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* Invoked in-universe in ''Dream Park'', when the casualties of the South Seas Treasure Game are sent back in make-up to "attack" their former comrades as part of a zombie horde. Gwen, acting under the Game Masters' orders, winds up in a duel with her out-of-game boyfriend Oliver, and he's so shocked that she has to whisper "Kill me, Ollie, please" before he'll play out the scene properly and strike her down with his virtual weapon.

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* In ''FinalFantasyAdventure'', The hero is forced to kill Amanda, a fellow gladiator, after she gets bitten by Medusa.

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* VampYou has included a few instances of people trying this trope, but it generally never works out. Usually, there just ends up being two vampires.

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* VampYou has included a few instances of people trying this trope, but it generally never works out. Usually, there just ends up being two vampires. vampires.

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* In the ''PennyArcade'' [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/7/21/ three]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/07/28/ part]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/07/30/ story]], the Cardboard-Tube Samurai is forced to kill an old ally who has been possessed by a cursed sword.

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* In ''NightOfTheLivingDead'' (1990), Barbara is forced to shoot her friend Ben after he dies and turns into a zombie.
* ''ResidentEvil'' (2002). Matthew Addison has to kill his ally Rain Ocampo after she turns into a zombie.

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* [[spoiler:Akiha]] makes you promise this in ''{{Tsukihime}}'' when her demon blood is taking over. [[spoiler:Averted in the True End, though, when you {{take a third option}} by returning your life force to her. The Normal End is actually ''worse'' than if you had killed her.]] Also barely averted in Kohaku's route with [[spoiler:Akiha again.]] [[IsntItSad Not Satsuki though.]] She was just a classmate, so Shiki is just upset he had to kill someone at all.

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* [[spoiler:Akiha]] makes you promise this in ''{{Tsukihime}}'' when her demon blood is taking over. [[spoiler:Averted in the True End, though, when you {{take a third option}} by returning your life force to her. The Normal End is actually ''worse'' than if you had killed her.]] Also barely averted in Kohaku's route with [[spoiler:Akiha again.]] [[IsntItSad Not Satsuki though.]] She was just a classmate, so Shiki is just upset he had to kill someone at all.


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* VampYou has included a few instances of people trying this trope, but it generally never works out. Usually, there just ends up being two vampires.
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* In ''CrisisCore: FinalFantasyVII'', [[spoiler: Zack has to kill his mentor, Angeal, who actually makes himself monstrous to make it easier for Zack to kill him.]]

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** And if you didn't, ''don't'' spend ages trying to figure out what you're supposed to do with Bohdi's heart.

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** And if you didn't, ''don't'' spend ages trying to figure out what you're supposed to do with Bohdi's heart.
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* Pretty heart wrenching in ''ParasiteEve'' when the police dog, Sheeva, goes berserk from Eve's influence. Ben, who is only 8 years old and is the son of Daniel, Aya's partner, chases after the dog and almost gets caught by monsters along the way. Once Ben catches up to Sheeva in a big empty room, he clings to the dog, wondering what is wrong with his new friend. Police chief Baker arrives and takes Ben away from Sheeva, telling Ben that Eve turned the dog into a monster. Within that moment, Sheeva mutates into a 3-headed beast, wounding Baker off-screen. Once Aya arrives, [[TearJerker Ben tells Aya that Sheeva is already dead]]. Cue BossBattle. The next day, Catherine informs you that Baker worked with Sheeva when he was a rookie (that's an old dog...) and that it must have been painful for him to shoot at her.
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One of the occupational hazards of DemonSlaying involves the death of your friends and family out of vengeance from the monsters you hunt. But sometimes the monsters don't just kill your loved ones. No, sometimes they turn them into one of their own. This puts the protagonist in the awful position of having to kill [[TragicMonster someone they truly loved]].

