History Main / VillainsWantMercy

** To be more precies: Sauron was perfectly willing to surrender and reform after Morgoth's final defeat but Eonwe said it wasn't within his powers/abilities to do so. Only Manwe himself could've given Sauron pardon and that's what made Sauron leave.

* In the ''Ben10AlienForce'' episode "Vendetta", Ragnarok begs Kevin to save him from the collapsing spaceship. Considering that Ragnarok [[YouKilledMyFather killed Kevin's dad]], you can imagine the outcome.

** In "Genesis of the Daleks," after tricking the Thals into nuking his own people and eliminating the handful of Kaled scientists still opposed to his work, Dalek-creator Davros loses control of his creations and pleads with the Daleks to "have pity" on him and his acolytes. [[spoiler: "Pity?! I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!"]]

* In ''DragonballZ'', Raditz pulls this out on Goku after being grabbed by his weak point. After Goku lets him go, however, [[ISurrenderSuckers he hits him in the stomach]] and Goku has to sacrifice his life to defeat him. Later, when Freezer begs SSJ Goku for some energy after being sliced in two by his own attack, Goku complies once again but not before calling out Freezer on how many people had probably begged him some mercy and he hadn't given them any. Freezer, of course, then uses the energy for one last ditch attack but Goku just blasts him off.

* In ''DeathNote'', part of [[VillainProtagonist Light Yagami]]'s VillainousBreakdown is calling out to anybody to help him, because, after slaughtering countless of innocents (alongside the criminals he [[MotiveDecay initially set out to punish]]) he [[DeathNote JUST. DOESN'T. WANT TO DIE.]]
* In ''DragonballZ'', Raditz pulls this out on Goku after being grabbed by its weak point. After Goku lets him go however, [[ISurrenderSuckers he hits him in the stomach]] and Goku has to sacrifice his life to defeat him. Later, Freezer begs SSJ Goku for some energy after being sliced in two by his own attack, Goku complies once again but not before calling out Freezer on how many people had probably begged him some mercy and he hadn't given them any. Freezer, of course, then uses the energy for one last ditch attack but Goku just blasts him off.

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* Part of his VillainousBreakdown [[VillainProtagonist Light Yagami]] is calling out to anybody to help him, because, after slaughtering countless of innocents (alongside the criminals he [[MotiveDecay initially set out to punish]]) he [[DeathNote JUST. DOESN'T. WANT TO DIE.]]

** And in the Series 5 finale "The Big Bang", a ''Dalek'' of all things asks for mercy from River Song. [[spoiler: it doesn't receive it.]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': At the conclusion of Season 32/Series 6, [[BigBad The Silence]] decide that their agent Madame Kovarian has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived her usefulness]] and trigger a device in her EyepatchOfPower that begins electrocuting her. She knocks it loose and then has the gall to beg Amy for help, but after all she's done to Amy and her family, Amy refuses to help her [[spoiler: and actually ''puts the eyepatch back on her'']], leaving her to die.

* In the final season of ''Series/Heroes'', Sylar's cavalcade of psychological issues comes to a head and he seeks out Parkman to have his mind wiped clean again. Parkman, having been tormented by Sylar for most of the season and still reeling from the actions that lead Sylar to him, refuses to fall for it a second time. He instead traps Sylar inside an empty shell of a city inside his own mind to wallow in his issues for the rest of his life and then seals up the physically comatose man inside his basement. Then Peter [[{{NiceJobBreakingItHero shows up and frees Sylar}}]] because of a vision he received of Sylar playing a pivotal role in defeating Samuel.

Compare ISurrenderSuckers if the villain uses the surrender to trick the hero. When the hero does this, it's AintTooProudToBeg.

* In the last installment of D. J. [=MacHale's=] ''Pendragon'' series, the BigBad Saint Dane—who is a completely ruthless, coldblooded, genius, immortal, superhuman teleporting shapeshifter—is defeated ''[[AnticlimaxBoss in a fistfight]]'' by the hero, he annihilates all his character development of the previous nine books by dropping to his knees and begging tearfully for his life.

