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"Put me down, put me down! Wait...keep me up. keep me-Ahh!"
Cornrad pleading for mercy as Crowdee pulls him up from the ground and drops him to his death, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

Duke Nudelki: (Watching as he turns to stone) H-how? B-but-
Arzette: My father showed you mercy once. You're right, he was honorable. I won't make the same mistake.
Nodelki: N-NO! DON'T KILL M- (Gets completely Taken for Granite before he could finish leading to Arzette smashing him into millions of tiny rocks).

Daimur: I-I will always return! o matter how many times you trap me in that book! I will end your kingdom!
Arzette: I don't have the Book of Oakurin.
Daimur: Then you have lost, fool! Why reform the Jewel, then?! Did you kill my minions for fun? Maybe we are alike, after all?
Arzette: The jewel is in here.
Daimur (Now possessing Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises): W-wait...no! With your power, we could rule the kingdom together!
Arzette: You will never threaten Faramore again...for good. (Cue dealing Daimur in with a dose of Throwing Your Sword Always Works)
Daimur: NO! IT BURNS! NOO!

"You terrorists are all the same; cowardly to the core! You'll crush anyone in your path, but cringe in fear when your own life is in danger!"
Captain Electron, Captain Electron #1

Sasha Kravinoff: W-wait—
Spider-Man: Did you "wait" for Mattie? Cassandra? Kaine?! Now you know what it feels like. To be wounded, hunted... slaughtered.
Spider-Man "Grim Hunt" storyline, after Spidey used his Wall Crawling to tear the skin off Sasha's face

You want forgiveness? Get religion.
Peter Parker, Spider-Man 3, in response to Eddie Brock asking him to give him a break for forging pictures that made Spider-Man look like a criminal.

Joker: Batman! You wouldn't let me fry, would you?
Batman: (considers it)
Joker: BATMAN! (Batman pulls him up)
Batman: The Animated Series, "The Last Laugh"

"No! This Cannot Be! Miranda! Have mercy..."
Nightfall as Miranda and her sons seal him in a new dragon statue in the Grand Finale of the Double Dragon comic from Marvel Comics

Megatron: No more, Optimus Prime. Grant me mercy, I beg of you...
Optimus Prime: You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff.

Duke Onkled: Please, your omnipotence! Have mercy!
King Harkinian: After you've scrubbed all the floors in Hyrule, then we can talk about mercy! Take him away!

D'Hoffryn: Well played. You impress me. Let's come to an agreement, shall we? I'll remain lord of the vengeance demons, and I will grant each of you one wish. I can do anything, if only a human wishes it. It need not be revenge. Ms. Summers— both of you. Would you like mother back? Alive and healthy? And Ms. Rosenberg— your lost love, Tara? Mr. Harris, I can restore Anya. The real one... or the one who just died. Or both. Merely wish it. Mr. Giles— you'd like to be an adult again? Child's play, if you'll pardon the pun. And you— ah— you.
Andrew: It's Andrew! Andrew Wells! I've been here the whole time!
D'Hoffryn: [turning to Spike] Would you like to be human? The true subject of the Shanshu Prophecy? Living happily ever after with the Slayer? I can grant all this to you!
[the Scoobies all smirk at each other]
Buffy: We've been down that road. There's always a catch. Instead of wishing for something that can never be, we're gonna make the best of what is. And sometimes— you get your wish anyway.
[Giles and Willow restrain D'Hoffryn, allowing Buffy to slice off his head]

"You can't do this. It goes against everything you stand for..."
Megabyte to Matrix, ReBoot

Glory: Stop it!
Buffy: You're a god. Make it stop. [pulps Glory with Olaf's hammer]

Warren: Please! God! I did wrong, I see that now. I need... I need jail! I need... But you, you don't want this. You're- you're not a bad person. Not like me.
Buffy: Willow! [she, Xander, and Anya arrive at that time]
Warren: Oh, and when you get caught, you'll lose them too. Your friends. You don't want that. I know you're in pain, but-
Dark Willow: Bored now. [flays Warren alive]

Zarbon: Vegeta... I was just following orders. I b-beg you... mercy!
Vegeta: After all the years of being spat on and taunted by you, I'm expected to show you mercy?!

Frieza: Have... mercy... on me... You... can't... do this... you can't do this!
Goku: How many people asked you for mercy? Hundreds? Thousands? What gives you the right to expect any, especially from me?

Garrett: You don't wanna do this, Mike. Tell him, Phil!
Coulson: Mr. Peterson is free to do whatever he wants.

