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8->'''Jane:''' Just do it. We don't wanna hear your little speech. Just fucking do it.\
9'''Lady Trieu:''' Do... what?\
10'''Jane:''' You're gonna kill us, right?\
11'''Lady Trieu:''' Oh, yeah. Of course I am.
12-->-- ''Series/Watchmen2019''
13
14A situation where a defeated character, in a battle to death, [[FaceDeathWithDignity requests to be killed by the victor]].
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16The reasons for this scenario vary depending on the story. Maybe the defeated character is gravely wounded; they have no reinforcements and [[TheCavalryArrivesLate can expect no rescue]]; perhaps they [[LastStand face an overwhelming force]] they have no hope of triumph over. Either way, the defeated character is waiting for their final moments. But the victor is taking an [[WhyIsntItAttacking unreasonably long time]]. DefiantToTheEnd, cue the scream from the defeated character: [[LastRequest "JUST GET IT OVER WITH THIS!"]]. Bonus points if the defeated character asks the victor why they're taking so long to finish them.
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18This scenario has two outcomes, either the character is promptly executed, or spared. If spared, it turns out that the defeated character's life [[YouWillBeSpared was never in danger to begin with]]. Perhaps [[WorthyOpponent their enemy is honorable]] and/or [[SparingTheAces impressed by their courage]], the defeated character passed a SecretTestOfCharacter, or perhaps it's because [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou they need the defeated character]]. Or maybe [[FriendOrFoe they were mistaken about who was their enemy]], because of [[WouldNotShootAGoodGuy the way they were lied to about this character]]. Or perhaps they know that [[CruelMercy they'd rather die than suffer the humiliation of having to live with the loss]].
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20Can be a form of ShutUpHannibal or ShutUpKirk In which case, it may give the hero or villain an opening to turn the tables -- partly because it's commonly the most [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical villains]] or [[KirkSummation sanctimonious heroes]] that inspire it. Compare SwordOverHead. Contrast YouWillBeSpared and VillainsWantMercy. It might serve to [[WringEveryLastDropOutOfHim Wring Every Last Drop Out of the Villain]].
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22May overlap with KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand. If someone else asks, it's KillHimAlready; if someone else orders, FinishHim; If someone asks to be killed because they can't kill themselves, it's ICannotSelfTerminate. See also WhyDontYouJustShootHim. Contrast FaceDeathWithDignity, ScheherezadeGambit, StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred. Compare BolivianArmyEnding, where the characters are defeated, but refuse to die without a fight.
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24!! As a {{Death Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff all spoilers are off]], so proceed with caution. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.
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26!!Examples:
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30[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
31* At the conclusion of their final battle in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', [[TheStoic Ulquiorra]] is left maimed and under the heel of Ichigo's berserk SuperpoweredEvilSide. Rather than have a VillainousBreakdown, he instead looks calmly up at Ichigo and throws Ichigo's earlier NotSoDifferentRemark back in his face.
32--> '''Ulquiorra''': I see. No mercy, hm? [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim How very Hollow-like.]] Go on. ''Do it.''
33%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', Hanyuu to Takano:
34%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) --> '''Hanyuu''': Shoot, Child of Man!
35* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'', Capt. Packard manages to fry Shiro's cameras, blinding him in the middle of combat. As Shiro fumbles around for a spare circuit to repair the camera, his Gundam shakes violently. When nothing actually happens, he screams "Just finish me already!", believing that Packard is playing with him before killing him. He's not, he's actually using Shiro's Gundam as a shield against the rest of the 08th Team, who have just arrived to help.
36%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': During the preliminary fights of the Chunin exams, Shikamaru says this to Kin:
37%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) -->"If you're so tough get it over with. Stop wasting my time."
38* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
39** BigBad Captain Morgan is revealed to have been a part of Captain Kuro's backstory, when Kuro massacred an entire ship that Morgan had been part of the crew of, leaving only Morgan alive. Morgan then pulls this, only for Kuro to reveal that [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou he needs Morgan alive as part of his plan]] to fake his own death. Thanks to hypnosis, Morgan doesn't remain aware of this long.
40** Daddy Masterson also does this after losing a duel with Yassop, a member of Shank's pirate crew and Usopp's father. Yassop spares him upon realizing that Masterson had a daughter; having abandoned his own family to be a pirate, Yassop reasons that "One [[DisappearedDad useless father]] like me in the world is more than enough", and further justifies it by pointing out that pirates don't have to kill unless they feel like it.
41%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * Mugen says these exact words at least twice over the course of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''.
42* In ''Anime/SuperCrooks2021'', after a villain called Danny manages to scam [[TheDon The Bastard]] out of 5 million dollars and is rewarded with [[DisproportionateRetribution the deaths of everyone he ever knew including his girlfriend right in front of him]], he shouts this verbatim. His request [[CruelMercy is denied]], with The Bastard leaving him there with his misery and his loved one's corpse.
43%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * In ''Anime/{{Robotech}}''/''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'': Miriya, after Max knocks away her knife with a rock:
44%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) --> "I lost to you again! This is a shame I cannot endure. End my life... please."
45%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Hiei says: "Just kill us if you're going to. Just spare us the sound of your voice."
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48[[folder:Comic Books]]
49* In ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'', a young assassin named Janissary came after Deathstroke. The fight ended with Janissary's hanging by one hand from a bridge with Deathstroke standing over him and telling Deathstroke to end it. Deathstroke retorts that if J wants him to kill him, J will have to hire him.
50%% (Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples) * ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' #1, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080323173656/http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ01/DisplayOQ01.html?page=6 spoken by Redlance when he's about to be sacrificed by humans]].
51* ''ComicBook/{{Hillbilly}}'': Lucille the bear [[CarnivoreConfusion catches a fish]], who pleads for its life. Lucille counterargues that sparing it out of pity and allowing it to die an ignominious death of old age would be an insult to one so great. The fish decides to FaceDeathWithDignity, acknowledging that "Your points are valid. Finish me quick, bear."
52%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * The title character in ''ComicBook/LobsterRandom'' does this. On the first panel he appears in.
53* Rose Walker from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''; she is a vortex of the Dreaming and it is within Morpheus' obligations to kill her, and after apologizing for the nth time she just tells him to shut up and do it. Played straight in that her grandmother, the original vortex, appears to take her place.
54%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * Exeter says this to Ethan in ''ComicBook/{{Scion}}'' after one fight of theirs goes badly for him, but Ethan spares his life.
55%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * Marv from ''ComicBook/SinCity'', as described below in film.
56* ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'': Believing that ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is about to murder him, Rodney Marlowe tells her to get it over with. Annoyed, Kara tells him to stop spouting stupidity.
57-->'''Rodney Marlowe:''' All right, get it over with!\
58'''Supergirl:''' With what?\
59'''Rodney Marlowe:''' Why, killing me, too! That's what you brought me out here for, isn't it? Lonely woods -- no witnesses!\
60'''Supergirl:''' Oh, stop talking nonsense!
