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* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Moses in the Literature/BookOfExodus chapter 32, while pleading for God to have mercy on the Israelites after the golden calf incident. God has told Moses he plans to wipe them out and make Moses' own descendents the chosen people instead. Moses rejects this option, asking that ''his own'' fate be the same as that of the Israelites. This means God has to choose between wiping out his chosen people entirely -- killing Moses and breaking his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob -- or having mercy on the Israelites for Moses' sake.

* ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}: Abe's Exoddus'': A sign in Slig Barracks says "Terminating General Dripik while he is possessed prior to disarming the main gates is against regulation and is punishable by death and dishonorable discharge". If either Dripik or Aslik die before disarming the gates, a slig will appear and shoot Abe.

* ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'': When Carlos and Junpei are trapped in the Reactor room, they're forced to play a modified version of the [[PrisonersDilemma AB Game]] if they want to escape. The terminal warns that others will share their fates: If Carlos is executed from having his BP drop to 0, then Diana and Sigma will be killed as well. Meanwhile, if Junpei reaches 0 BP, Akane and Phi will be executed along with him.

* In the 60's, Reverend Wade Watts was threatened with this by the Ku Klux Klan. He had ordered a chicken in a whites-only restaurant and the Klansmen told him whatever he did to that chicken, they would do to him. So he kissed it. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny The Klan were promptly too busy laughing to do anything]].
* In a rare instance of Imperialism being on the sensible side of things, the British government in India prior to the Raj banned the lethal practice of ''suttee'', where a widow was to be [[CruelAndUnusualDeath cremated alive]] along with her husband on his funeral pyre (''sometimes'' voluntarily, but definitely not always). When local priests complained that [[CultureJustifiesAnything the practice was a sacred part of their customs]], Governor Charles Napier invoked this while dismissing their grievance, which effectively ended the tradition of ''suttee'':
-->''Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. [[ExcuseBoomerang But my nation has also a custom.]] When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs!''

* ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'': After freeing Senator Palpatine, Anakin goes to pick up an unconscious Obi-Wan in order to carry him to safety. Palpatine orders him to leave Obi-Wan behind so as not to slow down their escape, which Anakin shuts down with a blunt "[[NoOneGetsLeftBehind His fate will be the same as ours]]."

* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': In Chapter 22 of ''R1'', Megatron gets fed up with the constant backstabbing of the Seekers and Airachnid and declares all four of them will die if any of them makes another attempt at hindering the others.

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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In the episode two-parter "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E4And5InBlackestNight In Blackest Night]]", Flash volunteers to speak on behalf of Green Lantern when the latter is accused of a serious intergalactic crime. The judges agree but then add that if Green Lantern is found guilty, then the Flash will also be subjected to the same fate as well.

-->''Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs!''

* In a rare instance of Imperialism being on the sensible side of things, the British government in India prior to the Raj banned the lethal practice of ''suttee'', where a widow was to be cremated (''sometimes'' voluntarily, but definitely not always) on her husband's funeral pyre. When local priests complained that [[CultureJustifiesAnything the practice was a sacred part of their customs]], Governor Charles Napier invoked this while dismissing their grievance, which effectively ended the tradition of ''suttee'':

* In a rare instance of Imperialism being on the sensible side of things, the British government in India prior to the Raj banned the lethal practice of suttee, where a widow was to be cremated (''sometimes'' voluntarily, but definitely not always) on her husband's funeral pyre. When local priests complained that [[CultureJustifiesAnything the practice was a sacred part of their customs]], Governor Charles Napier invoked this:

* VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma: When Carlos and Junpei are trapped in the Reactor room, they're forced to play a modified version of the [[PrisonersDilemma AB Game]] if they want to escape. The terminal warns that others will share their fates: If Carlos is executed from having his BP drop to 0, then Diana and Sigma will be killed as well. Meanwhile, if Junpei reaches 0 BP, Akane and Phi will be executed along with him.

* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'': "The Three Garridebs" has Holmes tell a known killer that if he had killed Watson, he wouldn't have lived, himself. Watson tells the readers it was worth the wound, worth many wounds, to see the depth of Holmes's loyalty and love.

If it's between a pair of characters it might involve a MutualKill.

If enforced by mystical means it may overlap with {{Synchronization}} and/or SharedLifeEnergy.

-->-- Princess Gwendolyn, ''Film/TheCourtJester''

** "Under the Gun": When aged crook Clifford Stuckey is pointing a shotgun at Beckett, Ryan and Esposito promise if he shoots he's dead "half a second later".
** "Cuffed": Ryan and Esposito are trying to rescue Castle and Beckett from the murderous Spurloch family, and Esposito makes this BadassBoast.