** Massive anticlimactic scene, by all fan standards. Actually, most of the major reveals were awfully anticlimactic, too.

* In ''HarryPotter'', Wormtail begs Ron, Hermione and Harry to protect him from Sirius and Remus (after he fails with his begging with them).

* ''PaperinikNewAdventures'' issue 11: "Trauma" The titular villain puts DonaldDuck as Paperinik through physical and mental hell, but when Paperinik fights back through sheer courage, turning the tables AND terrifying Trauma, he instantly [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xpbpaf7e9xo/TXBlQcJdGzI/AAAAAAAACaQ/TTpJimPRdZA/s1600/10-62.jpg begs the hero for mercy]]...which he grants...only after snarking how pathetic Trauma's being.

* In the Ben10AlienForce episode "Vendetta", Ragnarok begs Kevin to save him from the collapsing spaceship. Considering that Ragnarok [[YouKilledMyFather killed Kevin's dad]], you can imagine the outcome.
* Dr. Wily does this after being defeated in nearly every classic-series MegaMan game.
* Wormtongue in TheLordOfTheRings begs for mercy when his plot with Saruman is discovered and defeated, claiming that he was working for the greater good of Rohan. He's allowed to live, a decision that costs quite a few lives and considerable grief.

* An episode of CaptainPlanet had Dr. Blight beg the titular hero to save her from being trampled to death by a genetically altered steer (that she created) stating, "You have to save me! It's in your hero code!" Cap admits she's right and does save her.

* [[PaperinikNewAdventures PKNA]] Issue 11: "Trauma" The titular villain puts DonaldDuck as Paperinik through physical and mental hell, but when Paperinik fights back through sheer courage, turning the tables AND terrifying Trauma, he instantly [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xpbpaf7e9xo/TXBlQcJdGzI/AAAAAAAACaQ/TTpJimPRdZA/s1600/10-62.jpg begs the hero for mercy]]...which he grants...only after snarking how pathetic Trauma's being.

* PKNA Issue 11: "Trauma" The titular villain puts DonaldDuck as Paperinik through physical and mental hell, but when Paperinik fights back through sheer courage, turning the tables AND terrifying Trauma, he instantly [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xpbpaf7e9xo/TXBlQcJdGzI/AAAAAAAACaQ/TTpJimPRdZA/s1600/10-62.jpg begs the hero for mercy]]...which he grants...only after snarking how pathetic Trauma's being.

* PKNA Issue 11: "Trauma" The titular villain puts DonaldDuck as Paperinik through physical and mental hell, but when Paperinik fights back through sheer courage, turning the tables AND terrifying Trauma, he instantly [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xpbpaf7e9xo/TXBlQcJdGzI/AAAAAAAACaQ/TTpJimPRdZA/s1600/10-62.jpg begs the hero for mercy]]...which he grants.

* Dr. Frank N. Furter tries to desperately to get Riff Raff and Magenta to take pity on him in ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. It doesn't work, and Riff Raff kills him.

Sometimes when the heroes defeat the BigBad, he goes down gracefully. Sometimes he tries to [[LoadBearingBoss take the heroes with him]]. Sometimes the villain is so {{Badass}} he just [[{{Determinator}} won't stop fighting]] until he's DeaderThanDead. This trope is not about those villains.

* In ''HarryPotter'', Wormtail begs Harry to protect him from Sirius and Remus

* In the StephenKing short story ''The Deathroom'', the protagonist thinks that "in the end there might only be one way to tell the thugs from the patriots: when they saw their own death rising in your eyes like water, patriots made speeches. The thugs, on the other hand, gave you the number of their Swiss bank account and offered to put you on-line."

* In the StephenKing short story ''The Deathroom'', the protagonist thinks that "in the end there might only be one way to tell the thugs from the patriots: when they saw their own death rising in your eyes like water, patriots made speeches. The thugs, on the other hand, gave you the number of their Swiss bank account and offered to put you on-line."