61%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * SS officer Hoepper in ''ComicBook/ThirtyDaysOfNight: Red Snow''. He faces down a ravening pack of vampires, knife drawn, and tells them, [[TheLastDance "Well. Let's get this over with."]]
62%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach dies after it, although in this case, he actually had to convince his killer that he couldn't be reasoned with.
63%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) -->''What are you waiting for? Do it. DO IT!''
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66[[folder:Fan Works]]
67* ''Fanfic/AreYouAfraidOfTheDarkWorm'': When Danny aka "The Dark" has Hookwolf pinned and about to be crushed, he offers the chance for AnyLastWords, and is told, "Just do it!"
68--> He stared Death in the eye, and the Dark stared back.
69* ''Fanfic/BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus'' has Yusho tell Yvonne to "Do it. Now." but is interrupted by Yuya appearing. At first, one assumes that, given how he's looking at the mark on Yvonne's hand -- which allows her to turn someone the mark touches into a puppet -- he wants her to transform him into a puppet (for whatever reason). Actually, he's requesting that Yvonne kill him to get him ready to be the Dark Signer of Wiraqocha Rasca which she does after their duel finishes.
70* In ''Fanfic/BoundHowToTrainYourDragon'', Hiccup expects Astrid to march over and kill him when Stoick tells him that he was betrothed to her. When he sees her later, he only asks that she makes it quick and painless.
71* ''Fanfic/GreyjoyAllaBreve'': [[RoyalBrat Joffrey]] has this reaction when [[TortureTechnician Ramsay Bolton]] visits him in his cell, after sending him tons of threatening letters and photos. Instead, after some time, Ramsay leaves... ''not'', as Joffrey thinks, because he's planning to do something horrific, but because he [[SympathyForTheDevil was beginning to pity Joffrey]], and knew that actually torturing him would not be worth the effort.
72%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10271213/11/Harry-Potter-Savior-of-the-World Harry Potter, Savior of the World]]'' future-Harry tells Voldemort to "just get on with it already" when he attacks the Burrow during Bill and Fleur's wedding.
73* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', John traps a number of adventurers neck-deep in mud and Ringo goes to talk to them. While he's standing there wondering what to say, one of the adventurers says to him, in effect, "Hurry up and torture us and get it over with already!" Since Ringo is an ActualPacifist, his response is a FlatWhat.
74* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'': When Ritsuko finally confronts Gendo, he calmly says she should just get it over with, and then he adds he could not care less for her reasons for betraying him.
75-->"You should get it over with," he said calmly.\
76Ritsuko stepped forward, her face clenched in anger. Her green eyes bristled with hatred. "Bastard! You don't even care to know why?"\
77"No."
78%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * ''Fanfic/RealityIsFluid'' has the crew of the USS ''Bajor'' have this reaction when an Undine fleet doesn't attack them right away. (Which is about when they realize that these Undine are of a different tribe.)
79%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) -->'''Tess Phohl:''' Why aren't they attacking? They've got us dead to rights: we're well within firing range and we've got a cinder's chance in the Northern Wastes of taking them all out.
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83* ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'': Jason (as Red Robin) tells this to Two-Face, as the latter is about to shoot him if the viewer has Harvey's coin come up the scarred side. In reaction to this, Harv decides on CruelMercy instead, giving a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Jason and concluding that letting Jason live with his failures is a FateWorseThanDeath.
84* ''Animation/FiringRange'' is about a telepathic tank that attacks on sensing the enemy's hostility or fear, using the things he's most afraid of to identify fatal weaknesses. One soldier becomes so exhausted trying to stay alive that he collapses in front of the tank and tells it to just go ahead and kill him. The tank doesn't move and he bursts into laughter, realising it won't attack because it doesn't sense his fear. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap Until he remembers]] his earlier fear of being crushed under its tracks...
85* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGahoole'': Ezylryb gets beaten by [[BigBad Metalbeak]] and [[TheDragon Nyra]] in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. As Metalbeak pins him down, Ezylryb glares at him and dares him to do it.
86-->'''Ezylryb''': Be done with it then.
87* During the climax of ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', Shrek asks TheEvilPrince Charming to kill him first and ''then'' sing, much to the amusement of Charming's captive audience.
88%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'': When Karai and the Foot Clan sneak into the office of a big businessman, Winters says this:
89%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) -->'''Max Winters''': If you're going to kill me, could you make it quick? I have a shareholders' meeting in ten minutes that I'd really rather miss.
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92[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
93* At the end of ''Film/BreakerMorant'', Harry and Major Thomas face a firing squad after being found guilty of atrocities ordered by their superiors during the Boer War. Just before they're executed, Harry yells out "Shoot straight, ya bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"
94* Done by the villains in ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods''. The two surviving protagonists are creeping through the ElaborateUndergroundBase when the voice of the as-yet-unseen Director comes over the speakers, explaining how their deaths are NecessarilyEvil. Meanwhile on OminousMultipleScreens, we see FacelessGoons racing to kill them.
95-->'''Director:''' It's our task to placate the [[SealedEvilInACan Ancient Ones]], as it's yours [[TargetedHumanSacrifice to be offered up to them]]. ''(sound of tramping feet as goons approach)'' Forgive us, and let us get it over with.
96%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ''Film/{{Darkman}}'':
97%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) --> "If you're not going to kill me I have things to do."
98* The final scene of ''Film/TheDeparted'' features a low-key version as Sullivan returns to his luxury apartment to find Dignam wearing hospital slippers over his shoes to disguise his footprints and holding a loaded gun, ready to avenge his dead comrades (even the ones he never liked). Having known his crimes would catch up with him eventually, Sullivan, in a tone of almost disgusted resignation, sighs, "Okay." Dignam promptly shoots him in the head and makes a quick getaway.
99* ''Film/TheDuellists''. After d'Hubert wins the final duel, Feraud eggs him on to kill him. D'Hubert lets him [[CruelMercy live with his defeat instead]].
100%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the original ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'', due to the victim in question saying it only once whilst actively trying to put obstacles and distance between himself and his attacker.
101%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * In ''Film/LittleCaesar'', when Rico attempts to force Joe to return:
102%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) -->'''Joe''': Shoot, Rico, get it over with.
103%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * PlayedForLaughs in the Creator/MarxBrothers movie ''Monkey Business''.
104%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) -->'''Groucho:''' ''(to a gangster who has just walked in on Groucho making googly-eyes at his girl)'' Well, if you're going to kill me, hurry up; I have to take my tonic at 2.
105* In the film ''Film/PatriotGames'', as the Irish terrorists rescue their leader and begin executing the guards who were escorting him to prison, the leader asks the police inspector in command, Robert Highlands, if he has anything to say.
106--> '''Insp. Highlands''': "Just get on with it and be on your way."
107%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * ''Film/{{Predator}}'': After being tracked down by the Predator, Dutch repeatedly says "Come on!", "Do it!", "I'm here!" and "Kill me!" to it in an attempt to get it to walk into a BoobyTrap.
108* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', after Inigo loses his duel with the Man in Black, he begs him to kill him quickly. The Man, [[WorthyOpponent impressed with Inigo's swordsmanship]], chooses to spare him.