You're making a mistake! I'll give you anything! Money! Fame! Riches! Infinite power YOUR OWN GALAXY, PLEASE!
Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls

Malefor: Calliope! Please help me! I'll do anything you ask! I'll send you back to your family! Whatever you want will be yours!
Calliope: All I want is to never see you again. Enjoy your trip, Malefor.
Skylanders: Return of the Dragon King

Avirima Redder: W...wait...!
Izuru Kira: A warrior does not beg for his life. [SHWING!]

Tirek mewled, fear rising his voice, "Mercy-"
The Sword rose higher, poised above him. "Mercy," agreed Tyrael. "You’ll never have to face me again. Let your sentence be carried out..."

"What you're doing isn't right. Somebody stop this, please. Killing me in the dead of night because you're ashamed. (Maggie is unfazed) Stop this! Please! Now, for the love of God, stop it! Maggie, stop! Wait!"

Black Mask: You don't need to do this. I'll give you money. Drugs! Guns! Weapons! Whatever you want. Please. I'll take a plane. Leave Gotham. Never show my face again. Anywhere you want! I'll go anywhere!
Red Hood: How 'bout you go to Hell? [kicks him out a window]

"Please... please!" Uthemiel cried as tears fell from her uncovered eye. “Mercy, Nightmare Moon, mercy! You have slain my siblings and you know I cannot stand against you! Please spare me your wrath! You’ve won! I’ll exile myself to the Frost Wastes! I’ll serve you! I’ll do anything! Anything!”

Superwoman: Super— Kara! Stop! Please! You don't know what you're doing!
Supergirl: You're asking for mercy? Like Agent Liberty got?! Like poor Mister Henderson!? Like my father!? You don't deserve mercy, you deserve a beating!

"Asylum? What is it with Peacekeepers? First they hunt us, then they want to move in?! Are we a bed and breakfast? Do we have a sign outside that says "Free HBO"?"
John Crichton, Farscape ("Promises")

"Okay... you got me... I surrender... I surre-"
The Boston Reaper, Criminal Minds

Steely Dan: Please forgive me!
Jotaro: Ask for forgiveness from Enyaba, the woman you killed. We never had any intention of forgiving you in the first place.
Steely Dan: D-Dio paid me in advance... I-I'll give you that!
Jotaro: Good grief. You truly are the lowest scum in history. What you owe... cannot be repaid with money!
Star Platinum: ORA! ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!

Terrence J. D'Arby: Oh, shit! Please, mercy, I beg of you! I've already given you back Kakyoin's soul, haven't I? It's like they say, "No harm, no foul"! We're good! Right? Right? Right?
Jotaro Kujo: You wanna know whether I'll forgive you? Why don't you just do what you do best and read my mind?
Jotaro's mind: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
D'Arby: (panicked whimper)

Cioccolata: But... But you said... That if I just stayed still t-that I... I w-w-would still m-make it out of t-this alive...!
Giorno: Oh, give me a break. If you thought I was being serious, then you're the worthless fool. I don't spare pieces of shit!

(Anos Voldigoad has just stabbed Emilia Ludowell with his sword in the back while she was on the ground face first trying to get up.)
Anos Voldigoad: All right, I've inflicted a fatal wound on you. You'll last maybe another minute or so. Well? If you acknowledge me as the Demon King of Tyranny and beg for your life, I might just change my mind.
Emilia: As if I'd ever... to a lowly good for nothing like y-you! (Anos sharply twists the blade in her back.) S-Stop—!
Anos: What was that?
Emilia: E-Enough... S-Spare me—!
Anos: Let's hear your say that louder.
Emilia: D-Demon King of Tyranny, Sir Anos Voldigoad! I beg you to show me mercy!
Anos: Don't say it if you don't mean it. There's only one Hell waiting for liars like you.
Emilia: No...!
(Anos proceeds to stab Emilia one last time; her eyes dilate as she drops dead. Anos now prepares to bring her back and initiate her Karmic Transformation.)

Davros: Have pity on me!
Seventh Doctor: I have pity for you. Goodbye, Davros. It hasn't been pleasant.
Doctor Who, "Remembrance of the Daleks"

Dalek: You will be exterminated!
River Song: Not yet. Your systems are still restoring which means your shield density is compromised. One alpha meson burst through your eyestalk would kill you stone dead.
Dalek: Records indicate you will show mercy. You are an associate of the Doctor’s.
River Song: I’m River Song. Check your records again.
Dalek: ...Mercy.
River Song: Say it again.
Dalek: Mercy!
River Song: One. More Time.
Dalek: MERCY!

Dalek: (undergoing Electric Torture at the hands of The Doctor) Aaaaaaaaaahhhh! Have Pi-tyyyyyyyy!
The Doctor: Why should I?! You never did!

