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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34709092/chapters/86419399 From porcelain to ivory to steel]]'': After Sherry Polnareff inherits her brother's Stand Silver Chariot and uses it to take out one of J. Geil's eyes, J. Geil deemed that only he's allowed to fight and kill her, with most of [=DIO's=] minions complying [[TheDreaded to avoid J. Geil's wrath if they take his revenge away]]. [[spoiler:This even extends to his mother, Enya, who in chapter 16 had Sherry captured and brought to J. Geil, [[PsychoticManChild only for him to refuse to kill Sherry because he wasn't the one to defeat her]]]].

* In ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'', Kyousuke scoffs at any efforts to fight the Queen that don't involve him, because they conflict with his idea of justice. In his mind, he's the one who's suffered most at her hands so he has the right to decide how painful (or not) her end should be. People who lack his knowledge of the [[PunchClockVillain Queen]] either go too far [[spoiler:like Max Layard]], treating bystanders as collateral damage, or fall victim to her charm and join her army of loyal minions. Kyousuke wants to murder the Queen, but he also wants her to understand ''why'' she has to die. Thus, [[spoiler:his sister's death]] will get the [[ButForMeItWasTuesday recognition]] it deserves.

* In ''Circus'', protagonist Leo incurs the wrath of [[ScaryBlackMan Moose]], who wrongly accuses Leo of murdering his mistress, as well as a pair of {{Loan Shark}}s that he owes a serious debt to. This leads to a scene where Leo is being threatened by the Sharks, Moose arrives and beats them up... then announces his intention to kill Leo and chases him down the street. The scene ends with Troy, one of the sharks, recovering from the attack:

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* [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Godzilla]] usually steps up to the plate in a "heroic" role and defend the world and mankind when there is another giant monster or an AlienInvasion [[GaiasVengeance threatening the Earth]]. Otherwise, only ''he'' can rise and destroy human civilization when he wants to. Some of his movies however establish that Godzilla attacks both mankind and other giant monsters because he's pissed off at both of them for attacking him, and that he prioritizes going after adversaries the same size he is before getting revenge on the humans.

** John's plan relies on the fact that though the Marquis doesn't want to ''fight'' John, he does want credit for killing him and won't be able to resist the opportunity to do so personally if the opportunity arises without risk to himself. As a result, when John is seemingly incapacitated in the duel the Marquis takes over to perform the coup de grâce, [[spoiler: missing that John didn't fire his dueling pistol and has a bullet left in his gun, and the Marquis has just made himself a valid target for it.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyJusticeForAll'', this claim is the reason Franziska Von Karma is mad at Phoenix. Because he beat Miles Edgeworth in court before her, she now wants to hurt both him and Wright by besting him.

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* In ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' three Kryptonian criminals who had been imprisoned by Franchise/{{Superman}} for decades are released. When they learn Superman is dead, they feel furious and cheated out of their revenge.
-->'''Mala:''' We have not forgotten the thirty years we spent in the Kryptonite globe because of him. Nor have we forgotten being cheated of our revenge by his death.
* Firefly from ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'' won't let anypony else, but herself take Black Star down. This is because [[spoiler:she promised herself to avenge her parents by defeating their murderer]].
* At the start of ''Webcomic/AnythingsPossible'', Shego gets offended when Kim comes to fight her already covered in bruises. Only ''she'' can toy with Kim.
* ''Fanfic/BecomingATrueInvader'': By the time of the FinalBattle, [[BigBad the Employer]] has decided he wants to kill Zim personally, so won't let [[TheDragon Tak]] just [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim eliminate him from a distance]], or risk hitting him by targeting the others.
* In Chapter 60 of ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'', Jin tells Ragna that he intends to finish the duel they had back in Chapter 49, warning him not to lose so they can face each other in the [[Franchise/{{RWBY}} Vytal Tournament]]. Ragna tells him to do the same.