109--> I would as soon destroy a stained-glass window as an artist like yourself.
110* ''Film/ScreamersTheHunting''. Schwartz is being choked to death by a snake-like [[KillerRobot Screamer]] and gasps, "Please...just make it fast..." [[ItCanThink The Screamer obliges]], releasing its grip only to ram its tail through her chest.
111%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * Marv in ''Film/SinCity'', at his own execution: "Would you hurry it up? I haven't got all night."
112* ''Film/{{Stalingrad 1993}}''. The soldiers find [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty captured Soviet sniper Irina tied to a bed]] for use as a 'comfort woman' by German officers. As Hans dithers over whether to help her or rape her, she loses patience and screams, "Either fuck me or shoot me!" Hans gives her his pistol and tells her to go ahead and shoot herself, but she's unable to. Hans lets her escape instead.
113* A DeletedScene from ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' shows a furious Harleen Quinzel confronting Joker for not taking her as his lover after everything she had done for him. She pulls out one of his guns from his coat and points it at his head (after shooting a loudmouth trucker). Joker repeatedly tells her to "do it". Harleen is on the verge of tears that being in love frightens him, yet the threat of death doesn't.
114* In ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', when it seems the T-800 is about to kill John Connor, he defiantly yells at it, "Do it! [[PrecisionFStrike You son of a bitch!]]"
115* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'': Loki is brought before Odin after [[Film/TheAvengers2012 his attempt to take over Midgard]], and Odin starts by dressing him down. Unaware until after the fact that Frigga has pulled strings to have him be kept alive, Loki asks that "If I'm for the axe, then for mercy's sake, just ''swing it''."
116%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * Rorschach's final words in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' before Dr. Manhattan kills him.
117%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) --> "What are you waiting for? Do it. '''DO IT!'''"
118* In ''Film/TheWildBunch'', they are riding away after a massively cocked-up holdup, and one of the wounded Bunch (who was shot in the face) pleads with Pike to "Please...just ki--" (Pike shoots him before he even ''says'' it.) Which cues the following exchange:
119-->'''Pike''': You boys want to move on or stay here and give him a... decent burial?\
120'''Tector''': [[DueToTheDead He was a good man, and I think we]] ''[[DueToTheDead oughta]]'' [[DueToTheDead bury him]].\
121'''Pike''': He's ''dead!'' And he's got a ''lot'' of good men back there to keep him ''company!''\
122'''Lyle''': Too ''damn'' many!\
123'''Dutch''': ''[removes his hat]'' I think the boys are right. ''I'd'' like to say a few words for the dear, dead departed. And maybe a few ''hymns'd'' be in order. Followed by a church supper. With a ''choir!''\
124'''Lyle''': You crazy bastards! ''Both'' of ya!
125* At the end of ''Film/{{Zulu}}'', after a full day of [[LastStand desperate fighting]], the Zulu have gathered on the surrounding hills, chanting. The commanding British officer gets sick of their apparent taunting and shouts for them to just attack already, whereupon their Boer guide explains that that is actually a salute, for their courage... and everyone breaks down laughing with relief.
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128[[folder:Literature]]
129%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * In Colleen [=McCullough=]'s ''Antony and Cleopatra'', Caesarion says to Octavian, "Get on with it already, Octavianus!"
130%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * In ''Literature/BloodyJack'' Jacky says something to this effect at least once per book.
131* In ''Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy'', when Dinin is surrounded by enemy soldiers, he fully expects to be killed and, being an AlwaysChaoticEvil drow himself, isn't even angry about it. However, he asks to be killed quickly and without pain. When the answer is "No," he is ready to fight to the death. Then he learns it's "No, I won't kill you at all." Despite his unrepentant evil, this [[FaceDeathWithDignity calm, absolutely sober way he faces his death as a consequence of his lifestyle]] for Dinin.
132* ''Literature/TheExecutioner'': Mack Bolan has been [[OneManArmy taking down one Mafia family after another]] despite everything the mob and police can throw at him. When he gets to San Diego, the mob boss there can only say, "I knew you'd get to my territory sooner or later. So go ahead. Kill me." [[BoomHeadshot Bolan does.]]
133* In ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'', when an angel tells a damned soul that he can only be free of the lizard if he gives the angel permission to kill it, the soul argues this point for a time and then says the angel can kill it -- and to ''do'' it -- before collapsing and whimpering, "God help me," -- without rescinding the permission.
134* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
135** From ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', when Harry is being possessed by Voldemort, it is described as pain beyond pain:
136--->"Let the pain stop... let him kill us... end it, Dumbledore... death is nothing compared to this..."
137** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' reveals this to be the reason why, in the climax of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', Dumbledore's last words are "Severus...please..." -- he's not begging for Snape to spare his life, but to MercyKill him already.
138%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ''Literature/JackelianSeries'': In ''The Kingdom Beyond the Waves'', Bull says this not about death, but being assimilated into the Daggish.
139* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': In ''The Last Olympian'', Percy interrupts a (divine!) quarrel to tell them that if they mean to kill him, they should get on with it.
140* In ''Literature/ThePilgrimsRegress'', John meets Death in a mountain pass on a stormy night. John realizes that it has been the fear of death that has motivated him his entire life. Death hammers home that he only has two choices:
141-->"What am I to do?" said John.\
142"Which you choose," said the Voice. "Jump, or be thrown. Shut your eyes, or have them bandaged by force. Give in or struggle."\
143"I would sooner do the first, if I could."\
144"Then I am your servant and no more your master. The cure of death is dying. He who lays down his liberty in that act receives it back."
145* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheJomsvikings'': The fourth Jomsviking to be beheaded, when he is asked how he feels about dying, replies that he is content to die the same way as his father did, and tells the executioner to "slash away!"
146* In "Literature/TheScarletCitadel", Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, facing a giant snake, stands still out of instinct; reason would have told him to get it over with by provoking the snake into an attack.
147* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'': Colonel Moran would rather go straight to jail and skip the bit where Sherlock gloats over his capture with an extended tiger-hunting metaphor.
148-->"You may or may not have just cause for arresting me," said he, "but at least there can be no reason why I should submit to the gibes of this person. If I am in the hands of the law let things be done in a legal way."
149* ''Literature/SienkiewiczTrilogy'':
150** In ''The Deluge'', as Andrzej Kmicic (who's not a hero yet) duels the deceptively short MasterSwordsman Michał Wołodyjowski, he gets a CurbStompBattle and is reduced to begging to be spared the humiliation. Wołodyjowski obliges (and then leaves before Kmicic is ''quite'' dead, allowing the [[RedemptionQuest rest of the plot]] to happen).
151** In the opening duel of ''Potop'', Kmicic eventually just tells Wołodyjowski (his opponent, who has spent three minutes [[CurbStompBattle utterly humiliating him in swordplay without even hitting him once]]) to just finish it and save him further shame. Two seconds later, Kmicic is downed.