What a horrible nightmare. I somehow woke up. Ness, let's be friends again. Please answer me. I promise to be good. ...uh ...okay?
Porky Minch, EarthBound (1994)

Lucien Moreau: Please. Stop. I can feel the point at the edge of my heart. Please. I will give you anything.
Tana Bach: Tell them what you did. [[nodding with her chin toward the cameras]]. Tell the world what you've done.
Lucien Moreau: Caspar Morales. It was me. I turned him. Forgive me and I will make every single impossible dream you've ever had come true. You think no one can know what you want, but I know it already. There are those you love that you're afraid for. There are those who you love who are undeserving. And no one has seen how incredibly special you are, how you glow like a bright flame

Grant: "Devon! Please! Help me!"
[Devon sighed and started forward, just as I knew he would, but I (Lila) held my hand out and stopped him. I shook my head.]
Lila: "No. Not him. I know he's a member of your Family, I know you thought that he was your friend, but he doesn't deserve it. Not after what he tried to do to you. Not after what he did to Ashley and your father. Believe me. If you help him now, he'll just try to kill us again."
[Devon stared at Grant, an unreadable expression on his face. After a moment, he gave me a sharp nod.]
Grant: "You bitch! You did this to me! My blood is on your hands!"
Lila: "Yeah. I did do it to you. But you did it to yourself, too. Good-bye, Grant."
Black Blade : Cold Burn Of Magic

"We can do a deal! I'll buy you a delicatessen in stainless steel!"

"Let me go! Let me go and you can have everything you've ever wanted; Money, fame, fortune, power! I can give you these things. I can bring your wife back! I can do it, only I. She'll remember nothing, just like the seven of you remember nothing. I can't give you eternal life, but I can touch you and you will live long, long lives. 200 years, 300, perhaps 500! I can make you gods of the Earth if you let me go! IF YOU LET ME GO. IF YOU LET ME-"

"Wait specimen 1, I can explain, I only-AAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Dr. Vok, pleading for her life before Kirishima (Whom she called "specimen 1") mauls her to death, King Explosion Murder The Shield Hero.

Dr. Wily: Spare me! I'm a helpless old man! Mercy, Mega Man!
Mega Man: Enough! You can't fool me that easily!

Iron-Masked Marauder: This is all a mistake! A big misunderstanding! [gets tied up using String Shot by the forest Pokemon]
Toya: I think the Pokémon understand perfectly! Hahahaha!

My solar receptors— smoldering like a campfire! Hey— I'm in big trouble! HELP ME! Superman— Save me! I didn't really mean any harm, right? I mean, you knew all along— it was a joke—?

Dr. Sivana: What sin best befits you, father?
Mr. Sivana: I'll give you anything. Money. The company? You want the company?
Dr. Sivana: There it is: greed. Do you honestly think all this...material you've accumulated amounts to actual power?

Dark Eldar: Please... M-m-Mmmmmmercy!
Leman Russ: (chuckles) Ironic.

Ulysses Klaue: Mercy, king! Mercy!
T'Challa: Every breath you take is mercy from me.

Gressil: Have mercy.
Ghost Rider: Sorry, all out of mercy.

Frankie: Please don't kill me! I'm begging you! Gevie please, I'm your friend! It was just too much money!! Please!
Arris/Gevie: What were you saying about girls crying? Ah, this is what you meant. Thanks for teaching me, I feel very informed. [...] (I'm a mere tool to use and discard in his eyes, yet he kneels before me, begging.)

When the woman saw her husband, she was thunderstruck and fell on her knees and begged for mercy. The King said, "There is no mercy. He was ready to die with thee and restored thee to life again, but thou hast murdered him in his sleep, and shalt receive the reward that thou deservest."

Reactron: Stop... Please...
Flamebird: No. Murderer of my people. You deserve no mercy.

Dollmaker: Y-you can't stop me! You have to let me go!
Supergirl: Figures. Like all villains, once you're left standing alone, you're begging and cowardly. You tortured three little kids. Why should I let you do anything?

Brainiac: What...have...you...done...to...me...?
Supergirl: I did nothing, Brainiac— You've done this to yourself!
Brainiac: Please, Supergirl— You've got to help me!
Supergirl: (coldly) I'm sorry, but there isn't enough energy left in the enlarging ray to save Superman— Kandor— and you!
Brainiac: Can you be so callous— So cruel? I beg you— Don't let it end like this!

He dealt with petty criminals, the rapists, the slavers, the thieves and the conniving schemers that sought their ascension above the concerns of all others. Who took advantage of the meek, the lowly, and the fearful. Few spat in defiance of their fate. Many begged for mercy that they never showed their victims. It was not given. The Good Hunter made certain that those who survived his wrath would rue the day they chose to cross him.

