it back by battling it with Squirtle, the gang almost get arrested by Officer Jenny because Quagsire in the town is a [[EndangeredSpecies protected species]]. So when the Quagsire steals the ball again, they have to follow it to waterfall where it conducts its waterfall ritual and wait for it to finish with the ball.

** In later arcs, for some reason, Sanji's WantedPoster says "Only Alive" instead of the usual "Dead or Alive" on other posters. [[spoiler:It's because his long-lost father, Jajji, an influential person in the underground business, used his connections to make the Marines change the requirement of Sanji's capture so he would be reunited with Sanji.]]

->''"Normally I wouldn't ask you to hold your fire - but one of the Vek is a Volatile, it'll explode if you kill it. Drive it off instead."''

Picture this scenario. Let's say that Carl has assigned Bob and Alice the task of capturing an experimental beast that has escaped from the facility. No problem, right? The two are a bonafide ActionDuo capable of taking down [[OneManArmy massive troops of goons on their own]]. How hard can taking down and reclaiming one beast be? Well there's just one thing. Carl says that the monster cost the facility so much money that losing it would set the program back immensely. Thus two must retrieve it ''alive'' and ''unharmed''. '''''Oh Boy Howdy....'''''

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* In ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'', in order to achieve 100PercentCompletion, many levels will have missions where you're required to not defeat a specific enemy or any enemies at all.

Picture this scenario. Let's say that Carl has assigned Bob and Alice the task of capturing an experimental beast that has escaped from the facility. No problem, right? The two are a bonafide ActionDuo capable of taking down [[OneManArmy massive troops of goons on their own]]. How hard can taking down and reclaiming one beast be? Well there's just one thing. Carl says that the monster cost the facility so much money that losing it would set the program back immensely. Thus two must retrieve it ''alive'' and ''unharmed''. '''''Oh Boy....'''''

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[LawfulStupid You can't hurt him Secret!]] Sure he's an ObviouslyEvil danger to the public that needs to be stopped before he hurts anyone else, but he's [[EndangeredSpecies a panda]]!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[LawfulStupid You can't hurt him Secret!]] Sure he's an ObviouslyEvil danger to the public that needs to be stopped before he hurts anyone else, but he's [[EndangeredSpecies a panda]]!

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[LawfulStupid You can't hurt him Secret!]] Sure he's an ObviouslyEvil threat to society that must be stopped. But he's [[EndangeredSpecies endangered!]]]]

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As you can expect, this trope is the ire of any BloodKnight. After all, fighting is supposed to be a thrilling activity where one can cut loose and show how just how badass they are. Why does one have to restrain themselves against an enemy that's free to kill them if they wish? The PsychoForHire also tends to get put on the spot a lot when it comes to this. Sure he may have the skill set, finesse, (and often LackOfEmpathy), for easily dispatching of targets, but if he suddenly gets a request from a client to ''not'' kill, then it'll become one heck of a struggle for them to hold themselves back.

* In general, many video games will have bonus missions where the player must complete a level without harming a particular enemy if one wishes to reach OneHundredPercentCompletion.

** The Celestial Dragons (also known as World Nobles) are the Descendents of the 19 kings that founded the [[TheEmpire The World Government]]. Purely because of their lineage, descendents are treated as higher beings than the rest of civilization and they [[TheSociopath VERY MUCH abuse their power]]. The kicker though is that due to being descendents of the kings, absolutely [[DiplomaticImpunity NO ONE is allowed to lay a finger on them]] no matter how [[KarmaHoudini no matter how vile their actions are]]. Should anyone defy them in spite of this rule, they'll be swiftly greeted by an [[PersonOfMassDestruction Admiral]] with a massive fleet for good measure. [[spoiler: Luffy found out the hard way just horrifying this could be when he socked one of the biggest {{Jerkass}}s amongst the Celestial Dragons in the face.]]

** The Celestial Dragons (also known as World Nobles) are the Descendents of the 19 kings that founded the [[TheEmpire The World Government]]. Purely because of their lineage, descendents are treated as higher beings than the rest of civilization and they [[TheSociopath VERY MUCH abuse their power]]. The kicker though is that due to being descendents of the kings, absolutely [[DiplomaticImpunity NO ONE is allowed to lay a finger on them]] no matter how [[KarmaHoudini no matter how vile their actions are]]. Should anyone defy them in spite of this rule, they'll be swiftly greeted by an [[PersonOfMassDestruction {{Admiral}}]] with a massive fleet for good measure. [[spoiler: Luffy found out the hard way just horrifying this could be when he socked one of the biggest {{Jerkass}}s amongst the Celestial Dragons in the face.]]

** The Celestial Dragons (also known as World Nobles) are the Descendents of the 19 kings that founded the [[TheEmpire The World Government]]. Purely because of their lineage, descendents are treated as higher beings than the rest of civilization and they [[TheSociopath VERY MUCH abuse their power]]. The kicker though is that due to being descendents of the kings, absolutely [[DiplomaticImmunity NO ONE is allowed to lay a finger on them]] no matter how [[KarmaHoudini no matter how vile their actions are]]. Should anyone defy them in spite of this rule, they'll be swiftly greeted by an [[PersonOfMassDestruction {{Admiral}}]] with a massive fleet for good measure. [[spoiler: Luffy found out the hard way just horrifying this could be when he socked one of the biggest {{Jerkass}}s amongst the Celestial Dragons in the face.]]

* ''Anime/OnePiece'': In later arcs, for some reason, Sanji's WantedPoster says "Only Alive" instead of the usual "Dead or Alive" on other posters. [[spoiler:It's because his long-lost father, Jajji, an influential person in the underground business, used his connections to make the Marines change the requirement of Sanji's capture so he would be reunited with Sanji.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' episode ''Shell Game'' Jenny lets all the harmless reptiles in a reptile exhibition loose in an attempt to draw ought Silver Shell whose stolen her robotic heart. But in the chaos, a giant deadly python gets loose and begins putting the squeeze on Sheldon. Jenny tries to hold out for Silver but unbeknownst to her, Silver Shell is actually Sheldon in a robot disguise. Fortunately she comes to her senses and engages the reptile. But after she gets Sheldon free and tries to [[MoreDakka empty her arsenal on the serpent]], Sheldon stops her because while he's dangerous, he's a protected species. So instead, Jenny gets the long reptile to chase her around, causing it to tie itself in a knot.
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'' episode ''One-Ton''. Secret is given orders to stop a criminal panda from destroying China Town. However, the Chief gives him orders to not harm the panda because panda's are EndangeredSpecies which makes things rough as he's a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Eventually Secret stops him by getting him to [[StopHittingYourself beat himself up]]. Since he harmed a panda while ''being'' a panda, the fiend gets put into protective custody.

* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'':

* Mayor Lionheart of Disney's ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' has a cadre of timber wolves serving as EliteMooks that capture the various predators that have been going savage without harming them in order to transport them to a secure location where they can be contained while attempting to find a cure.