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* ''VisualNovel/BoyfriendToDeath'': Went to the Snake Pit? Sano kidnaps and tortures you. Went to the Snapdragon? Rire kidnaps and tortures you. Went to the Braying Mule? Strade kidnaps and tortures you. And there's no option to just stay home.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by the assassin Shelly de Killer and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time, Phoenix finds out that Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired de Killer to kill the victim) and that if Engarde gets off the hook, a truly innocent young woman will be convicted of the murder. However, Engarde is also blackmailing Phoenix into defending him by having Engarde hold Phoenix's friend Maya hostage during the trial. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows de Killer proof that Engarde was planning on betraying him. Since de Killer believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go, and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving Engarde no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets found "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but de Killer will hunt him down and kill him, or he gets found "guilty" and likely gets the death penalty. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by the assassin Shelly de Killer and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time, Phoenix finds out that Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired de Killer to kill the victim) and that if Engarde gets off the hook, a truly innocent young woman will be convicted of the murder. However, Engarde is also blackmailing Phoenix into defending him by having Engarde hold Phoenix's friend Maya hostage during the trial. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows de Killer proof that Engarde was planning on betraying him. Since de Killer believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go, and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving Engarde no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets found "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but de Killer will hunt him down and kill him, or he gets found "guilty" and goes prison for the rest of his life with de Killer waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''VisualNovel/YourTurnToDie'': [[spoiler:Saved Sou's life? Congratulations, because that means that all your efforts to save either Reko or Alice meant diddly squat, as regardless of who you took with you, Ranmaru will hang them anyway]].

** After that, the game eventually provides an even darker double-fork: [[spoiler: Accept Yuri's deranged confession of love, or reject her -- having gone full [[KnifeNut knife-obsessed]] {{yandere}} [[SanitySlippage by this point]], no matter which choice you make, she finally goes LaughingMad and stabs herself to death right in front of you. It could be inferred that it's either out of rejection or because she's just got arousal and SelfHarm ''really'' mixed up at that point, but honestly, by the looks of her, it might just be the latter in both cases.]]

* Discussed in ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' by an art teacher in regards to one of the potential {{Disabled Love Interest}}s, a talented artist born without arms. He says that if the school plays up Rin's disability, they'll be accused of exploiting it, but if they hide it, they'll be accused of discrimination.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by the assassin Shelly de Killer and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time, Phoenix finds out that his client, Matt Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired assassin Shelley de Killer to kill the victim) and that if Engarde gets off the hook, a truly innocent young woman will be convicted for the murder. However, Engarde is also blackmailing Phoenix into defending him by having Engarde hold Phoenix's friend Maya hostage during the trial. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows de Killer proof that Engarde was planning on betraying him. Since de Killer believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go, and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving Engarde no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets found "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but de Killer will hunt him down and kill him, or he gets found "guilty" and goes prison for the rest of his life with de Killer waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

** During the climax of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', [[spoiler: after it's revealed that the events of the game was an in-universe reality show, there is a vote to decide whether hope or despair wins. However, it turns out that regardless of whether hope or despair wins, the killing game show will continue. The survivors decide to instead [[TakeAThirdOption not vote at all]] and die without letting either side win to end the killing game once and for all.]]

*** Technically, there ''is'' [[TakingAThirdOption another alternative]], although it requires you to have advance knowledge of the game: [[spoiler:have a copy of Sayori's CHR file and add it back in after she gets RetGone. Unfortunately, since the game didn't expect you to do this (although it does [[DevelopersForesight have reactions for similar actions]]), nothing happens and you're forced to proceed as normal. Anyway, if the creators ''had'' anticipated this, they could have just had the file get immediately deleted again for the same in-story reason as the first time.]]