Bakken: Wait! Wait, wait, wait! I can't fight anymore! My ribs are broken!
Yusuke: Have you forgotten about how you kept beating up Kurama, even when he was in no condition to go on?
Bakken: (Beat, as he goes Oh, Crap!) Uh... Well... You know... I... Can't really remember... I guess I was beside myself back then...
(Yusuke chuckles)
Yusuke: Then I'll be glad to jog your memory, Bakken! And I'll use your own body for it! (proceeds to beat Bakken up with enough force to launch him out of the ring)

Roto: You believe in mercy, don't you?
Kurama: No.

Philip/Belos: Luz... Luz, I'm free! Thank goodness, you saved me from... from that horrible curse! Yes. I was... I was cursed with a terrible, terrible sickness... by... by dark magic, just like your mentor! It forced me to do all those horrible things! But... But now, I'm free! (The boiling rain comes falling down and Belos recoils in pain, slowly revealing his still monstrous form) Quick... Quickly now... Don't... Don't you want to make peace, Luz...!? Don't just stand there! You'll be just as bad, just as conniving, just as evil, and just as unforgivable as those witches! We're human! We're better than this!
Eda: Well, we ain't! (Raine, Eda, and King stomp Belos into goop)

Chucky: [Trapped in the fireplace] Andy, no, please! We're friends to the end, remember?
Andy: This IS the end, friend. [He drops the match into the fireplace]
[Chucky screams in pain and fear as he burns alive]

[The two kids throw the Happy Fella into the oven and slam the door]
Happy Fella: [Panicked] Oh, nonononono! Kids, no! I'm your fella, kids! I'm here to make you happy!
Skid & Pump: [In unison] We are not happy anymore, fella!
Happy Fella: No, wait!
[Lila turns the oven dial on full blast]
Happy Fella: Get me out of here! You can't do this to me! [One of his sleeves catches fire] GET ME OUT OF HERE! NO!
Spooky Month, "Deadly Smiles"

Prince Clovis la Britannia: Please, you can't! We may have different mothers, but you and I are still blood!
Vlad Plasmius: Jack, you have to help me! You wouldn't turn your back on an old friend, would you?
Jack Fenton: An old friend? No. You? Yes!

King Dedede: Please, please, I beg you!
Escargoon: We promise we'll never cheat again!
[Captain Waddle Doo laughs mischievously as he lights the fuse to blast them both into the sky with the fireworks]
King Dedede: What kind of prize is this 'ere?!
Escargoon: It looks like we're startin' the new year off with a bang! [he and Dedede are launched back into the sky with the fireworks several more times]
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, "The Kirby Quiz"

Jack Welker: Wait, wait. [replaces a lit cigarette in his mouth] You want your money, right? You wanna know where it is? You pull that trigger, you'll never — *BLAM*
Breaking Bad, "Felina"

Inigo Montoya: Offer me money!
Count Rugen: Yes.
Inigo Montoya: Power too, promise me that!
Count Rugen: All that I have and more. Please...!
Inigo Montoya: Offer me everything I ask for!
Count Rugen: Anything you want...!
Inigo Montoya: (stabs Rugen) I want my father back, you son of a bitch!

Some things never change...

... They'll kill anybody in their path, but the second you capture a Decepticon, it's all justice and rights.

Andy Chirensky: Please!
"Melvin, Is that you? God, it's so dark in here...Melvin, what are you doing there? Cmon... MELVIN!'' DON'T ROLL A STRIKE MELVIN FOR THE LOVE OF GOD-
Robbie before his death in Bowling Hell, Melvins Macabre

Freudia: From the beginning, this was a battle between the two incarnations of Rosenkreuz. It stands to reason that the genuine article would triumph over the imposter. Face it, Iris. You have lost. This mischievous child could use a nice, cold nap...
Iris: D-Don't...!
Freu: ...A permanent one. Rest in peace, Iris.
Iris: NOOOOOOOO!! (Freu freezes her)

Magnifico: Hello? Hello? This is your King! Oh, Amaya! Thank goodness. Do you see what they've done to me?
Amaya: (playfully) Hmmm. Well, you do love mirrors.
Magnifico: That is not funny! Get me out of here at once!
Amaya: …No.
Magnifico: What?! After everything I've done for you? For Rosas? This is the thanks I get?!
Amaya: This is the thanks you deserve. (to a guard, about the crystal that Magnifico's trapped inside) Hang it on the castle wall… in the dungeon.
Magnifico: Please, no! The dungeon smells really bad!

Dennis Carradine: Don't hurt me! Just give me a chance! JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE!
Peter Parker: What about my uncle?! Did you give him a chance?! Did you?! ANSWER ME!

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