Sandbox / Dont Make Me Destroy You Wick Check

I'm concerned that Don't Make Me Destroy You is being misused for any time a characters says something along the lines of "Don't make me _ you".

Per the description, the trope requires that two characters who are in conflict have an obvious power imbalance or advantage/disadvantage. In this confrontation, the more powerful/advantaged character wants to avoid fighting ergo, they give a warning that any ensuing fight will result in their opponent being beaten. Badly.

Wicks Checked: 50/50

Correct - 3/ 50 | 6%

• Fanfic.Relic Of The Future: When King orders Jaune to leave Emerald with him to be executed, he refuses, knowing that he could take everyone in the room without a problem. He gives King every opportunity to back down, outright telling him "You don't want to do this. Please reconsider."
• Fanfic.To My Death I Fight: Isshin, upon hearing Nui - who has traveled to Karakura Town specifically to see him - say how she should kill his daughters since they're "holding him back", grabs her by the throat, momentarily sheds his "disguise" as a normal human and threatens her to never, EVER try to act upon her words lest he use his full power to destroy her; Nui wisely decides to retreat but would hold a serious grudge against him for making her feel fear for years to come.
• Literature.Small Favor: Eldest Gruff genuinely tells the Fallen Angel Magog that he has no quarrel with him, giving the Fallen a chance to walk away peacefully. Magog doesn’t listen. He attacks the Eldest Gruff and is killed nigh instantly.

Misuse - No Obvious imbalance between characters - 18/ 50 | 36%

• Characters.Alpha And Omega Fanfic: [Shinji Imari] At separate points he offers both Misato and her soldiers the opportunity to simply stand down and let him save Tevos, stating he's perfectly willing to end things with no more violence. However, he's also perfectly willing to climb over their still warm corpses to save her.
• Characters.Apotheosis MHA: [Shoto Todoroki] After Bakugo showed up at the battle at Coruscant stadium, Shoto warned him to leave and not interfere with the current battle, or else he would personally defeat and arrest him.
• Characters.Bates Motel Bates Family: [Dylan Massett] In the final episode, Dylan warns Norman of this as Norman grabs a knife.
• Characters.Birdy The Mighty: [Captain Titus] Implores Birdy to join the Federal Army's cause after she returns to Earth, as a fellow Ixorian. She makes it clear, though, if she stands in her way, she will kill her even if she would prefer not to.
• Characters.Books Of Samuel: [Abner] Abner loses a battle against David's forces (led by Joab) and is forced into retreat. Joab's brother Asahel (specifically mentioned as being a fast runner) gives chase and tries to run him down. Abner warns him to back off. Asahel doesn't. Abner skewers him. Drama and revenge ensue.
• Characters.Elfen Lied Lucy: [Lucy] In her first meeting with Nana, Lucy initially doesn't want to fight her and tries to just scare her off, telling her to go home. When Nana persists, Lucy gives in and attacks.
  Lucy: I was going to let you go. After all, there aren't many of us out there. But you're just such a pain in the ass.
• Characters.Final Fantasy VII Remake Main Characters: [Barret Wallace] Barret makes it clear that he doesn't trust Cloud and warns him that he'll put a barrage of bullets in him at the slightest hint of betrayal.
• Characters.Overwatch Damage Part 1: [Ashe (and B.O.B.)] She gives Cassidy several chances to walk away before resorting to violence, and later even gives him a chance to surrender. During The Stinger as she's still tied up to the payload, she sulks about how she probably should've just shot him on sight.
• Characters.The Last Of Us WLF: [Isaac] When he ultimately confronts Abby and Lev, he does warn Abby several times to get out of the way despite her trying to talk him down. When she refuses, he hesitates slightly as he goes to shoot the pair before Yara kills him.
• ComicBook.Spider Verse: Mangaverse Venom warns Spider-Man away from the temple to stop him from participating in the Spider-Verse. When Peter insists on entering, Venom decides to kill him himself, but was steamrolled by several Spider-Men, Women, and Girls. This not being a 1v1 makes me unsure, but the initial proposition of Venom v Spider-Man sounds more equal than the resulting Venom v several Spider heroes.
• ComicBook.The Punisher MAX: Inverted in "Mother Russia". Frank catches his partner doing something he shouldn't be doing. His partner shouts "Back off! Don't make me fuck you up!" Frank just kicks him in the face and knocks half his teeth out. Although this seems to be a correct inversion on the surface, there is no statement of a power imbalance on either side.
• ComicBook.Wonder Woman The Hiketeia: Diana makes it clear in her altercations with Bruce she doesn't want to fight him and warns him not to push his luck.
• Fanfic.Shattered Doll: When Snap confronts her, Sandra does all she can to get Snap to understand her point of view because she really doesn't want to hurt him.
  Snap: You're a monster... A sick twisted monster... I can't believe I ever called you a friend.
  Sandra: Please, Snap.. It doesn't have to be this way... Please, just listen to me...
• Film.Lifeforce 1985: When he returns to the research centre and finds Fallada has been turned, Caine clearly does not want to shoot him, and pleads with Fallada not to approach him, but Fallada forces his hand.
• Recap.Kitchen Nightmares S 1 E 6 Sebastians: A particularly idiotic example: at one point while he's arguing with Gordon, Sebastian says he's "gonna step back" because he doesn't want to hurt Gordon. Ramsay's a black belt in martial arts and a trained boxer. If it had come to blows, Gordon would have destroyed him. Hindsight it seems obvious, but Sebastian does not know Ramsay has a black belt and martially trained.
• Webcomic.Dark Moon Theblood Altar: The vampires and werewolves level threats of destruction at each other during their confrontation in Episode 6, with Jakah saying that the werewolves normally didn't stand a chance again them and Khan saying that the werewolves looked forward to crushing the vampires in the upcoming nightball match.
• WesternAnimation.The Owl House: Lilith is this way towards Eda. It's why she wants Eda to join the Emperor's Coven so they don't have to keep hunting her. Eda is not interested and insists she's more powerful without being in a coven. This is shown to be true in "Agony of a Witch" when Eda fights Lilith and only loses because of her curse and Lilith using Luz as a shield.
• VideoGame.Devil May Cry 4: Right before the Boss Battle with Credo, Nero explicitly tells him to back down, not wanting to hurt him for the sake of Kyrie, Credo's sister and Nero's Love Interest. Credo dismisses it:
  Credo: Hurt me? You still don't get it, do you?! (goes One-Winged Angel)