* In ''Fanfic/DontHazeMe'', Shego tells Kim that she aims to kill her and that she won't allow anyone else to kill her. When Kim eggs Shego on to try and kill her then and there, Shego ends up [[SlapSlapKiss kissing her]] instead.
* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', Android 16's BerserkButton is pressed when Cell claims he'll be the one to kill Son Goku.
** This also applies to Vegeta just like in canon as he's stated multiple times that only he gets to kill Goku, such as when Android 19 is draining Goku's energy:
--->'''Vegeta:''' ''[increasing in volume as he gets closer]'' Mine, Mine, Mine-\\
'''Krillin:''' ''[while the above continues]'' Does anyone else hear that?\\
'''Yamcha:''' Yeah and it's getting closer.\\
'''Tien:''' And it sounds an awful lot like-\\
'''Vegeta:''' '''[=MINE!=]''' ''[punches Android 19 away]'' '''Mine.'''
** After Metal Cooler attempts to choke Goku to death, Goku even [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that Vegeta isn't good at it either:
--->'''Vegeta:''' ''[after kicking Metal Cooler away]'' Apologies, but if anyone's gonna kill Kakarot. ''[turns Super Saiyan]'' '''It's me.'''\\
'''Goku:''' But you're not even good at it.\\
'''Vegeta:''' Shut your hole, Kakarot.
** And once more while distracting Android 13:
--->'''Vegeta:''' Nobody's killing that idiot but me.\\
'''[[IdiotHero Goku]]:''' Aw, you do care.
* ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'': Penthesilea is obsessed with defeating Achilles. When Yang Xiao Long manages to beat Achilles in a fight, Penthesilea gets angry and vows revenge on her for taking her dream.
* In [[https://modmad.tumblr.com/post/132026241580/part-one-of-three-yeah-basically-this-got-out-of this]] ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' fan comic, Wander comes down with a [[SickEpisode high fever]]. Lord Hater ends up helping him get medical treatment, claiming that the only one allowed to kill Wander is himself, and that he won't let anything (including a fever) keep him from achieving that goal).
* ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsMagicalGirls'': When [[TheDragon Eskarrg]] recruits the Infestation to serve as his {{Mooks}} during the Loyalty Arc, he makes it clear to them that he won't allow anyone but himself to fight Spike.
** Trixie also has this towards the mahoushojou, twice pulling off a VillainousRescue to save them from other villains, because she doesn't want anyone else to rob her of the privilege of defeating them.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34709092/chapters/86419399 from porcelain to ivory to steel]]'': After Sherry Polnareff inherits her brother's Stand Silver Chariot and uses it to take out one of J. Geil's eyes, J. Geil deemed that only he's allowed to fight and kill her, with most of [=DIO's=] minions complying [[TheDreaded to avoid J. Geil's wrath if they take his revenge away]]. [[spoiler:This even extends to his mother, Enya, who in chapter 16 had Sherry captured and brought to J. Geil, [[PsychoticManChild only for him to refuse to kill Sherry because he wasn't the one to defeat her]]]].

* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'': While facing [[WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}} Lord Cedric]] in the chapter "Divide and Conquer -- Chaos and Hilarity", [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Hak Foo]] proclaims that Jackie, the Guardians and their allies are his to slay. He later tells that same thing to Prince Phobos when they first meet. Impressed that Hak Foo just got inside his castle by following Tarakudo unnoticed through the Shadow Realm and utterly curb stomped the guards and the Dark Chi Enforcers, Phobos decides to let him slay the heroes… as a Dark Chi Warrior under his command.
* ''Fanfic/JewelOfDarkness'': Midnight finishes off an EldritchAbomination that the Titans were fighting, telling them that she'll only let them be destroyed when she decides.
** Subverted by Slade when the Titans are captured by Mad Mod during the second arc -- he states that whether or not the Titans succumb to Mod's brainwashing, it doesn't affect his plans, so he doesn't care.
* In the ProfessionalWrestling series ''Fanfic/TheJWL'', once their feud started, Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} became this, for each other.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} for laughs in ''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/11twg2h/morgan_commits_vehicular_manslaughter/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Morgan Commits Vehical Manslaughter]]'' when Morgan accidently runs over Sigurd with the Storm Border. While Sigurd survives thanks to his Guts skill, he is still enraged as he only allows his beloved [[{{Yandere}} Brynhildr]] to kill him and demands to know who was driving.
* A rare heroic variant occurs in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' based ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2742870/1/One-Last-Smash One Last Smash]]''. In it, the Nintendo Universe is protected by the characters from the first two games. Eventually, someone starts murdering all of their enemies. While most of them are unsettled by this, Donkey Kong is outraged that someone killed K. Rool and his army, feeling that he was denied a final confrontation.
-->'''Donkey Kong:''' Gonna smash guy who smash K. Rool without tellin' Donkey.
* The ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokemon]]'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12097559/2/Meanwhile-One-Shot-Collection Meanwhile]]" presents Jessie, James and Meowth as having this attitude towards Pikachu; when Butch and Cassidy manage to successfully steal Pikachu at one point, when the Trio intercept Butch and Cassidy during their escape they actually not only take Pikachu from the other team but proceed to take him ''back'' to Ash rather than just take credit for the theft, affirming that they want to be the ones to take Pikachu from Ash themselves.
* In ''Fanfic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', [=ProtoMan=] is like this towards Mega for a good while.
** [[spoiler:Bass]] is also this to a much more frightening degree.
* In ''Fanfic/MegaManReawakened'', Bass is this to Megaman.
** Crash Man also tries to be this, which ends up taking out some of his fellow robots.
* In ''Fanfic/MegaManRecut'', Proto Man is slowly becoming this towards Mega Man.
* A [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]] story, ''My Buttercup Runneth Over'', has Blossom and Bubbles trying to bring Buttercup out of a depressive funk by getting the Amoeba Boys to put them in a dire strait so she'll come to the rescue. When Mojo Jojo and Him see Blossom and Bubbles being imperiled by the witless Amoebas, they arrive and begin fighting with each other over who should be the one to defeat the girls.
* An interesting variation appears in ''Fanfic/NemesisMHA''. High-profile villains can effectively invoke this by declaring a specific Pro Hero to be their nemesis; this gives the Hero special privileges to automatically get involved with any case involving that villain, but also saddles them with the pressure of being seen as personally responsible for dealing with them. This world's version of Midoriya Izuku, who [[FakingTheDead faked his own death]] and became the evil Mischief, exploits this by declaring 'Kacchan' to be his nemesis the day after Bakugou Katsuki gets his provisional hero license, forcing him into the spotlight alongside a crime spree highlighting how he bullied him in the past.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'', Zim makes it clear to [[TheDragon Norlock]] that he won't let anyone else kill Dib but him. He later extends this attitude to Tak as well, but he's not as strict towards it as he is in regards to Dib.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10340937/38/The-Return-Remixed The Return-Remixed]]'', when each team strategizing before the big battle royal that climaxes the story, Wrestling/KellyKelly declares that no one eliminates [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]] but her, as Victoria had put Kelly's best friend, Wrestling/EveTorres, in the hospital by repeatedly powerbombing her on the exposed arena floor. Kelly further says that anyone else in the Diva Army eliminates Victoria, she will eliminate them.
* In ''Fanfic/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.

* ''WebAnimation/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, [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix]]. Eventually, when a witness gets too aggressive with him:
-->'''Trixie:''' Leave him alone! You're the one who's dead meat if you lie again!\\
'''Phoenix:''' ''[[FirstPersonSmartass (How cute, she's sticking up for me.)]]''\\
'''Trixie:''' Besides, Mr. Wrong is Trixie's! He shall feel the GREAT and POWERFUL Trixie's wrath before this trial is over!\\
'''Phoenix:''' ''(Or not...)''