152* In ''Literature/SmallFavor'', when Harry defeats the gruff at Union Station, it tells him to finish it. Twice. Whereupon Harry says he does not kill unless necessary, much to the shock of the gruff, who had assumed he was actually in Winter Court.
153* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
154** In ''Literature/AClashOfKings'', the rangers want captive wildling warrior Ygritte executed, to which Jon Snow objects and wants to spare Ygritte's life because she yielded, but Qhorin Halfhand gives this task to Jon. Jon Snow tries to ready himself to execute her, which he is reluctant to do both on account of her gender and because she had surrendered. Ygritte, who faces death with equanimity although it's plain she'd rather not die, finally tells him to hurry up and get it over with because she "can't stay brave forever." Jon can't bring himself to kill Ygritte and saves her life by letting her go.
155** Tyrion is in his cell waiting for execution. When someone opens the door, he says, "Come on you son of a whore, are you afraid of a dwarf?" However, it's his brother come to rescue him, so Jaime just says that's no way to talk about their mother.
156** After [[ActionGirl Brienne]] cuts off the hand of a Dornish sellsword, he cries "Finish it. Send me back to Dorne, you bloody bitch!" She obliges.
157%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** Another example occurs in ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'':
158%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) --->"Do you mean to make me beg, bitch? ''Do it!''"
159* An even darker variation of this occurs in Creator/PeterDavid's novelization of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', during a moment that's quite a bit of an AdaptationDeviation from the film. Upon realizing that Uncle Ben's killer is the same man he could've stopped earlier, an emotionally-devastated Peter Parker makes no attempt to stop the carjacker from shooting him, and mentally tells him to just pull the trigger already. When it turns out that the carjacker is out of bullets, Peter screams out in anguish, causing the carjacker to back away from him in terror and fall out of a window to his death.
160* ''Literature/TheStarBeast'': Johnny's alien pet Lummox has been sentenced to death. Johnny helps Lummox escape, but they're hunted down and trapped. One of the pursuers approaches them.
161-->''Johnnie found that tears were streaming down his face and that he could not stop them. "Go ahead!" he cried, his voice misbehaving. "Get it over with! He never meant any harm! So kill him quickly . . don't play cat-and-mouse with him." He broke down and sobbed, covering his face with his hands.'' [snip]\
162''The officer looked distressed. "What are you talking about, son? We aren't here to hurt him. We have orders to bring him in without a scratch on him--even if we lost men in the process. Craziest orders I ever had to carry out."''
163* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
164** In the ''Literature/TalesOfTheBountyHunters'' {{anthology}}, there's a story about how Boba Fett escaped the Sarlacc. The Sarlacc, as the story reveals, is more or less sentient, sort of having the mind of its first victim, and preserves its victims for millennia, getting it to tell them their life stories and forcing them to relive the memories of others while [[AndIMustScream being kept immobile and dissolving]]; it keeps them even after death. Fett, hearing this, demands to know why it doesn't just kill these people, is told/shown an old joke. It's about a farmer with a meat animal that has one leg missing, that apparently can [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude sing and speak and take care of the farmer's children]]. Asked why it has a missing leg, the farmer says "A barve like that, you don't eat it all at once." Much later, after escaping and healing, Fett hovers in his ship with the weapons pointed at the Sarlacc, and it tells him ''You liberate me from the long Cycle''. But he doesn't shoot it, and when it wants to know why, he repeats that joke's punchline.
165** When Bevel Lemelisk, the designer of the Death Star -- who [[BigBad Emperor Palpatine]] had painfully killed and [[BackFromTheDead cloned back to life]] again and again for missing the flaw that got the Death Star destroyed -- is finally executed by the New Republic, his last words are "Do it right this time."
166%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** Asked by a despairing Tash in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Nightmare Machine''.
167%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * In ''Literature/TurnCoat'', Harry pulls this on the skin-walker, shocking it.
168* In ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', Sylvester, Jamie, and Lillian are trapped in the wartorn city of Lugh, and Sylvester, having given up hope of getting himself out, asks their enemy Reverend Mauer to PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou, even going to the point of trying to pull the trigger on Mauer's rifle himself in the hope that his death will spare Jamie and Lillian. He's then astonished when Mauer refuses him, instead opting to recruit the three into his forces.
169* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
170** In the ''Literature/{{Ultramarines}}'' novel ''The Killing Ground'', in their third ordeal, Leodegarius defeats Uriel and Pasanius, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown knocking Pasanius unconscious and leaving Uriel unable to rise]]. Uriel, angry that this man, who should have fought beside them, is going to kill them, tells him to get it over with. Whereupon Leodegarius tells him that the ordeal is to ''lose'', because the only way they could have defeated him [[SecretTestOfCharacter was the use of warp-based powers]]. Failure has shown that [[IncorruptiblePurePureness they don't have them]].
171** In ''Literature/{{Titanicus}}'', when cornered by a skitarii, one of Cally Samstag's soldiers says this. The skitarii, startled, says it had just sent for help -- and then asks whether [[FriendOrFoe they took it for an enemy]].
172** In the ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' novel ''First & Only'', Flense threatens to shoot Dorden, whom he is [[HostageSituation holding hostage]], if Gaunt mocks him. Dorden tells Gaunt to mock on, so he can be shot rather than listen to Flense's "garbage."
173** In the ''Literature/WhiteScars'' novel ''Hunt for Voldorius'', when Voldorius reveals he knows that Malya [[TheMole sent information to his foes]], she tells him to kill her. He reveals worse plans.
174** In the ''Literature/NightLords'' novel ''Lord of the Night'', when the Inquisitor summons Mita -- for execution or mind-wipe, she assumes -- she tells him during the meeting to do it and get it over with.
175%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)*** In the {{Backstory}}, when the Night Haunter's assassin hesitated, he told her "Now do your job and be done with it."
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179%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ''Series/TwentyFour'':
180%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) -->'''Jack Bauer''': I just want you to know, I didn't want you to feel like I had turned my back on you, that I turned my back on the family. I just had to go in my own way, to do things for myself, and I... was never good enough for you. I'm sorry. Anyway... I'm ready. What are you waiting for...? DO IT! DAMN YOU!
181* In the first season episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' "[[Recap/AngelS01E17Eternity Eternity]]", actress Rebecca Lowell tries to persuade Angel to turn her into a vampiress so that she won't have to worry about aging; needless to say he refuses. In an effort to change his mind, she drugs him, thinking just to render him more pliable, not realizing that this will turn him evil instead. He stalks her through his office complex, toying with his prey, deliberately putting off the murder so as to enjoy her fear; she is clearly terrified, but finally gets fed up with this, stops running, and turns to face him, saying "Whatever you're going to do, do it." Of course, that's when Wesley and Cordelia show up to save the day.
182* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
183** The Huntress holds a crossbow on Frank Bertinelli, her mafia boss father who [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge ordered her fiancé's death]].
184--->'''Frank:''' Well, what are you waiting for? (beat) ''I said, what are you waiting for?!''
185--->''[[LuredIntoATrap SWAT officers pour into the room.]]''
