'''Basic Trope''': The heroes hesitate on whether or not to wipe out an AlwaysChaoticEvil race.
* '''Straight''': Maxine is a DemonSlayer who finds a MacGuffin that will allow her to [[FinalSolution wipe out the demons once and for all]], but she's all too aware of the moral ramifications of doing so.
* '''Exaggerated''': Maxine crushes an anthill. As soon as she sees this, she crosses the [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon]].
* '''Downplayed''': There are three people in a species, all {{complete monster}}s, and she has a way to kill them, so Maxine is slightly saddened.
* '''Justified''':
** Maxine has been warned against becoming SheWhoFightsMonsters.
** Maxine has seen evidence that some of the demons might be NotAlwaysEvil, and it's causing doubts in her mind about whether it would be right to kill the possibly-redeemable ones along with the others.
* '''Inverted''': WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide
* '''Subverted''': Then she realizes that the demons would cause exponentially more suffering to others than Maxine would cause by destroying them.
* '''Double Subverted''': But there must be a better option than genocide...[[SealedEvilInACan seal them in Hell?]]
* '''Parodied''':
** The demons are actually [[TheHeartless corrupted human souls]], and "killing" them would in fact be [[TheSoulsaver purifying them and allowing them to go to Heaven]]. Maxine is aware of this, but still [[{{Wangst}} wangsts]] about how she'd be crossing the MoralEventHorizon.
** The entire trope is set up, and as the team is arguing over whether they should do it, who should do it, and the morality of the entire thing, [[TokenEvilTeammate Jax]] hammers the BigRedButton with [[UseYourHead his face.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** GuiltFreeExterminationWar
** The subject of genocide is not brought up.
* '''Enforced''': The show is a bit DarkerAndEdgier, but it's aimed at adolescents. The heroes can't be shown committing an morally questionable action without considering the ethics.
* '''Lampshaded''': [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim "If I destroy the demons, will I be any better than them?"]]
* '''Invoked''': One of the demons gives Maxine a NotSoDifferentRemark just as she's about to use the MacGuffin.
* '''Exploited''': While Maxine is distracted, one of the demons sneaks past it and uses it to wipe out his species.
* '''Defied''':
** "It's my duty to defend humanity. I'm going through with this."
** Maxine destroys the MacGuffin with her own hands as soon as she gets a hold of it. "I don't care if this would have been a much simpler way - I will not stoop to their level of evil in fighting evil."
** An AscendedDemon who has come to despise [[HunterOfHisOwnKind his own species]] and sympathize with Maxine realizes the dilemma she is now in, and so without asking uses the MacGuffin before she can make a choice. "This is not a decision that you should have to live with for the rest of your life..." he says as he too dies.
* '''Discussed''': "Look, we've already tried reasoning with them. If we don't do this, we might as well be taking their side." "I know, but that doesn't make it any easier."
* '''Conversed''':
-->'''Nicole''':Remarkable how much you learn about someone from one little decision.
-->'''Oscar''':I'd hardly call choosing whether to sacrifice your character or multitudes of lives "little".
* '''Implied''': The demons are not all AlwaysChaoticEvil, but their presence ''is'' causing the universe to destabilize. Killing them all would save the universe, but it's still a horrible call and treated as such.
* '''Deconstructed''': [[TheLancer Lucas]] calls Maxine out on her hypocrisy for hunting demons but being unwilling to destroy them as a race. This leaves Maxine with [[SadisticChoice two choices]]: either use the MacGuffin and bear the moral consequences, or stop fighting and sit at home [[DrowningMySorrows drowning her sorrows]] while the LegionsOfHell roam the earth.
* '''Reconstructed''': Unfortunately, there really isn't a way other than the MacGuffin, and everyone in the universe - demons included - will be destroyed if this continues. Either way, the demons will die, but using the MacGuffin makes sure everyone ''else'' survives.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Maxine agonises over whether or not to wash her hands with antibacterial soap, since she sees it as mass murder.
* '''Played For Drama''': After much hesitation, Maxine activates the MacGuffin and kills all the demons. She then decides "there's one last demon I need to deal with", goes away and [[NoPlaceForMeThere turns her gun]] [[DrivenToSuicide on herself]].
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