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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is perfectly happy to kill anything that's not human, which non-humans view as xenophobia, making it far less likely that the ones that aren't evil will help her.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice '''Deconstructed''':
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is perfectly happy to kill anything that's not human, which non-humans view as xenophobia, making it far less likely that the ones that aren't evil will help her.
** Alice's society has a very specific idea of what counts as "human" that [[{{Dehumanization}} doesn't necessarily include all Homo Sapiens.]] Her sense of morality has no shortage of justifications to disregard the humanity of anyone she chooses. Someone else from her culture eventually applies this to
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'''Robo Joe:''' Hey! ImStandingRightHere!

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'''Robo Joe:''' '''Wire Woman:''' Hey! ImStandingRightHere!



* '''Invoked''': Black Bob makes sure Alice knows that the mooks aren't human... because he's filming the slaughter, in order to release it to the public and turn her into a HeroWithBadPublicity.

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* '''Invoked''': Black Bob makes sure Alice knows "knows" that the mooks aren't human... because he's filming the slaughter, in order to release it to the public and turn her into a HeroWithBadPublicity.



* '''Defied''': The characters discuss WhatMeasureIsANonHuman

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* '''Defied''': The characters discuss WhatMeasureIsANonHumanWhatMeasureIsANonHuman, causing Alice to have a heroic breakdown and start killing both kinds equally.
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* '''Played For Drama''': When Alice is done killing Black Bob's minions, she starts to notice something... the machines can feel fear. The robots appear to have emotions after all, and since she has been slaughtering a whole bunch of them, she finds herself in an ethical argument over [[NotSoDifferent whether she's really the good guy]].

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* '''Played For Drama''': When Alice is done killing Black Bob's minions, she starts to notice something... the machines can feel fear. The robots appear to have emotions after all, and since she has been slaughtering a whole bunch of them, she finds herself in an ethical argument over [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark whether she's really the good guy]].

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* '''Discussed''': ???
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"Remember the machine you murdered in cold blood?" "[[ButForMeItWasTuesday No, why?]]" "[[YouKilledMyFather That was my brother.]] I'll repay you for his death!"
* '''Conversed''': ???"I can't help but wonder if this opens up a bunch of questions regarding morality of murdering sentient robots the story never brings up."



* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is fighting an army of monsters that are MadeOfEvil and lack true morality. They simply appear human because of their disguises, which, once revealed when they go OneWingedAngel to combat the heroes, proves their true nature as monsters and makes them easy to kill.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice turns into a maniacal sadist when she finds out her opponents aren't human.
* '''Played For Drama''': When Alice is done killing Black Bob's minions, she starts to notice something... the machines can feel fear. The robots appear to have emotions after all, and since she has been slaughtering a whole bunch of them, she finds herself in an ethical argument over [[NotSoDifferent whether she's really the good guy]].



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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is perfectly happy to kill anything that's not human, which non-humans view as xenophobia, making it far less likely that the ones that aren't evil will help her.



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* '''Implied''': Out of two humans and a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot humanoid robot]], the former two are intact and visibly uninjured (presumed by the audience to be knocked out) and the third is decapitated.



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** Black Bob sends out an army of robot Mooks... with enough humans mixed in that when Alice wipes the army out, she winds up slaughtering a few hundred humans and having a HeroicBSOD.
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** * '''Exploited''': Black Bob sends out an army of robot Mooks... with enough humans mixed in that when Alice wipes the army out, she winds up slaughtering a few hundred humans and having a HeroicBSOD.
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HeroicBSOD.
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** Black Bob sends out an army of robot Mooks... with enough humans mixed in that when Alice wipes the army out, she winds up slaughtering a few hundred humans and having a HeroicBSOD.

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* '''Invoked''': Commander Carol tells Amazing Alice that Black Bob's minions are robots "so you don't need to hold back."

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* '''Invoked''': Commander Carol tells Amazing Black Bob makes sure Alice knows that Black Bob's minions are robots "so you don't need the mooks aren't human... because he's filming the slaughter, in order to hold back."release it to the public and turn her into a HeroWithBadPublicity.
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* '''Straight''': Amazing Alice has a strict ThouShaltNotKill policy which is holding her back against an army of Black Bob's {{Mooks}}. When she [[RoboticReveal discovers]] they're actually MechaMooks, [[TheUnfettered the gloves come off]].

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* '''Straight''': Amazing Alice has a strict ThouShaltNotKill policy which is holding her back against an army of Black Bob's {{Mooks}}. When she [[RoboticReveal discovers]] they're actually MechaMooks, [[TheUnfettered [[IAmNotLeftHanded the gloves come off]].
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Amazing Alice is happy to start smashing the Mooks now that she knows they're robots--until she finds out that they can feel pain, at which point she goes back to holding back.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???"Oh, it's only ''simulated'' pain? Back to smashing!"



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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Robots don't count as "killing", but clones do, and so do humanoid aliens, but not non-humanoid ones, and animals only count if they can speak English, and the jury's still out on plants.



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* '''Invoked''': ???Commander Carol tells Amazing Alice that Black Bob's minions are robots "so you don't need to hold back."
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'''Basic Trope''': The reveal that a character isn't human is used as justification for killing them.
* '''Straight''': Amazing Alice has a strict ThouShaltNotKill policy which is holding her back against an army of Black Bob's {{Mooks}}. When she [[RoboticReveal discovers]] they're actually MechaMooks, [[TheUnfettered the gloves come off]].
* '''Exaggerated''': When Amazing Alice discovers that she's fighting a BugWar, she immediately drops her objection to the downright atrocity suggested by TheLancer earlier.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice still tries to avoid "killing" unnecessarily, but doesn't see it as the Line Never To Be Crossed if the mooks in question aren't human beings.
* '''Justified''':
** The robots are remotely controlled, and non-sentient.
** The bugs are a HiveMind which doesn't value individual life.
** Alice is a ChurchMilitant who's decided her opponents don't have souls, and therefore don't matter.
* '''Inverted''': Alice has been happily slaughtering the BigBad's mercenary armies, but when she discovers they're mind-controlled clones, she sees them as innocent victims and tries to avoid killing them.
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* '''Parodied''':
-->'''Alice:''' Wait a minute! It's not even human! And everyone knows [[JustAMachine robots don't have souls]]!\\
'''Robo Joe:''' Hey! ImStandingRightHere!
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* '''Averted''': Either all the mooks are human, or Alice has equal respect for all life and avoids destroying anything that looks/acts remotely humanoid.
* '''Enforced''': It's a kids' cartoon which isn't allowed to show FamilyUnfriendlyViolence.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You were a little eager to start slaughtering them as soon as you thought up a decent rationalization, there, Alice... is this something we should be worried about?"
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* '''Defied''': The characters discuss WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
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