186** Roy Harper, when asked by a murderous vigilante at gunpoint why he should be allowed to live, can't think of anything, and gives this trope. He's visibly shocked when the Hood intervenes to save him.
187** When Thea discovers her father, supervillain Malcolm Merlyn, is still alive, she shoots him and [[BleedEmAndWeep then drops the pistol in shock]]. Malcolm however is wearing a BulletproofVest. Thea thinks she will be killed and tells him to just get it over with, but Malcolm [[ArsonMurderAndAdmiration expresses his approval]] that his daughter had the emotional fortitude to shoot him.
188* ''Series/BabylonFive:'' Lennier [[GoThroughMe blocks]] Kalain's attempt to kill Delenn.
189-->'''Lennier:''' If you are going to kill me then do so. Otherwise I have considerable work to do.
190* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'':
191-->'''Lee Adama:''' No. Unless... The clean slate. The fresh start. Maybe they are illusions like you said. But at a certain point, faith in ourselves, in our right to survive as a species, as a people, that's not a given, that's a choice. Well, I've made mine. And if you can't stomach that, then you had damn well better squeeze that trigger right now. Go on. What are you waiting for?
192** Also Saul Tigh about to be ThrownOutTheAirlock: "What are you waiting for, Apollo? Do it!"
193* Charles Vane's DyingMomentOfAwesome on ''Series/BlackSails''. After making a stirring speech from the gallows, urging the people to rise up against authority, he turns to the hangman and says simply: "Get on with it, motherfucker."
194* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E9Sarcophagus Sarcophagus]]", Avon cuts through the crap when an alien intelligence offers him submission or death.
195-->'''Alien:''' Think about human death, Avon, irrevocable...\
196'''Avon:''' I have thought about it; what's keeping you?\
197'''Alien:''' What did you say?\
198'''Avon:''' You claim you can kill me. You'd better get on with it. Make me die. There's nothing else you can make me do.
199* ''Series/BreakingBad'': When Hank finds himself being held at gunpoint by Jack while Walt is pleading for his life, he simply tells Walt that begging isn't going to save him, then he tells Jack to do what he's going to do. Jack kills him before he can finish his sentence.
200* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
201** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E15ThisYearsGirl This Year's Girl]]":
202--->'''Joyce:''' Were you planning to slit my throat any time soon?
203** Toru begs Dracula to kill him honorably after cutting off his arms and a leg, but Dracula waits for Xander to arrive and allow him to do it.
204** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E8Sleeper Sleeper]]":
205--->'''Spike:''' [[TearJerker Just do it quick, okay?]]
206* The fourth episode of ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' has three men charged with rounding up all the animals (most of them pets) in [[AbandonedArea Pripyat]] and [[ShootTheDog shooting them]] to prevent the spread of radiation. The leader of the unit makes the following demand of a rookie:
207-->''"...if you hit an animal and it doesn't die, keep shooting until it does. [[PetTheDog Don't let them suffer]]. Or [[IllKillYou I'll kill you]], understand?"''
208* Victor Baskov demands this of ''Series/{{Dexter}}''.
209-->'''Victor Baskov:''' Is there anything I can do to keep you from killing me?\
210'''Dexter Morgan:''' No.\
211'''Victor Baskov:''' Then get it over with!\
212'''Dexter Morgan:''' I don't normally take requests, but in your case I'd be happy to oblige.
213* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
214** Jo Grant once told the Master to get it over with.
215** Twisted a little with Hugh in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]". He tries to demand it after the Doctor had persuaded the king to spare him, as he is humiliated by his failure.
216** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]", facing a firing squad, Android Peri, asked for her last words, replies "Just get on with it."
217** Rose, when confronted by a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]].
218--->'''Rose Tyler:''' Go on, then, kill me.
219** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks "Evolution of the Daleks"]], the Doctor ends up ''screaming'' "Do it!" at one of the Daleks, who is only prevented from doing so by the human-hybrid Dalek Sec.
220** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The Master, confronted by the Doctor:
221--->''"[[IronicEcho You never would]], you coward. ''[pause]'' Go on then. Do it!"''
222* An episode of ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' had the sheriff preparing to hang a man convicted of rape and murder. When the minister asks if he has any last words, the man simply snarls, "Get it done."
223* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
224** A variation from the episode "[[Recap/FireflyE05Safe Safe]]".
225--->'''Simon:''' [[HeroicSacrifice Light it]].[[note]]Followed by the {{Trope Namer|s}} BigDamnHeroes moment when Mal and the crew arrive with ''Serenity'' to rescue them.[[/note]]
226** Saffron in the episode "[[Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds Our Mrs. Reynolds]]". By asking for this she is also reacting to the hero's equivalent of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech with the villain's form of a ShutUpHannibal. Of course, Mal [[WouldntHitAGirl Wouldn't Shoot a Girl]], or at least not an unarmed one.
227--->'''Saffron:''' Promise me you're gonna kill me soon.\
228'''Mal:''' Oh, you already know I ain't gonna.
229* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': When Henry is kidnapped in "The Ecstasy of Agony" and wakes up chained to a Saint Andrew's Cross, he politely asks his captor to kill him quickly. The request is denied, as he's looking forward to torturing Henry and wants to enjoy it.
230* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
231** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E6TheOldGodsAndTheNew The Old Gods and the New]]", Qhorin Halfhand leaves the task of executing wildling warrior [[ActionGirl Ygritte]] with Jon but Jon has trouble finding it in himself to go through with it. Jon is reluctant to execute her so Ygritte urges Jon to hurry up with killing her because she's having trouble keeping her composure, but Jon can't bring himself to do it and he spares her life instead.
232** The black cells seem to have this effect:
233*** Knowing a fair trial is out of the question, when Ned Stark learns a prisoner exchange is also out, he tells Varys to slit his throat and be done with it.
234*** Tyrion curses the person opening his cell with this trope in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS4E10TheChildren The Children]]" when he is falsely accused of killing Joffrey and imprisoned for it.
235** When Brienne sentences Stannis to death, he clearly doesn't give a darn about it. He says this in so many words to her, simply telling her to do her duty. Understandable, as his crusade has failed, he'll never be king now, he's lost his family and as such, has nothing left to live for.
236** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS7E7TheDragonAndTheWolf The Dragon and the Wolf]]", Tyrion goes alone to negotiate with his sister Queen Cersei, who's wanted him dead since the day he was born. When Tyrion gives his sister a blatant invitation to do so, Cersei gives a PsychoticSmirk and her eyes move irresistibly to the Mountain. Tyrion responds by walking right up to the undead killing machine and goading her to give the order.
237* "Finish it, [[TitleDrop Highlander]]!" says Slan Quince in the very first episode of the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' TV series.
238* Timon of ''Series/MaddigansQuest'' screams at Garland to shoot him when she discovers that he's being forced into becoming an heir to the Nennog. [[KillHimAlready Boomer approves of the idea]], but Garland ultimately says no.
239* In the miniseries ''Series/Merlin1998'': after Mab kills Morgan, Frik rages at her in his grief, calling her an "evil old crone." In revenge, Mab strips him of magic. When Mordred asks why she didn't just kill him, she says "Because that's what he wanted me to do."
