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-->Carlisle: "I don't relish the thought of killing another creature, even a sadistic one like [[{{CompleteMonster}} James]]."

-->Carlisle: "I don't relish the thought of killing another creature, even a [[{{CompleteMonster}} sadistic one]] like James."

* In the SoBadItsGood anime ''ChargemanKen'', this is [[{{Narm}} hilariously]] done in episode 35, with Ken's infamous "Dr. Volga, forgive me!" line as he launches him at the enemy as a human bomb.

* Errol of [[{{Webcomics/Seekers}} Seekers]] profusely apologizes to the female Lizaar as he delivers a sound beating to her in a tournament.

However, some people will apologize for attacking even the most deranged PsychoForHire, even if the psycho's actions left that person with no choice but to attack. Perhaps they're simply someone who ApologisesALot.

* In ''FruitsBasket'', Tohru hits Kyou with her bag because she thought he was a pervert. Tohru is a SorryIFellOnYourFist character, and awkwardly apologizes to Kyou afterwards.
* Legato's arc in ''{{Trigun}}'' only ends when he [[spoiler:forces Vash to shoot him, execution style, in the head]]. Vash is really, really broken up about it afterwards.

* In BusoRenkin, when Kazuki is about to [[spoiler:kill Chouno]], he says that he's sorry. [[spoiler:Chouno]] promptly sticks his tongue out and says, "Don't apologize, you hypocrite." Kazuki then kills him, proving that you don't need to apologize if the person you're attacking is going to be a dick about it afterwards.

* Done [[TearJerker traumatically]] in ''{{District 9}}'' when [[spoiler:Wikus, halfway through his human-to-prawn transformation and being experimented on by [[MegaCorp MNU scientists]], is forced to shoot a chained-up alien with one of their [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill mega-weapons]]. His hysterical, traumatised reaction is one of our first indications that he's not an outright VillainProtagonist, and that for all that he's internalised MNU's xenophobic propaganda, he still views the aliens as ''people''.]]

* Played for laughs in AttackOfTheClones when C-3PO's head gets knocked off and is fused to a battle droid's body, forcing him to open fire on the Jedi Knights, him frantically apologising for every shot fired. (He never lands a single shot)

* The ''[[{{MASH}} M* A* S* H]]'' episode "Dear Sis" centered around Father Mulcahy feeling guilty for punching out a delirious guy so that he could be operated on. Mulcahy's actions would be reasonably justified by the regular morals of planet Earth, especially since the other guy punched him first and Mulcahy decked him in self-defense. And the guy might have died if Mulcahy did nothing. Did the guy, perhaps, feel grateful for this afterwards? Of course not.

* Charlie freaks out and apologises repeatedly to a villain she has just stabbed in ''{{KateModern}}: The Last Work''.
* In ''[[{{ptitleprso37k4rhtc}} LG15: the resistance]]'' Chapter 5, Maggie apologises to a [=LifesBlood Labs=] security guard, who thinks she is saying sorry for running away, before kicking him to the floor.
* Bobby Jacks in ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' apologises to Ivan Roeghmills before cutting his throat.

** Sayo also does this; she starts off her attack by [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/274/04/ warning her enemies of the imminent danger.]]

* Ai Kaga from ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' actually attacks '''by''' apologizing in at least one instance, [[UsingYourHead using her head and bowing a lot]].

* Ai Kaga from ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' actually attacks '''by''' apologizing in at least one instance.

* Starfire from {{Teen Titan}} is oftentimes an apologetic attacker.

* ''Teen Titans'': Starfire is oftentimes an apologetic attacker.

* "Teen Titans": Starfire is oftentimes an apologetic attacker.

** In the video games based off of the OnePiece series, any time Sanji fights a woman, he apologizes for every attack, since in the manga he WouldntHitAGirl.

* Played for laughs in AttackOfTheClones when C-3PO's head gets knocked off and is fused to a battle droid's body, forcing him to open fire on the Jedi Knights, him frantically apologising for every shot fired. (He never lands a single shot)

* In ''{{Patoruzu}}'', Patoruzu hits Gaston the Frenchman hard enough to knock him unconscious. Isidoro points out that he may have killed him with his sheer strength. The moralistic Patoruzu is horrified by this and promptly apologizes to the unconscious Gaspar for hitting him so hard. It turns out that Gaspar was faking unconsciousness in order to make Patoruzu feel guiltty so he could catch him off-guard.

* In Norah Vincent's ''Self-Made Man'' recounts second-hand an anecdote of this sort. The full paragraph is on the [[Quotes/ApologeticAttacker quotes page]].

* In Buso Renkin, when Kazuki is about to [[spoiler:kill Chouno]], he says that he's sorry. [[spoiler:Chouno]] promptly sticks his tongue out and says, "Don't apologize, you hypocrite." Kazuki then kills him, proving that you don't need to apologize if the person you're attacking is going to be a dick about it afterwards.