** "Under Fire". Beckett learns that the city building inspector is the arsonist known as The Phantom who has caused a building to be set ablaze that Ryan and Esposito are trapped in. She and Castle believe there's a way out, and that he knows it. So Beckett slams him against a car and holds her gun on him, telling him that if Ryan and Esposito die, he will share their fate.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Downplayed. In the video games, the move "Destiny Bond" has the effect that if the user faints during that turn, so does the target.

* In a rare instance of Imperialism being on the sensible side of things, The British government in India prior to the Raj banned the lethal practice of suttee, where a widow was to be cremated (''sometimes'' voluntarily, but defintitely not always) on her husband's funeral pyre. When local priests complained that [[CultureJustifiesAnything the practice was a sacred part of their customs]], Governor Charles Napier invoked this:

Compare TakingYouWithMe, for when such a threat is acted upon. May double as a BadassBoast. Compare ImpliedDeathThreat.

* In a rare instance of Imperialism being on the sensible side of things, The British government in India prior to the Raj banned the lethal practice of suttee, where a widow was to be cremated (''sometimes'' voluntarily, but defintitely not always) on her husband's funeral pyre. When local priests complained that [[CultureJustifiesAnything the practice was a sacred part of their customs]], Governor Charles Napier invoked this to shut them down:

The Shared Fate Ultimatum shows up in fiction when a person or group is endangered and someone tries to save them by delivering an ultimatum: "Whatever happens to that person/group will be your fate as well."

!! Examples:

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', Light warns Misa that he can kill her if she doesn't follow his orders, but Rem the Shinigami tells him that if he does that, she will kill him in retaliation.

* {{ComicBook/Hellblazer}}: In "ComicBook/AllHisEngines", John gets an Aztec death god to stop possessing a little girl (Chas' granddaughter) by setting a strand of her hair on fire and threatening to let SympatheticMagic do the rest. The god backs down, Chas punches John for being ready to sacrifice her... and it turns out John was bluffing: the hair was from a doll.

--> '''Shizuru:''' I shall see this girl alive, or I will end you superfluous worms myself!

-->'''Deputy:''' Now you drop that gun, or I'll shoot her. I'm not gonna ask you again.
-->'''Billy Jack:''' You won't have to.
-->'''Deputy:''' What?
-->'''Billy Jack:''' I said shoot her.
-->'''Deputy:''' You'd kill her, just like that?
-->'''Billy Jack:''' You'll kill her. And then I'll kill you, just like that.

* {{Literature/Wulfrik}}: When Sveinbjorn attempts to claim Hjordis is his wife by right, Wulfrik tells him to screw a goat. He further informs him and her father that whatever fate they have planned for him, she'll share it.

--> '''Angel''': [Holding down Linwood] My son has a cut on his cheek [cuts Linwood's cheek] and now coincidentally, so do you. Whatever happens to my son, happens to you whether it's your fault or not. So not only are you not going after him, you're going to make sure no one else does either.

-->'''The Doctor:''' There are 1103 people I won't allow to die tonight. Do you know where that puts you?
-->'''Kazran:''' Where?
-->'''The Doctor:''' 1104.

* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'': Downplayed. In the video games, the move "Destiny Bond" has the effect that if the user faints during that turn, so does the target.

-->'''Flash:''' The same penalty? You mean...That's crazy!
-->'''Chief Judge:''' [[EvilLawyerJoke No, that's how we solved our lawyer problem]].

-->'''Joker:''' Batman! It's always Batman. What do you got in the way of air-to-air missiles, Lex?
-->'''Luthor:''' You're asking me for help?
-->'''Joker:''' If I go down, you go down.
-->'''Luthor:''' It's a red switch.
-->'''Joker:''' ''[[[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles Sees console full of red buttons]]]'' Which red--? Oh, the heck with it. ''[presses several buttons [[MacrossMissileMassacre which launch missiles]], with one disabling the Batwing].''

* In the 60's, Reverend Wade Watts was threatened with this by the Ku Klux Klan. He had ordered a chicken in a whites-only restaurant and the Klansmen told him whatever he did to that chicken, they would do to him. So he kissed it. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny The Klan were promptly too busy laughing to do anything.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E20ShatteredMirror Shattered Mirror]]" Mirror!Garak is Mirror!Worf's prisoner. Garak's guard accuses him of stealing the key to his shackles which earns Garak a stabbing by Worf. The key suddenly turns up, and Worf threatens to kill the guard if Garak's wound isn't healed.