240* ''Series/{{Rome}}'':
241** Titus Pullo and Octavian interrogate a man they suspect of sleeping with Vorenus' wife. He readily confesses once they start to torture him and gives this trope. Pullo is entirely willing to oblige, but Octavian stops him, realising that he's willing to die to cover up something. He's fathered a child by her, who would be killed if the truth got out.
242** When Pullo is sentenced to death in the arena, he refuses to pick up a sword; he just sits on the ground and tells the gladiators to kill him. They're rather flummoxed by this, until (unfortunately for them) they succeed in goading him to fight via his BerserkButton.
243* ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'': A variation, in that the universe is close to being completely conquered, and the main mentor, Zordon, has one final desperate gambit to save it. He asks the Red Ranger of the series, Andros, to shatter his [[PeopleJars energy tube]], which will send out a wave of good energy, purging all evil forces. Understandably, Andros is extremely hesitant to do it, as he's spent the whole season searching for him. After Andros fights his turned-villain sister, and his right-hand bodyguard, Zordon pleas to him...
244--> '''Zordon:''' Andros, listen to me. It is your duty as a Power Ranger to save the Universe. '''Now is the time.'''
245* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In the third-season episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E07CommonGround Common Ground]]", the Wraith [[MagnificentBastard Todd]] is first introduced. After repeatedly feeding on Sheppard to the point that he's almost become a desiccated corpse, Sheppard intones him to do this. Then Todd gives back all the life-energy he took from him because Sheppard helped him escape from a Genii prison.
246-->'''Sheppard:''' Finish it.\
247'''"Todd":''' As I told you, John Sheppard, there are many things about Wraith that you do not know.
248* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
249** [[TheMcCoy Dr. McCoy]] has a version of this when he is attacked by Khan in Sickbay in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]".
250---> '''Dr. [=McCoy=]:''' Well, either choke me or cut my throat. Make up your mind.\
251'''Khan:''' English... I thought I'd dreamed hearing it. Where am I?\
252'''Dr. [=McCoy=]:''' [[AskAStupidQuestion You're in bed, holding a knife at your doctor's throat.]]\
253'''Khan:''' Answer my question.\
254'''Dr. [=McCoy=]:''' It would be most effective if you would cut the carotid artery, just under the left ear.
255** He also says it right out in "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E12TheEmpath The Empath]]" after having [[PercussivePrevention chosen]] [[MoreExpendableThanYou himself]] for torture that had an 87% chance of killing him.
256--->'''[[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Lal]]:''' Doctor, please understand that if there was any other way to accomplish our purpose--\
257'''[=McCoy=]:''' Get on with it.
258* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': PlayedForLaughs in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E20Qpid Qpid]]". In Q's Robin Hood simulation, Captain Picard and Vash are led out to the execution block, arguing LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. Q, as usual, prefers to talk them to death instead of waiting for the axeman.
259-->'''Q:''' Now tell me, Robin, as you stand here facing the termination of your [[PitifulWorms insect existence]], do you see what brought you to this end? Was she worth it?\
260'''Picard:''' Can we just get this over with?\
261'''Vash:''' Are you implying that I'm not worth it?
262* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
263** In season 4, Dean is given an ultimatum: hand another character over to die, or go back to Hell. He initially doesn't think they'll do it, but once he's convinced that they will still tells them to go ahead. They switch to threatening Sam instead, and he complies exactly as Sam had planned.
264** In the season 5 episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E16DarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]", Dean is sitting in his hotel room at gunpoint as Roy and Walt argue over whether or not to kill him. He finally growls, "Go ahead, Roy, do it. But I'm gonna warn ya--when I come back, I'm gonna be pissed." This can be viewed as a variation on the trope because [[DeathIsCheap Dean knew Zachariah would just resurrect him anyway]].
265** In "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E04TheEnd The End]]", Dean travels into the future where the Apocalypse has happened and Lucifer is winning. After a final desperate attempt to kill Lucifer leads to the death of his friends, Dean witnesses Lucifer-in-Sam's body casually snap future Dean's neck. [[DespairEventHorizon Realizing all is lost]], Dean tells Lucifer to go ahead and kill him. Lucifer quips, "Don't you think that would be a little... redundant?"
266** In "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E21TwoMinutesToMidnight Two Minutes to Midnight]]", Dean discovers TheProblemWithFightingDeath is not only that you can't kill an immortal EldritchAbomination, you're so insignificant he can't even be bothered indulging this trope.
267--->'''Dean:''' Is this the part where you kill me?\
268'''Death:''' ''[after staring at him incredulously]'' You have an inflated sense of your importance. To a thing like me, a thing like you... well. Think how you'd feel if a bacterium sat at your table and started to get snarky.
269* Subtle double subversion in the first season finale of ''Series/{{Terriers}}''. After Hank is framed for murder and hauled off to jail along with the actual murderers who almost certainly mean to do away with him as soon as they're alone, he starts yelling at them to get it over with and kill him right there in the police car. Doubly subverted in that a) he's [[DeathSeeker partly]] doing it to get the cops to take him seriously and help him, and b) the cops were already secretly on his side and were planning to let him go anyway.
270* The page quote comes from the season 1 finale of ''Series/Watchmen2019'', where Jane Crawford tells Lady Trieu to stop reading Will Reeves's speech to the leaders of Cyclops and just kill them already. As evident by her response, Trieu happily obliges.
271* Season Three of ''Series/TheWire'', Omar Little and Brother Mouzone, discover Stringer Bell's plan to have them murder each other and [[EnemyMine team up]] to track him down. They end up having him cornered at gunpoint, and Stringer at first tries to bargin for his life. But when Omar reveals to him that Avon not only sold him out to them, but even did so willingly, Stringer at first freezes up in shock. Then, [[EtTuBrute with clear feelings of betrayal and defeat in his voice]], he resigns himself and says "Well, get on with it, motherf--". They do.
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275* In Shakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryVIPart3'', Queen Margaret has just seen King Edward and his brothers stab her son to death. She cries out, "O, kill me too!" Edward won't let Richard, who leaves, so she keeps begging George, who refuses. In the end, Edward just sends her back to France.
276* In Act III of Thornton Wilder's play ''Theatre/TheSkinOfOurTeeth'', Henry, having just come back from the war and intercepted at gunpoint by his father, encourages him to go ahead and shoot. He doesn't.
277* ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'', in the midst of Judas and Jesus's row, Jesus asks Judas "Why don't you go do it?", that is, go on and turn me in:
278-->'''Christ''': Hurry, you fool, hurry and go, save me your speeches, I don't want to know! GO!
279** Later, Jesus urges ''God'' to get his arrest and execution over with quickly.
280--->'''Jesus''': God, thy will is hard, but you hold every card [...] Take me now, before I change my mind!
281*** Depending on the production, the delivery of the latter may translate to "I trust you and I'm as ready as I'm going to get, so let's do it", or to "I can't stop you, so for the moment I'm not bothering to resist."