** After that, the game eventually provides an even darker double-fork: [[spoiler: Accept Yuri's deranged confession of love, or reject her -- having gone full [[KnifeNut knife-obsessed]] {{yandere}} [[SanitySlippage by this point]], no matter which choice you make, she finally goes LaughingMad and stabs herself to death right in front of you.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' you're eventually given an extremely difficult choice, [[spoiler: confess your love to Sayori (abandoning whatever other girl you were pursuing at the time right when your relationship is starting to get serious) or essentially friendzone her. By the way, this happens the day after she confesses that's she's been suffering from serious depression all her life, she's been slowly distancing herself from you for the last couple of days, and now comes to you admitting that she has romantic feelings for you and has no idea how to process them, and is even implying that she's considering suicide.]] No matter what choice you make, [[spoiler: Sayori hangs herself the next day. And you don't even get the ''chance'' to go back and attempt the other, equally doomed option, because your save files mysteriously become corrupted, and restarting the game at this point has [[RetGone Sayori disappear from the game entirely]] as it takes a turn for the meta.]] After that, the game eventually provides an even darker double-fork: [[spoiler: when your options are reduced to Natsuki and Yuri, the latter starts becoming unhinged and forcing you to spend time with her. This eventually culminates in another instance: accept Yuri's confession of love, or reject her - having gone full [[KnifeNut knife-obsessed]] {{yandere}} by this point, no matter which choice you make, she finally goes LaughingMad and stabs herself to death right in front of you.]]
** Technically, there ''is'' another alternative, although it requires you to have advance knowledge of the game: [[spoiler:have a copy of Sayori's CHR file and add it back in after she gets RetGone]]. Unfortunately, since the game didn't expect you to do this (although it does [[DevelopersForesight have reactions for similar actions]]), nothing happens and you're forced to proceed as normal.

* There are no good endings in Case 1 of ''VideoGame/AviaryAttorney''. Option A: you lose the case and begin your career on a sour note. Option B: [[spoiler:you get an innocent man sent to jail while the real culprit walks.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by the assassin Shelly de Killer and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired de Killer to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly convicted for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows de Killer proof that Engarde was planning on betraying him. Since de Killer believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but de Killer will hunt him down and kill him, or he goes to prison for what will most likely be the rest of his life (if he doesn't get the death penalty) with de Killer waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by the assassin Shelly de Killer and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired de Killer to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly convicted for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows de Killer proof that Engarde was planning on betraying him. Since de Killer believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but the de Killer will hunt him down and kill him, or he goes to prison for what will most likely be the rest of his life (if he doesn't get the death penalty) with de Killer waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by the assassin Shelly de Killer and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired de Killer to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly convicted for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the de Killer proof that Engarde was planning on betraying him. Since de Killer believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but the de Killer will hunt him down and kill him, or he goes to prison for what will most likely be the rest of his life (if he doesn't get the death penalty) with de Killer waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by the assassin Shelly [=DeKiller=] and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired [=DeKiller=] to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly convicted for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the [=DeKiller=] proof that Engarde was planning on betraying him. Since [=DeKiller=] believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but the [=DeKiller=] will hunt him down and kill him, or he goes to prison for what will most likely be the rest of his life (if he doesn't get the death penalty) with [=DeKiller=] waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by an assassin and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired the assassin holding Maya hostage to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly convicted for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the assassin holding Maya hostage proof that Engarde was planning on betraying the assassin. Since this assassin believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but the assassin will hunt him down and kill him, or he goes to prison for what will most likely be the rest of his life (if he doesn't get the death penalty) with the assassin waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* There are no good endings in Case 1 of ''VisualNovel/AviaryAttorney''. Option A: you lose the case and begin your career on a sour note. Option B: [[spoiler:you get an innocent man sent to jail while the real culprit walks.]]

* In the Web Game ''Which Way Adventure'', you can stumble across a secret nuclear command center with two buttons. If you push the "Fire" button, you launch a nuclear missile, which causes Russia to fire their nukes in retaliation, destroying America. If you push the "Shutdown" button, you shut off America's nuclear arsenal, which allows Russia to fire their nukes without fear of retaliation, destroying America. Once you enter the command center, you have to push a button, so there's no way to TakeAThirdOption.