* At the 1994 King Of The Ring tournament, Jim Neidhart interfered in the WWF World title match between Wrestling/BretHart and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], getting Bret disqualified when he was on the verge of losing. Later in the card, Neidhart helped Wrestling/OwenHart win the King Of The Ring tournament finals. It was later revealed that Neidhart saved Bret from losing the title so Owen could be the one to defeat him for the title.

** Also, Frank had been duped into thinking Spider-Man was a villain. After Spider-Man was dead, he had a ''WhatHaveIDone'' moment when he slowly realized Spider-Man was actually a hero. What drove it home was a bunch of Spider-Man's enemies throwing a party for him and seeing what a bunch of psychotic lunatics they were, while all of Spider-Man's friends (i.e. ''practically every superhero alive'') tracked him down and beat the crap out of him. Hell, the Fantastic Four was so pissed each one of them came after Frank ''individually.'' Part of the trigger for Frank's rampage killing of all the villains was his own rage at himself.

-->'''Eggman:''' I could carpet bomb him any day! That's not enough -- that's not the ''point!'' I have to ''beat'' him! I have to prove I'm '''superior!'''

* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Ikazuki selects Tohru as his new host, Jade lashes out at him, since she views Tohru as her ArchEnemy and doesn't want anyone else to harm him. Unfortunately for her, Ikazsuki is more powerful and forces her to do things his way.

One person or group considers another person or group as [[TheRival their rival]], and will not allow anyone else to be the one to defeat them. This can sometimes lead to them [[RivalsTeamUp helping their rival]] [[EnemyMine against other enemies]], justifying it with [[IWasJustPassingThrough a lame excuse]], to make sure that they survive until the final battle between the rivals. Sometimes, this trope can become the basis of a HeelFaceTurn. It also frequently leads to a NotSoDifferentRemark and AntagonistInMourning.

* ''Fanfic/BecomingATrueInvader'': By the time of the FinalBattle, [[BigBad the Employer]] has decided he wants to kill Zim personally, so won't let [[TheDragon Tak]] [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just eliminate him from a distance]], or risk hitting him by targeting the others.

* ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'': [[spoiler:Megatron blasts [[FaceHeelTurn Sentinel]] [[FallenHero Prime]] just when he's about to finish off Optimus]].

** In ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', Kaito refers to this trope by name in the last episode, expressing his feelings towards Tsukasa's decision to go and fight Apollo Geist, and something [[HoYay a little more]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation if you see him as such]].

-->'''Bronn''': [[to Jaime]] "Listen to me, cunt. Until I get what I'm owed, a dragon doesn't get to kill you. YOU don't get to kill you. Only I get to kill you!"

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Sarge holds this opinion about the Blue Team. While the thought of Blues dying is a joy to him, realizing that Red Team won't get credit for it means he'll order the Reds into battle to save their eternal nemesis.

* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeason1'': While facing [[WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}} Lord Cedric]] in the chapter "Divide and Conquer -- Chaos and Hilarity", [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Hak Foo]] proclaims that Jackie, the Guardians and their allies are his to slay. He later tells that same thing to Prince Phobos when they first meet. Impressed that Hak Foo just got inside his castle by following Tarakudo unnoticed through the Shadow Realm and utterly curb stomped the guards and the Dark Chi Enforcers, Phobos decides to let him slay the heroes… as a Dark Chi Warrior under his command.

* ''ComicBook/BlazeOfGlory'': The leader of the nightriders [[spoiler: AKA Kid Cassidy]] shoots one of his henchmen for [[spoiler: seemingly]] killing Reno Jones, telling him that "No one kills Reno Jones but me!"

* ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' inverts it: G'mork, the servant of the Nothing, claims that Atreyu is the only one who can defeat ''him''. [[spoiler: Saying that wasn't a smart move, because it gives Atreyu the HeroicResolve to kill him.]]

* Inverted: In Charles Stross' ''Literature/TheJenniferMorgue'' [[spoiler: a villain sets up a geas making him vulnerable to only one hero, one who suffers under the handicap of being (in the novel's universe) fictional]].

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: One of the past bullying victims In ''Past Mortem'' by Creator/BenElton was beaten into a coma by a bully over a minor act of defiance and has spent four years training to be an elite kick-boxer so he can beat the bully to death in revenge. When he finds out that someone else killed the guy first, he lets out a BigNo and says that he'd rather have gone to prison for murder than missed his chance at revenge. When he learns that the murder was a drawn-out KarmicDeath, far worse than what he had planned, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing he cheers up.]]

* Rayaten Leusa in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror'' was obsessed with killing [[EvilOverlord Dayless the Conqueror]], and felt dissatisfied and empty when Dayless apparently died on his exploding flagship, wishing he could have gotten the final blow himself. [[spoiler: When he finds out that Daylen ''[[MyGrandsonMyself is]]'' Dayless, he comes to believe that it's divine providence that he would find him and have the opportunity to finally take his revenge, though he's more than happy to have Lyra h-- possibly the only person [[ThePowerOfHate who hates Dayless]] more than he does -- as his wingman.]]

** [[FourStarBadass Demandred]] and [[WildCard Padan Fain]] also have this attitude about Rand. [[spoiler: None of the three succeed; the Dark One is defeated and resealed by Rand, and Demandred and Fain get taken out by other people before having a chance to face him]].

* The Doctor from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is obsessed with getting his revenge on [[spoiler: Whitehall]] for killing his wife. When [[spoiler: Coulson]] kills him just as the Doctor is about to begin their fight, the Doctor has a VillainousBreakdown and shifts all of his anger to [[spoiler: Coulson.]]

** In "Identity", China White is glad to see that the Arrow didn't die in [[spoiler: the earthquake]] at the end of Season 1, as it would have deprived her of the chance to kill him herself.
** [[spoiler: [[TheManBehindTheMan Slade]]]] enforces this throughout Season 2. He warns Brother Blood not to go after Arrow yet, so that when the time is right, ''he'' can be the one to finish him, after [[RevengeByProxy destroying everything he cares about]].

** Another version comes from Londo stating early on that, due a prophetic dream, he ''knows'' that [[spoiler: he and G'Kar will strangle each other to death]]. In a moment of rage Londo tries and defy that by [[spoiler: grabbing a gun to murder G'Kar]], and later [[spoiler: G'Kar tries and kill Londo by not saving both of their lives in a dangerous situation]], but both times external factors make sure the prophecy will come to pass.

** [[spoiler: However, Psycho Pink actually seemed to succeed in killing one of the Pink Rangers in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''; she turned up alive in the series finale, but it was still a victory.]]

* In a fight between [[PsychoLesbian Laeil Burbank]] and [[EvilRedhead Melina Frost]] in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', Madison Conner suddenly appears and attacks Laeil to keep her from killing Melina before she can. Laeil also swears to be the only one to kill Melina, as well as kill anyone who tries to beat her to it. [[spoiler: She fails on both accounts as Melina and her killer [[MutualKill kill each other]]. [[VillainousBreakdown She doesn't take it well.]]]]

* ''WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk'' is saved by [[spoiler: R.O.B.]] in the "M82 ftw" video. When Pat asks why he bothered, [[spoiler: R.O.B.]] says that if anybody's going to kill Pat, it will be ''him''.
* At the end of Season 2 of ''WebVideo/StupidMarioBrothers'' it is Wario's reason for [[spoiler: killing Nox Decious]]

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'':

* Something like this happens in ''ComicBook/DeadpoolKillsTheMarvelUniverse'', when Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk rips ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} apart.