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285* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'': After being told he's not the one meant to open a secret vault beneath the Vatican, meaning everything he did [[AllForNothing was for nothing]], Rodrigo Borgia tells Ezio this. Ezio refuses, knowing that [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty killing Rodrigo won't bring back the family members he lost to Borgia's ambitions]] and that [[CruelMercy leaving Rodrigo alive with his failure is a far worse punishment]].
286-->'''Rodrigo Borgia''': You can't! It's my destiny! ''[[ThisCannotBe MINE]]!'' I am [[TheChosenOne the Prophet]]!
287-->'''Ezio Auditore''': [[TheChosenWannabe You never were]].
288-->'''Rodrigo Borgia''': Get it over with then.
289-->'''Ezio Auditore''': [[NotWorthKilling No]]. Killing you won't bring my family back. I'm done.
290* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': The FinalBoss demands you finish him off rather than rant about how evil he is, [[CardCarryingVillain which he already knows]]. Johnny admits he has a point.
291* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Teyrn Loghain asks you for a quick death after you defeat him in a CombatByChampion at the Landsmeet. You can either grant his wish, have Alistair finish him off, or [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou induct him into the Gray Wardens]].
292* During the introduction to ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', a captured Stormcloak soldier says this trope word for word, interrupting the priestess giving him and the other prisoners their last rites before being sent to the executioner's block. He quickly gets his head cut off, [[DyingCurse insulting the Imperials on the way]], but if he had waited then he would have likely survived [[NiceJobFixingItVillain thanks to Alduin]].
293* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' Judge Drace does this to Gabranth, urging him to carry out Vayne's orders to execute her because she doesn't care if she dies, so long as Larsa (Vayne's brother) will still be protected by someone she can trust.
294* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Towards the end of both "Verdant Wind" and "Silver Snow" routes, the defeated Flame Emperor Edelgard, observing [[PlayerCharacter Byleth]]'s hesitation to kill a former student, [[FinishHim begs them to finish her off]]. At first, she tries to argue that showing her mercy would just unnecessarily prolong the war, before changing tracks and asking only that they be the one to take her life. When Byleth finally raises their sword, Edelgard visibly relaxes and mutters how she had wished for the two of them to walk the same path together. Then the blade swings down.
295%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * Done without messing about in ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'':
296%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) -->'''Tavion:''' Finish it! Kill me.\
297%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ''[Dark Side [[PlayerCharacter Jaden Korr]] kills her]''
298%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * Andrei Ulmeyda of ''VideoGame/{{killer7}}'' does this as he's turned into a Smile.
299%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) --> '''Ulmeyda:''' ''Damn. Get this over with! Once and for all... Ah! AH! AH! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!''
300* Bastila in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' insist you kill her, as she has come too far to turn back to the good side if you persist in trying. However, she relents and comes back if you roll a really high Persuade check.
301* In ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'', this occurs early on in the game. Joel takes a bullet to the leg and is restrained by other members of the Washington Liberation Front. Joel realizes their intentions and accepts he's doomed, telling Abby to give whatever speech she's rehearsed and to get it over with. However, while takes some ExtremeMeleeRevenge [[GolfClubbing by way of a golf club upside Joel's head]], she doesn't finish off Joel until Ellie is ForcedToWatch him die.
302* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', Raiden's boss battle with [[GravityMaster Monsoon]] ends with him saying this before getting [[LudicrousGibs sliced to pieces]], though if you have an S Rank for the level, then he's [[VillainousBreakdown begging]] [[OhCrap for]] [[IDontWantToDie his]] [[AintTooProudToBeg life]].
303* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
304** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Mileena makes this demand to Kotal Kahn after being captured, refusing to beg. He obliges but says she isn't worthy of his hands, telling D'Vora to do it. (What happens next is [[CruelAndUnusualDeath rather disturbing]]; Cassie Cage, who witnesses, says "Thank you, I know ''I'll'' never eat again.)
305** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'', Reptile (Syzoth) is introduced as Shang Tsung's jailer, having imprisoned the Earthrealm party sent by Lord Liu Kang, as well as Baraka. Then, Tsung orders Syzoth to plunge them into experimentation chambers. After Baraka fights against other Tarkatans (including a beefy Super Tarkatan), he fights and defeats Syzoth, who puts himself at Baraka's mercy in the hopes that Tsung may spare his family. It's eventually revealed that Tsung actually murdered Syzoth's family, with the latter immediately joining the Earthrealm party on their quest after learning the AwfulTruth.
306* Aribeth in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' insist you kill her, as she has come too far to turn back to the good side if you persist in trying. However, she relents and comes back if you previously completed her RomanceSidequest. And even if you convince her to surrender, later events establish [[ShootTheShaggyDog she didn't live long after anyway]].
307* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' features Nathan Copeland, [[BadassPreacher an enlightened]] DanceBattler [[WakeUpCallBoss fought early on]] who seeks combat against [[TheProtagonist Travis Touchdown]] in order to liberate one or both of them from their cruel, pointless lives as assassins. His last words as Travis impales him for the killing blow?
308-->'''Nathan''': ''[[DeathSeeker DELIVERANCE!]]''
309* Subverted by [[PlayerCharacter the Boss]] in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''. After [[CombatPragmatist outright cheating in a sword duel]], the Boss catches Akuji with no weapons, with a gun pointed at his head. Akuji utters this trope. Instead of finishing him, or leaving him alive, the Boss goes to his/her back, picks another sword, stabs through Akuji's defenseless body, calls his/her friend Mr. Wong, and purposefully aggravates the wound to make Akuji scream in pain to the phone. ''Then'' (s)he leaves him alive, in a burning, soon-to-explode ship.
310* Alexei Stukov in the Terran campaign ''VideoGame/StarCraft: Brood War''. After discovering who Samir Duran actually is, he went rogue, with Admiral [=DuGalle=] spending a mission to recover him for interrogation. When Duran, under the orders of [=DuGalle=], finally finds him, Stukov tells him to go over with it, quickly followed by a FinalSpeech, a MyGodWhatHaveIDone from [=DuGalle=] who was [[TheChessMaster manipulated by Duran]] into ordering the execution, and a RaceAgainstTheClock, in quick succession:
311--> '''Stukov''': Lieutenant Duran... I'm not surprised. We both know exactly what it is that you're here to terminate. Get on with it.
312* ''Videogame/TheWalkingDead'':
313** Andy St. John tells Lee this after the rest of his family has either been killed or incapacitated, depending on your choices, and it's up to you whether or not you finish your fistfight with him by ending his life.
314** At the end of Season 2, if you let Kenny kill Jane, immediately after he stabs her, the reality of what he's done sets in, and he seems to think that, if you were to decide to kill him too, it would be justified; your gun is trained on him, and he tells you do "just do it." It's your call as to whether or not to pull the trigger.
315%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'': This is Geralt's repeated response to the [[BigBad BigBads']] and [[TheDragon Dragon's]] endless BossBanter.
316* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', 777 fails to defeat Beat and asks him to finish him. Beat declines, letting him live for about a minute until Konishi erases him.