* The second ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game (''Justice for All''), features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by an assassin and held hostage, and Phoenix is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired the assassin holding Maya hostage to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly convicted for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a sociopathic killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally-upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the assassin holding Maya hostage proof that Engarde was planning on betraying the assassin. Since this assassin believes [[NobleDemon mutual trust between him and the client to be sacrosanct]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime like he originally intended but the assassin will hunt him down and kill him, or he goes to prison for what will most likely be the rest of his life (if he doesn't get the death penalty) with the assassin waiting for him if he ever gets out. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''

* The second ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game (''Justice for All''), features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by an assassin and is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired the assassin holding Maya hostage to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly convicted for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a killer to save a friend while an innocent person is imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the assassin holding Maya hostage proof that Engarde was planning on betraying the assassin. Since this assassin believes [[NobleDemon trust between him and the client to be sacrosant]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime but the assassin will hunt him down and kill him, or he goes to prison for what will most likely be the rest of his life. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* The second ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game (''Justice for All''), features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by an assassin and is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired the assassin holding Maya hostage to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly executed for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a killer to save a friend while an innocent person is killed as a murderer, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the assassin holding Maya hostage proof that Engarde was planning on betraying the assassin. Since this assassin believes [[NobleDemon trust between him and the client to be sacrosant]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime but the assassin will kill him, or he goes to jail to face the death penalty. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* The second ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game (''Justice for All''), features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by an assassin and is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired the assassin holding Maya hostage to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly executed for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a killer to save a friend while an innocent person is killed as a murderer, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the assassin holding Maya hostage proof that Engarde was planning on selling out the assassin. Since this assassin believes [[NobleDemon trust between him and the client to be sacrosant]], he drops his agreement with Engarde, lets Maya go and vows to get revenge on Engarde for his betrayal, giving the latter no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime but the assassin will kill him, or he goes to jail to face the death penalty. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* The second ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game (''Justice for All''), features a version of this that takes up the entire plot of the last case. Phoenix's friend and legal assistant Maya Fey is kidnapped by an assassin and is told she will be killed unless he gets Matt Engarde, a suspect in a murder, found innocent. [[spoiler:Over time Phoenix finds out that his client, Engarde, is truly guilty (he hired the assassin holding Maya hostage to kill the victim) and that if his client gets off the hook, another suspect, a truly innocent young woman, will be charged and possibly executed for the murder. Therefore, Phoenix must choose between defending a killer to save a friend while an innocent person is killed as a murderer, or letting said friend die to see justice done as well as saving a innocent woman's life. With Phoenix being a morally upstanding attorney who fights for justice, this choice is not so simple for him. Phoenix manages to TakeAThirdOption and shows the assassin holding Maya hostage how much of a monster Engarde is, along with proof that Engarde was planning on selling out the assassin anyway. Since this assassin believes that EvenEvilHasStandards, he drops his agreement with Engarde and lets Maya go, giving Engarde no leg to stand on. This twists the situation around so that Engarde is now the one facing a Morton's Fork: either he gets off as "not guilty" of the crime but the assassin will kill him for his act of betrayal, or he goes to jail to face the death penalty. [[ButThouMust No matter what Phoenix does at that point]], Engarde snaps and screams in court that he's guilty.]]

* ''Franchise/DanganRonpa''
** During the end of ''VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls'', [[spoiler: Komaru is told that she can either break the controller for the Monokumas or not, but it turns out that regardless of which choice she makes, one group of people would die. If she chooses to break the controller, the Monokids' helmets explode, killing all the children in Towa City. If she doesn't break the controller, then the Monokumas will kill all the adults. After being given the choice several times (including a situation where BOTH choices are "Break the controller."), Komaru decides to not break the controller, but choose to instead save both sides.]]
** During the climax of ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'', [[spoiler: after it's revealed that the events of the game was an in-universe reality show, there is a vote to decide whether hope or despair wins. However, it turns out that regardless of whether hope or despair wins, the killing game show will continue. The survivors decide to instead [[TakeAThirdOption not vote at all]] and die without letting either side win to end the killing game once and for all.]]