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* This is the whole point of the two {{Miko}}s true purpose in ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'': one must kill the other in order to fix the damage done to the world by {{Orochi}}. Too bad they are [[ReincarnationRomance eternally in love]] [[GirlsLove with each other]].

* In the film ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', the villain John Doe pulls a powerful StrikeMeDown (although more accurately described with StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred; also a BatmanGambit.

--->[[spoiler:'''Sn0wman''']]: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? DRAW, SLICK.

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* This is the whole point of the two {{Miko}}s true purpose in ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'': one must kill the other in order to fix the damage done to the world by {{Orochi}}. Too bad they are [[ReincarnationRomance eternally in love]] [[GirlsLove with each other]].

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* Near the end of the Battle for Gobwin Knob in ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'', Wanda is lying broken and beaten before Prince Ansom and begs him to strike her down, just to let her touch "them" (the Arken Pliers). Ansom is so creeped out by it that he leaves her where she is without attacking again. Things might arguably have gone much smoother for him shortly there-after if he had just done as she asked at first. But then again, maybe not...

* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''

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* After the attack on Pearl Harbor a Japanese sailor of a mini-sub was captured. He begged his captures to kill him because no Japanese soldier was to be taken alive. The U.S. soldiers did not abide by his quest.

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** The Emperor provides the TropeNamer in ''Return of the Jedi''. The way he goes on you'd think ''his'' death would make him more powerful than ever before. According to the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, it does. Darth Sidious telling Luke to strike him down is more his attempt to get Luke to give in to his anger and fall to the dark side, knowing that Vader would block the fatal blow, though in the end Vader [[TakingYouWithMe dies killing Sidious]].

->''"Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. [[StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger]]!"''
-->-- '''[[TheEmperor Emperor Palpatine]]''', ''Film/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''

Please don't confuse with SmiteMeOhMightySmiter. Compare ICannotSelfTerminate and PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfyYou. Contrast GetItOverWith, where the character usually ''doesn't'' want to die but sees it as a foregone conclusion. See also StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred.

Please don't confuse with SmiteMeOhMightySmiter. Contrast GetItOverWith, where the character usually ''doesn't'' want to die but sees it as a foregone conclusion. See also StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred.

* After the attack on Perl Harbor a Japanese sailor of a mini-sub was captured. He begged his captures to kill him because no Japanese soldier was to be taken alive. The U.S. soldiers did not abide by his quest.

-->'''Dean''': Go ahead, Roy, do it. But I�m going to warn you, [[DeathIsCheap when I come back]] I�m going to be [[UnstoppableRage pissed]].

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-->'''Dean''': Go ahead, Roy, do it. But I’m going to warn you, [[DeathIsCheap when I come back]] I’m going to be [[UnstoppableRage pissed]].

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* In ''Literature/TheElenium'', a mortally wounded Martel asks for Sparhawk to finish him off. Sparhawk comforts his EvilFormerFriend in his dying moments instead.