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320* A variation of this occurs in the fourth episode of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. After the VillainousBreakdown of Manfred von Karma once he's convicted of killing Edgeworth's father, the killer tells the judge to hurry up and hand down his verdict already. Notably, these are von Karma's last words on screen, as he's sentenced to death at some point before [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll the second game.]]
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324* Dracula in ''WebAnimation/ADayInDraculasLife'' quits trying to do anything to Richter Belmont, who had been made invincible by Maria's BigDamnHeroes moment on top of all the {{Whoring}}, and decides to lay down and tell Richter to kill him. When Richter doesn't comply with killing him right then and there, Dracula realizes that the fight is supposed to look convincing because it's ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' (Or ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' or whatever). Dracula, wanting to be put out of his misery already, sighs that he has to do this and tries to attack Richter, who throws another [[GameBreaker Hydro Storm]]. Dracula dies, sarcastically saying ThisCannotBe, but manages to call Richter a "fucking ass" one last time after he stops screaming.
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328* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100830 When Wooster left Boris in the Jagers' room, having exposed his secrets.]]
329-->'''Boris''': All right '''fine'''. If you're going to kill me, just do it '''quick'''
330-->'''General''': Perhaps. But '''first''' -- '''tell''' us about Meez Agatha and de Other. Ve is listening.
331* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020629 where he's not believed]]
332** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040215 where he's lying]]
333* ''Webcomic/TheDreamlandChronicles'': [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-16/page-1259/ Finish me]]
334* ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2003/09/16/ For heaven's sake, murder me, don't torture me!]]
335** [[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2008/11/28/ That was a plea for mercy]]
336** [[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/01/02/ Just incinerate me!]]
337* In ''Webcomic/AmericanBarbarian'', [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120203025951/http://www.ambarb.com/?p=481 Gunthor asks for death once Rick gets his sword back.]]
338* In ''Webcomic/MonsieurCharlatan'', [[http://monsieur-charlatan.com/archive/page-64/ Charlatan will not plead for his life, just get it over with.]]
339* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', [[http://dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter03/dm03-55.htm Bleu Berry defiantly tells Ice Crystal she will not plead for mercy, he will have to strike her down]].
340* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Maya [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-3-21/ says it to 6 Juggernaut Star]] in ''Seeker of Thrones''.
341* ''Webcomic/{{Widdershins}}'': The [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Spirit]] of Sloth doesn't join the SevenDeadlySins' rampage across Widdershins, and, when the protagonists locate it, only tells them to get the BanishingRitual over with so it can [[EvilTakesANap have a proper rest]].
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345* In ''WebVideo/KateModern: The Last Work'', the dying Tez On Toast starts taunting the heroes, telling them to finish him off. Charlie replies that they don't need his murder on their conscience, to which he retorts, "What are you talking about? You've already killed me!" They walk off, leaving him to bleed to death.
346%% (Administrivia/PartialContextExample) * ''WebVideo/PowerRangersBootlegUniverse'' sees Zack tell Rita to "Get on with it" when she finally gets to him.
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350* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth", Stan switches minds with a racehorse and, on the day of the big race, runs into the stands to make amends with Francine. Not yet knowing who the horse really is, Francine thinks it's going to attack yells "Make it quick! Just kill me!".
351* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
352** Zhao towards Zuko in the third episode. Zuko does not comply.
353** A variation occurs in the second season with Zuko. He isn't looking to be killed directly, just for some lightning to strike him (so he can try to redirect it), but the tone is very much in line with this trope as he rails at the heavens not to hold back.
354* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':
355** There was an episode where Rhinox was captured by Megatron.
356--->'''Rhinox''': If you're going to kill me, then shut up and get on with it.
357** During Silverbolt's brief tenure as a Predacon, the Maximals take him down and he tells them to get on with destroying him. Dinobot, admittedly, is happy to take him up on it, but Rattrap and Cheetor firmly refuse; this is what convinces Silverbolt he's on the wrong side.
358* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': [[YouAreNumberSix Prisoner 775]], after escaping from Area51 (which is used as an analogue for Guantanamo Bay) and going on a rampage, turns out to have been driven mad with grief after having been locked up for decades while his family were slaughtered by an alien tyrant, and after Ben stops him from getting revenge on an Air Force officer and his family, he breaks down crying begging to be reunited with his lover and child.
359-->'''775:''' Come on, let me join my family, do it, do it!
360* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'': After a pitched battle, [[TheAssimilator Alpha]] is BroughtDownToNormal - and without all the alien body parts he's stolen, his human form is an emaciated wreck.
361-->'''Alpha:''' Go on, Zed. Destroy me. Do it!\
362'''Zed:''' No. You're a mere mortal now; you'll be ''punished'' like one.
363* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' Season 1 episode [[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E10CloseRickcountersOfTheRickKind Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind]], Evil Rick tells the freed Mortys to "do their worst" and kill him. They are more than happy to oblige. You find out in the Season 7 episode [[Recap/RickAndMortyS7E5Unmortricken Unmortricken]] that it's because Evil Morty made a puppet out of him and Evil Rick [[ICannotSelfTerminate couldn't kill himself]], thus encouraging the Mortys to [[IDieFree set him free]].
364* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'': Clarice does a variant of this when the Abominable Snow Monster is about to eat Rudolph. "Oh, why doesn't he get it over with?"
365* ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'':
366-->'''Sternum:''' What are you waiting for? Finish me!\
367'''Graveheart:''' I would... but you're not my enemy.
368* The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' episode "Rock Bottom" puts human sidekick Jack in the position to take out Megatron himself. Jack is at the controls of a DrillTank, Megatron pinned down by a cave-in.
369-->'''Megatron:''' Well, what are you waiting for? Think of the glory! Seize the day! Optimus would.\
370'''Jack:''' No. He wouldn't. Not like this.\
371'''Megatron:''' I will be sure to share the details of our little conversation with Optimus... the day I rip out his Spark.
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375* Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore's last words before his execution were: "Let's do it." He actually wanted to be executed.
376* Serial killer Carl Panzram's last words (to the hangman, who was double-checking the noose and knot placement): "Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang ten men while you're fooling around!"
377* Sir Walter Raleigh, famous for somewhat incompetently settling North Carolina, was executed by beheading back in England. His last words were "What dost thou fear? Strike man, strike!"
378* The Australian soldier 'Breaker' Morant was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_Morant court-martialed by the British for murdering prisoners of war during the Boer War.]] His last words were reportedly "Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"
379* The Nazi war criminal Irma Grese was sentenced to be hanged. At her hanging, she made no speech: she simply said "Schnell!" ("Quickly!")
380* Marshal Michel Ney, ally of Napoleon during his 100-day-long return, was arrested and sentenced to death. The man gave the order to fire himself.
381* UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini was executed by Communist partisans. His last words were "Shoot me in the chest!" [[BoomHeadshot They didn't.]]
382* The Roman statesman Creator/MarcusTulliusCicero, upon being caught by his political enemies assassin, is recorded as saying "There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly."
383* Che Guevara's last words were supposedly "I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man!"
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