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* A non-romantic/sexual example occurs in Season 1 of the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' -- [[spoiler:this is [[FallenHero Wilbur's]] ''supposed'' reasoning for wanting to [[NukeEm blow up]] Manburg. He knows that even if he kicks out [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Schl]][[PresidentEvil att]] and becomes president again, he'd be an illegitimate president, no longer allied with the Dream SMP because there'd no longer be an EnemyMine, and going back to the way things were would be pretty much impossible, as many major landmarks have been destroyed and relations have changed drastically. As a result, Wilbur decides that if he can't have his country back, Schlatt can't have it either]].
** This turns out to [[SubvertedTrope all be a front]] for him, as he has also stated in private that his reasoning for doing so is that [[spoiler:the beliefs and ideals that he built the nation for no longer existed]]. These [[UnreliableNarrator polarizing claims]] have, as a result, caused many to develop conflicting views on him, to put it lightly.

* PlayedForLaughs in episode 54 of the Podcast/ChuckleSandwich podcast. Charlie announces that he's leaving the podcast in order to focus on other projects, so Schlatt and Ted send a bomb to his house so nobody else can have him.

* A non-romantic/sexual example occurs in Season 1 of the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'' -- [[spoiler:this is [[FallenHero Wilbur's]] ''supposed'' reasoning for wanting to [[NukeEm blow up]] Manburg. He knows that even if he kicks out [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Schl]][[PresidentEvil att]] and becomes president again, he'd be an illegitimate president, no longer allied with the Dream SMP because there'd no longer be an EnemyMine, and going back to the way things were would be pretty much impossible, as many major landmarks have been destroyed and relations have changed drastically. As a result, Wilbur decides that if he can't have his country back, Schlatt can't have it either]].

See NoMacGuffinNoWinner when the trope phrase is directed at something of intrinsic value, rather than an object of affection. May overlap with BetterPartnerAssertion, the leadup to this trope if the assertion is unsuccesful. See also LoveMakesYouEvil, {{Yandere}}, and LivingEmotionalCrutch. The polar opposite of IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy. Often the person trying to kill the object of their affection is NotGoodWithRejection. And if that person is a villain, you can bet they will have suffered a VillainousBreakdown.

* The JudgmentOfSolomon from ''Literature/TheBible'': When King Solomon decided to solve the argument two women had over whose baby it was by cutting the child in two, one of the women pleaded for the king to spare the child's life and give him to the other woman, while the other woman said, "Let him be neither mine nor yours; let him be cut in two." Solomon determined from this that the woman that pleaded for the child's life was the true mother and so rewarded custody to her.

* The ending of Menotti's opera ''Maria Golovin'' has an extremely jealous Donato attempt this to Maria. Subverted in that he is blind and thus has to ask his mother to aim the gun at her, which she doesn't, instead pointing him in the wrong direction and leading him to believe that he did.

* IfICantHaveYou/RealLife

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}:'' This is Adam's reaction to Blake deciding not to be part of his genocidal terrorist group as well as breaking off their (according to WordOfGod) abusive relationship. He swears to destroy everything she loves. [[spoiler: He starts by cutting off Yang's arm when she tries to rescue Blake from him.]]

-->'''Dark Princess''': If I can't have that diamond, no one's going to have it! I always get my way in the end!

The ultimate characterizing StockPhrase of the ((Yandere)) archetype.

A StockPhrase often spoken by [[GreenEyedMonster jealous and envious]] or {{narcissist}}ic characters (often villains) [[LoveHungry demanding to be loved]]. The set up is usually as follows: Baddie has [[VillainousCrush grown infatuated]] with the hero or his LoveInterest and kidnaps her with the intent to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe "marry" her]]. [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty Or just have his way with her]]. While it is possible for the villain to love their captive [[StalkerWithACrush in a non-sicko way]], it's usually love of the LoveMakesYouEvil or LoveHungry variety. Case in point: once the hero breaks her out and they kiss passionately, expect the villain to shout this line and decide that if she won't love him, she's not going to love anyone ''period'', usually before trying to murder her or get rid of her in some other despicable fashion.

-->-- '''[[Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad Hikaru]]''', ''Fanfic/RevengeRoad''

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', this is what triggers Titan[=/=][[spoiler:Hal Stewart]]'s FaceHeelTurn since he only agreed to become a superhero on the basis that this would attract Roxanne to him. When this didn't turn out to be the case, he begins a city-wide rampage, and [[spoiler:ends up tying her to a radio tower on the top of a tall building]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite and the Star Stealer'', once the BigBad fails to capture the Diamond Planet for herself, she has a VillainousBreakdown[[note]]Which is more of a temper-tantrum in her case, but still[[/note]], and attempts to ram her ship into it while actually saying the trope name, sort of.
-->'''Dark Princess''': If I can't have that diamond, no one's going to have it! I always get my way in the end!
* ''Animation/TheFrogPrincess'': As soon as Koshchei realizes there is a significant chance of Ivan killing him, he turns Vasilisa into a golden statue.

"…no one will (or can)."

"…no one will."

See NoMacGuffinNoWinner when the trope phrase is directed at something of intrinsic value, rather than an object of affection. See also LoveMakesYouEvil, {{Yandere}}, and LivingEmotionalCrutch. The polar opposite of IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy. Often the person trying to kill the object of their affection is NotGoodWithRejection. And if that person is a villain, you can bet they will have suffered a VillainousBreakdown.

* [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Death]] from Theatre/{{Elisabeth}} goes to great lengths to get Sisi for himself: showing up to gloat at her failed fairytale marriage twice (the first time was after a marital tiff, the second time to reveal that Franz Joseph [[spoiler:cheated on her and gave her syphilis]], seducing her son Rudolf [[note]]starting to talk to him when he was [[AdultFear a small child]][[/note]] into revolting against his father and eventually [[spoiler:killing himself]], and then finally sending [[spoiler:Lucheni, armed with a file, to murder her. At that point Sisi was already such a BrokenBird DeathSeeker that she refused help from her lady-in-waiting and ran into Death's arms.]]

"...nobody can."

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' plays this straight when [[spoiler:Eridan]] decides to kill [[spoiler:Feferi]] when she defends [[spoiler:Sollux after Eridan KO'd him.]] An unusual case because [[spoiler:Eridan]] wanted both [[spoiler: [[DoggedNiceGuy Feferi]] ''and'' [[FoeYay Sollux]],]] but they both rejected him and hooked up with each other, prompting his murderous rampage.

An alternative to killing their beloved is for the villain to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill the hero]] for being a romantic rival. If the villain is canny, he'll [[TheUriahGambit play it off as an accident]]. If he isn't quite sane, he'll tell his captive and actually [[WhatAnIdiot expect this to make her throw herself in his arms]]. When this trope is magnified and taken to its logical extreme, it becomes either TakingYouWithMe or PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery.

* Claude Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is a rather horrifying example... As he puts it: "She will be mine or she will burn!"