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* Kira (Light Yagami), of ''Manga/DeathNote''. Admittedly, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer it was the only hammer the man had]], but everything from mass murderers to interfering police officers were treated like nails.

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* [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Kira (Light Yagami), Yagami)]], of ''Manga/DeathNote''. Admittedly, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer it was the only hammer the man had]], but everything from mass murderers to interfering police officers were treated like nails.
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* Turned [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to 11]] by [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Drax the Destroyer]] in the ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' ComicBook/SecretInvasion tie-in. Since the only surefire way to detect Skrulls is that [[ThisWasHisTrueForm they revert to their true form when killed]], his solution to the threat of Skrull infiltrators is to kill ''every single person in Knowhere''. Oh, and then resuscitate them all. And it works.

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* Turned [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to 11]] by [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Drax the Destroyer]] in the ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' ComicBook/SecretInvasion ComicBook/{{Secret Invasion|2008}} tie-in. Since the only surefire way to detect Skrulls is that [[ThisWasHisTrueForm they revert to their true form when killed]], his solution to the threat of Skrull infiltrators is to kill ''every single person in Knowhere''. Oh, and then resuscitate them all. And it works.



** Zigzagged in the second series. People [[ReSetButton constantly kill Mr. Boddy]] for petty reasons, such as because they can't take the time to talk through innocent misunderstandings, stomach a drawn-out but winnable lawsuit (in one story, Mrs. Peacock notes that "rather than fight John in court, it seemed easier to push him down the stairs") or use deception to keep him from finding something out, but often there are other characters in the same story who defy this.

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** Zigzagged in the second series. People [[ReSetButton [[ResetButton constantly kill Mr. Boddy]] for petty reasons, such as because they can't take the time to talk through innocent misunderstandings, stomach a drawn-out but winnable lawsuit (in one story, Mrs. Peacock notes that "rather than fight John in court, it seemed easier to push him down the stairs") or use deception to keep him from finding something out, but often there are other characters in the same story who defy this.



** Jagganoth, the Demiurge of Wrath, lives and breathes this trope. As a former ChildSoldier and a ShellShockedVeteran, he is incapable of seeing non-violent solutions to problems. Everything, up to and including the CrapsackWorld state of the universe that's InherentInTheSystem due to the flaws in God's work, is a problem to be solved using Violence, [[OmnicidalManiac with predictable results for what his 'solutions' mean for everyone else]].

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** Jagganoth, the Demiurge of Wrath, lives and breathes this trope. As a former ChildSoldier {{Child Soldier|s}} and a ShellShockedVeteran, he is incapable of seeing non-violent solutions to problems. Everything, up to and including the CrapsackWorld state of the universe that's InherentInTheSystem due to the flaws in God's work, is a problem to be solved using Violence, [[OmnicidalManiac with predictable results for what his 'solutions' mean for everyone else]].



* ComicBook/TheQuestion decides that he must kill [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] to prevent an Armageddon-level war from breaking out between the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and the United States government, reasoning that the League's reputation could survive the actions of a crackpot like him, but would be crushed if Franchise/{{Superman}} were the one to kill Luthor (since the Superman of another timeline did so and the Question believes the same thing will happen here if he doesn't do it first). Unfortunately for him, Luthor had recently [[EmpoweredBadassNormal got super powers]].

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* ComicBook/TheQuestion decides that he must kill [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor [[Characters/DCAULexLuthor Lex Luthor]] to prevent an Armageddon-level war from breaking out between the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and the United States government, reasoning that the League's reputation could survive the actions of a crackpot like him, but would be crushed if Franchise/{{Superman}} [[Characters/DCAUSuperman Superman]] were the one to kill Luthor (since the Superman of another timeline did so and the Question believes the same thing will happen here if he doesn't do it first). Unfortunately for him, Luthor had recently [[EmpoweredBadassNormal got super powers]].



* [[spoiler:Philip Wittebane/Emperor Belos]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' seems to operate under this principle. In "Elsewhere and Elsewhen", [[spoiler:he leaves Luz and Lilith to get eaten by a Slitherbeast so he can get the Collector's tablet, and when the two of them survive, he offers to give them information in exchange for them performing ''another'' sacrifice. He murdered his own brother for falling in love with a witch, cloned him ''dozens'' of times in an attempt to make a better version of him, then killed each of those clones once they stepped out of line. His ultimate plan for the Boiling Isles is to ''[[FinalSolution commit genocide]]'' using the Draining Spell, and once he realizes he can't convince Luz -- the only other human on the Isles -- to see things from his perspective, he tries to petrify her.]]

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* [[spoiler:Philip Wittebane/Emperor Belos]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' seems to operate under this principle. In "Elsewhere and Elsewhen", [[spoiler:he leaves Luz and Lilith to get eaten by a Slitherbeast so he can get the Collector's tablet, and when the two of them survive, he offers to give them information in exchange for them performing ''another'' sacrifice. He murdered his own brother for falling in love with a witch, cloned him ''dozens'' of times in an attempt to make a better version of him, then killed each of those clones once they stepped out of line. His ultimate plan for the Boiling Isles is to ''[[FinalSolution commit genocide]]'' using the Draining Spell, and once he realizes he can't convince Luz -- the only other human on the Isles -- to see things from his perspective, he tries to petrify her.]]her]].



* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' does this a lot. In one episode, Dr. Venture orders Brock to kill people so he can create more Venturesteins. Brock refuses. In another episode, Brock goes to the Moppets to get them to hurt a kid who disrespected him, but they only seem interested in killing the kid (with a knife!). Brock earlier admitted that he usually kills people who disrespect him, but the kid was underage so he couldn't touch him. And when told to downsize his command staff, the Monarch executes his minions rather than transferring them. Another episode had Hank (who accidentally injected a hallucinogenic drug into himself) convinced that the only way to be with Brock's Russian ex-girlfriend is to kill his father.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' does this a lot. In one episode, Dr. Venture orders Brock to kill people so he can create more Venturesteins. Brock refuses. In another episode, Brock goes to the Moppets to get them to hurt a kid who disrespected him, but they only seem interested in killing the kid (with a knife!). Brock earlier admitted that he usually kills people who disrespect him, but the kid was underage so he couldn't touch him. And when told to downsize his command staff, the Monarch executes his minions rather than transferring them. Another episode had Hank (who accidentally injected a hallucinogenic drug into himself) convinced that the only way to be with Brock's Russian ex-girlfriend is to kill his father.
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** Selphie in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is quick to suggest very violent solutions, such as blowing up President Deling's train with explosives instead of just hijacking it, skinning Moomba and use his skin as a disguise to escape from prison, and so on.
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* In ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'' Ray decides to kill [[CrazySurvivalist Ogilvy]] after he doesn't listen to his warnings that his screaming is putting them in danger.

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