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* Regulus takes this to the extreme in ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} 64: The Second Attack'' by saving the hero from another enemy's last resort attack. Immediately after that he killed said enemy, despite the fact that she was his own ally, claiming that killing Bomberman was a pleasure he reserved for himself long ago. Right before finishing her off he adds [[LaserGuidedKarma "Oh, and make sure you apologize to Molok, will you?"]]

** Also inverted in the case of Vamp in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'': After Raiden and Vamp's duel in Act 2, to which Vamp was impaled by Raiden, Vamp asks with ecstasy "Could you be the one to finally ''finish'' me?"

* A version is explicitly used in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'', brought up in a bonus chapter of ''Holiday Star''. No emotion is involved, but the assassin hired to target Sakuya will defend Sakuya from other assassins, because he ''has'' to be the one to kill him in order to fulfill his contract. [[spoiler: So Sakuya hires him and sets himself as the target.]]

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has an odd version, where Gilgamesh seems to believe that he's the only one allowed to defeat ''anybody''. He considers the world and everything in it his property, which means that he is allowed to do anything he wants to anybody he wants, but if someone ''else'' starts killing people ''en masse'' he becomes infuriated and will hunt them down for attacking his 'subjects'.

* In Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Nathan Drake and Eddie may feel this way. This is shown in the chapter where Drake and Eddie team up to fight The Descendants, although this might've just been the fact that they teamed up to avoid dying themselves.

* Zamusha, an Alien Swordsman in ''UltramanMebius'' came to Earth solely to fight Tsurugi (semi-formerly, Ultraman Hikari,) despite having endangered the planet while fighting two rogues. After being beaten by Mebius and Tsurugi in battle, Zamusha vowes to carrying out his plan to kill Mebius and Hikari someday. Towards the series finale, Zamusha returns to save GUYS from a rogue [[EliteMooks Imperializer]] ([[spoiler:and latter [[BiggerBad Alien Emperor]],]]) from killing them simply because [[HeroicBSOD a weakened Mirai]] was amongst them.

* Hayato and Kaga in ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'', as Kaga sees his rivalry with Hayato as this and in fact, he doesn't anyone to be his rival. [[spoiler:And he even beats Hayato in his final race in ''SIN''.]]

** In one of the non-canonical movies, Vegeta hilariously shouts ''"Kakarotto wa '''ore no mono da!!'''"'' ("Kakarot is ''mine!''") when Android 13 is beating his rival to death, and charges in to protect Goku. Obviously in context it's something like "he's ''my'' prey, screw off," but it was all too easy for {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s to squeal "HoYay!"

* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'', Harmonica (CharlesBronson) is the only one allowed to defeat Frank (HenryFonda). [[spoiler:When several of Frank's own men are paid to kill him (Frank), Harmonica shoots one of them. When he is accused of saving Frank's life, he defends his actions with, "I didn't let them kill him, and that's not the same thing."]]

** In the side stories, this trope is how [[PsychoForHire Fon Spaak's]] relationship with Celestial Being begins. In 00P, he manages put together some clues and begins to suspect the existence of some sort of secret organization. He then organizes an ambush and has his ass promptly handed to him a Gundam, but Celestial Being's supercomputer orders the pilot to let Fon go, because he's too good to just kill off and won't leak the information anyway because... well, see the page title.* Jin and Mugen, mutually, in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''.

* Rau Le Cruset in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' believes he is the only one who can kill... [[DarkMessiah everything]]. Especially Kira.
* Jin and Mugen, mutually, in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''.

* [[LargeHam Graham]] [[HotBlooded Aker]] of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' believes that he's the only one allowed to defeat Setsuna F. Seiei (or more to the point, Setsuna's Gundam). Setsuna has more important things to do.
** In the side stories, this trope is how [[PsychoForHire Fon Spaak's]] relationship with Celestial Being begins. In 00P, he manages put together some clues and begins to suspect the existence of some sort of secret organization. He then organizes an ambush and has his ass promptly handed to him a Gundam, but Celestial Being's supercomputer orders the pilot to let Fon go, because he's too good to just kill off and won't leak the information anyway because... well, see the page title.

