History ThouShaltNotKill / AnimatedFilms

* In the infamous flashback scene in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', the Joker plays a [[BerserkButton Berserk Organ]] with [[MoralEventHorizon/WesternAnimation what he did to Tim "Robin" Drake]]. Just seeing the boy made Bruce [[UnstoppableRage beyond pissed]]; hearing the Joker's tale about how it all happened... he really was tempted to "break him in two". The film implies he actually ''would have done it,'' [[spoiler: if Tim hadn't killed him first.]] Joker thinks otherwise.
-->'''Joker:''' ''(chuckles)'' Ohoho, Batman. If you had the guts for that kind of fun, you would've done it ''years'' ago. I, on the other hand... (proceeds to attack)
* The wisdom of this trope is called into question by [[spoiler: a ''different'' Robin, Jason Todd]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' centered around The Joker once again.
-->'''Batman''': You don't understand... I don't think you've ''ever'' understood.
-->'''[[spoiler: Jason Todd]]''': What? What, your moral code just won't allow for that? "It's just too hard to cross that line"?\\
'''Batman''': '''No'''! God almighty, ''no''. It'd be too damned ''easy''. All I've ever wanted to do is kill him. Not a day goes by that I don't think about [[PayEvilUntoEvil subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others]], and then... end him.\\
'''The Joker''': Aww, so you DO think about me!\\
'''Batman''': But if I do that - if I allow myself to go down into that place... [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope I'll never come back]].\\
'''[[spoiler: Jason Todd]]''': Why? I'm not talking about killing Penguin, or Scarecrow, or Dent. I'm talking about him. ''Just him''! [[spoiler: And doing it because... because he took me away from you.]]

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. None of the Incredibles have any problem using deadly force in self-defense, and a lot of mooks die as a result. Bob ''does'' stop short of deliberate murder even in the grip of his UnstoppableRage at believing his family was just killed, however. Helen even outright spells it out to the kids that the mooks are not holding back, won't care that they're just kids and they can and should defend themselves and each other, if need be.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' knew that Metro Man went by this rule, always sending him to jail. It was one of things that made their battles seem like a game to him. Unfortunately, when he created Titan to take Metro Man's place, he didn't anticipate Titan making his own rules.

'''The Joker''': Aww, [[FoeYay so you DO think about me]]!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}'': Quasimodo refuses to kill anyone. [[spoiler: There is a moment in the first film where he held the dagger he disarmed from Frollo and threw it and gave him a speech about Frollo being the monster instead of stabbing him. He even saved him when both Esmeralda and Frollo were about to fall]].

** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Jafar doesn't have any real problem with the rule, since he can still invoke a {{fate worse than death}} in either case or [[LoopholeAbuse cause circumstances that result in a person's death as long as he isn't the one directly pulling it off]]. A RunningGag in the movie is, after mentioning that Genies can't kill, someone says "You'd be surprised at what you can live through!"

-->'''Joker:''' Oh Batman, if you had the guts for ''that'' kind of fun you would've done it years ago. I, on the other hand... (proceeds to attack)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}'': Quasimodo refuses to kill anyone. [[spoiler: There is a moment in the first film were he held the dagger he disarmed from Frollo and threw it and gave him a speech about Frollo being the monster instead of stabbing him. He even saved him when both Esmeralda and Frollo were about to fall]].

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. None of the Incredibles have any problem using deadly force in self-defense, and a lot of mooks die as a result. Bob ''does'' stop short of deliberate murder even in the grip of his UnstoppableRage at believing his family was just killed, however.

** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Jafar doesn't have any real problem with the rule, since he can still invoke a {{fate worse than death}} in either case or cause circumstances that result in a person's death as long as he isn't the one directly pulling it off. A RunningGag in the movie is, after mentioning that Genies can't kill, someone says "You'd be surprised at what you can live through!"

* Manolo from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', is firmly opposed to the idea of killing the bulls he fights, even though it earns him the ridicule of his family and the townsfolk, sans Maria.
* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. None of the Incredibles have any problem using deadly force in self-defense, and a lot of mooks die as a result. Bob ''does'' stop short of deliberate murder even in the grip of his UnstoppableRage at believing his family was just killed, however.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' knew that Metro Man went by this rule, always sending him to jail. It was one of things that made their battles seem like a game to him. Unfortunately, when he created Titan to take Metro Man's place, he didn't anticipate Titan making his own rules.

* One of the three "Genie Rules" stated by the Genie from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' prohibits him from killing anyone.
** Subverted in ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Jafar doesn't have any real problem with the rule, since he can still invoke a {{fate worse than death}} in either case or cause circumstances that result in a person's death as long as he isn't the one directly pulling it off. A RunningGag in the movie is, after mentioning that Genies can't kill, someone says "You'd be surprised at what you can live through!"

* ''Disney/{{Big Hero 6}}'':

* Since Baymax of ''Disney/{{Big Hero 6}}'' was programmed to be a healthcare robot, he naturally has an aversion to injuring people, much less killing them. [[spoiler:Hiro gets around this by removing Baymax's original PersonalityChip so he could be ordered to kill Yokai. When Baymax later comes to his senses and realizes what Hiro did, he physically locks Hiro out from accessing his {{Personality Chip}}s to prevent Hiro from forcing him to kill again]].

* Completely averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. None of the Incredibles have any problem using deadly force in self-defense, and a lot of mooks die as a result.