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One of the occupational hazards of DemonSlaying involves the death of your friends and family out of vengeance from the monsters you hunt. But sometimes the monsters don't just kill your loved ones. No, sometimes they [[TragicMonster turn them into one of their own. own]]. This puts the protagonist in the awful position of having to kill [[TragicMonster someone they truly loved]].
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One of the occupational hazards of DemonSlaying involves the death of your friends and family out of vengeance from the monsters you hunt. But sometimes the monsters don't just kill your loved ones. No, sometimes they turn them into one of their own. This puts the protagonist in the awful position of having to kill someone they truly loved.

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One of the occupational hazards of DemonSlaying involves the death of your friends and family out of vengeance from the monsters you hunt. But sometimes the monsters don't just kill your loved ones. No, sometimes they turn them into one of their own. This puts the protagonist in the awful position of having to kill [[TragicMonster someone they truly loved.
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See also ICannotSelfTerminate, MercyKill. SupTrope of KillTheOnesYouLove.

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See also ICannotSelfTerminate, MercyKill. SupTrope SubTrope of KillTheOnesYouLove.
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See also ICannotSelfTerminate, MercyKill.

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See also ICannotSelfTerminate, MercyKill.
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** And if you didn't, ''don't'' spend ages trying to figure out what you're supposed to do with Bohdi's heart.
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Expect this trope to crop up in VampireFiction, almost always when the monsters are AlwaysChaoticEvil. Usually averted with the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. This situation can also crop up with other monsters, the second most common variation being werewolves. (Zombies, too.)

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Expect this trope to crop up in VampireFiction, almost always when the monsters are AlwaysChaoticEvil. Usually averted with the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. This situation can also crop up with other monsters, the second most common variation variations being werewolves. (Zombies, too.)
[[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] and [[ZombieApocalypse zombies]].

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* In the movie ''Dracula: Dead and Loving It'', Van Helsing (played by Mel Brooks) specifically uses this as an excuse so that he won't be the one to stake Lucy. (He's just doing it so that he won't get splashed on by all the blood, what makes this even more funny is that Mel Brooks didn't tell Steven Weber what was gonna happen, so his reaction is very genuine during the scene.)

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* In the movie ''Dracula: Dead and Loving It'', Van Helsing (played by Mel Brooks) specifically uses this as an excuse so that he won't be the one to stake Lucy. (He's just doing it so that he won't get splashed on by all the blood, what makes this even more funny is that [[EnforcedMethodActing Mel Brooks didn't tell Steven Weber what was gonna happen, so his reaction is very genuine during the scene.)scene]].)
---> '''Van Helsing''': It must be done by one who loved in her life!
---> '''Jonathan Harker''': But I only liked her!
---> '''Van Helsing''': Close enough!



* In Bram Stoker's ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'', similarly to the above film example but without the comic relief, Van Helsing has the dead Lucy's husband be the one to stake him for this reason.

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* In Bram Stoker's ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'', similarly to the above film example but without the comic relief, Van Helsing has the dead Lucy's husband be the one to stake him her for this reason.
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* ''Blade'' has to stake [[spoiler:his own mother]] in the first film; [[spoiler:he believed she had died giving birth to him after a Vampire bite]].
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* In BaldursGate II, [[spoiler: your love interest (if you have one)]] gets turned into a vampire and you have to kill them. [[spoiler: There's a way to bring them back to life though.]]
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See also ICannotSelfTerminate, MercyKill.
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See also YouAreTheDemons where this happens to the main character. Maybe be a case of VanHelsingHateCrimes when the monsters are ''not'' AlwaysChaoticEvil. Related to TranshumanTreachery, as this is what the newly turned are feared to commit. Often the only "good" way WhatHappenedToMommy can end up. Frequently a TearJerker.

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See also YouAreTheDemons where this happens to the main character. Maybe May be a case of VanHelsingHateCrimes when the monsters are ''not'' AlwaysChaoticEvil. Related to TranshumanTreachery, as this is what the newly turned are feared to commit. Often the only "good" way WhatHappenedToMommy can end up. Frequently a TearJerker.
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