* In ''SubstituteHarmony'', after Pinkie Pie is falsely implicated for the disappearances of her friends, Trixie shows up and wants to kill her... because she wanted to defeat Twilight Sparkle first. Gilda shows up for similar reasons, as (she believes) Pinkie has robbed her of her last chance to patch things up with Dash.

** Don't forget Cartman's homoerotic obsession with Kyle...

* ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', Optimus Prime is the only one capable of killing The Fallen.
** ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'': [[spoiler:Megatron blasts [[FaceHeelTurn Sentinel]] [[FallenHero Prime]] just when he's about to finish off Optimus]].

* In VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars, Ghostelo wants to be the only one to beat [[Anime/SPTBlueCometLayzner Eiji Asuka]]. The Daikyu Maryuu team takes advantage of this during one scenario, Ghostelo appears and smacks the supercharged Zakarl out of the way because the Layzner is his prey. Ghostelo has made himself an enemy out of his own allies, and the SRX Team realize they've only got one chance to defeat Lu Cain, something that hasn't succeeded until now, but likely won't succeed yet, causing Daimoji to sortie the rest of the crew, including the Shin Getter Robo.

* In VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars, Ghostelo wants to be the only one to beat [[Anime/SPTBlueComet Layzner Eiji Asuka]]. The Daikyu Maryuu team takes advantage of this during one scenario, Ghostelo appears and smacks the supercharged Zakarl out of the way because the Layzner is his prey. Ghostelo has made himself an enemy out of his own allies, and the SRX Team realize they've only got one chance to defeat Lu Cain, something that hasn't succeeded until now, but likely won't succeed yet, causing Daimoji to sortie the rest of the crew, including the Shin Getter Robo.

* ''FanFic/TurnaboutStorm'': While [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Trixie]] apparently took on the case's prosecution [[RevengeByProxy to settle a score with Twilight]], as the case unravels she starts getting personal with the defense, [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]]. Eventually, when a witness gets too aggressive with him:

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}'', a genie hunter hired by [[EvilSorcerer Mozenrath]] leads Mozenrath to believe that Aladdin was killed in the process of hunting the genie, because he's turned against the sorcerer and wants Aladdin to be able to come and rescue Genie. Mozenrath ''hates'' this, to the point where when Aladdin shows up, he literally says he's glad Aladdin is alive so ''he'' can kill him.

* The intellectually vain Detective [=McNulty=] of ''Series/TheWire'' has this attitude towards Stringer Bell, his WorthyOpponent on the other side of the law.

* Inversion from the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series: Clive, Kelley, and Elza started as TwoGuysAndAGirl being raised by a group of assassins. The story ends pretty much like you'd expect: Elza, TheChick, on the run from Clive after being framed for Kelley's murder. What makes this different: she secretly ''wants'' to be caught, making this a case of "You're The Only One Allowed to Defeat ''Me''". (Naming all the times the trope was played straight in the series could very well overtake the page.)

** Malack insists that Durkon be left for to "handle" when it looks like their parties will be fighting each other. It's not clear whether handling him means removing him from the battlefield,killing him, or [[spoiler: turning him into a vampire like himself, which is what he ends up doing.]]

* Goku and Vegeta in ''Manga/DragonBall Z''. Also Goku and Piccolo (Junior) early on, which is why they teamed up against Raditz in the first place. After Piccolo got to kill them both, his motive for being a villain dried up - he claimed that the revived Goku would be next if they could beat the Saiyans, but the HeelFaceTurn had already taken hold by that point.

* Pretty much [[StationeryVoyagers Cybomec's]] attitude about some random Yehtzig nearly snuffing Neone. Cue the GoryDiscretionShot when he uses his new Preamble body powers to [[Series/{{Heroes}} pull a Sylar]] on the Yehtzig.
** Alhox is involuntarily the only one who can ''fight'' Melchar. Let alone defeat him. Everyone else just kinda gets instantly humiliated by Melchar's black magic.