Misuse - Threat is given during/after fight - 5/ 50 | 10%

• Characters.Fire Emblem Three Houses Claude: On the Verdant Wind route, during the battle in the imperial palace, if you reduce Edelgard below a certain health level before finishing her off, Claude will plead with Edelgard to surrender, stating he doesn't want to kill her. She's too stubborn to listen.
• ComicBook.Batman The Dark Knight Returns: Throughout the fight between Batman and Superman, Supes makes it clear from the start that he doesn't want to kill Bats and practically begs him throughout to just give up so he doesn't have to.
• Fanfic.Savior Of Demons: Goku tries to convince Frieza to just admit defeat and leave Earth throughout their entire fight.
• Film.Black Panther 2018: The challenges for the throne can only end in two ways: a competitor yields, admitting defeat, or they refuse to yield and are killed. Every time T'Challa has to fight for the throne, he verbally asks the competitor to yield before the fight even begins and repeats the request every time he knocks them down or pins them. This is most evident in his fight with M'Baku, when he has M'Baku in a chokehold and M'Baku is clearly suffocating. I would say this also falls under no obvious advantage because there is a warning given before, but the competitors are fairly equally matched at the beginning of the fights.
  T'Challa: Yield! Don't make me kill you!
  M'Baku: I would rather die!
  T'Challa: You have fought with honor. Now yield! Your people need you. Yield, man!
• Recap.Burn Notice S 3 E 16 Devil You Know: While trying to get the first cop that catches up to him to pass out, Michael insists he doesn't want to hurt him.

Misuse - No impending fight - 6/ 50 | 12%

• Characters.Moonrise: [Chika Itou] If the player joins the Masquerade faction, Chika is extremely distraught and begs the player to reconsider since she can't bear the thought of the player being her enemy.
• Characters.TNO Asia: [Sakomizu Hisatsune] During one of the Sōmuchō's weekly Wednesday meetings between Sakomizu, his subordinates and the vice-ministers, the Vice-Minister for Communications reports that there were some disagreements over postage cuts in said ministry. Sakomizu cuts him off and tells him that he is perfectly qualified to handle it himself and ensure those opposing him learn their place, before threatening to do the same to the vice-minister if he fails.
• Characters.The Walking Dead Video Game The Final Season Characters: [Violet] If she was captured in Episode 2, in Episode 3 she gives Clem a furious What the Hell, Hero? speech and then says she'll stop Clem herself if she further endangers the other Ericson kids.
• Fanfic.Change My Mind: After Steven's suicide attempt, the Crystal Gems didn't want to leave him alone. Steven nearly shattered Garnet in rage.
• Film.The Ten Commandments 1956: Seti, Moses's adopted uncle, is visibly distraught as Moses keeps digging himself a deeper and deeper hole in regards to his murder of a slave master. Seti must hold his adopted nephew accountable in the law, but does not want to sentence his own nephew to death — he eventually settles on exile and striking Moses's existence from all Egyptian records.
  Seti: Why are you forcing me to destroy you?
• Recap.Law And Order S 3 E 6 Helpless: Danielle Melnick is like this, telling Stone not to go forward with prosecuting Dr. Merritt for Diane Perkins' rape because (a) she claims his case is nowhere near as strong as it was with Dr. Olivet, and (b) she'll bring him up on charges for malicious prosecution. Of course, she has no idea what Stone has in store for her, and is stunned when Robinette shows her the files of all of Dr. Merritt's victims.

Misuse - Third party gives the warning - 2/ 50 | 4%

• Film.Black Hawk Down: When Specialist Mike Kurth sees a woman about to pick up a gun. He yells for her not to do it... and Struecker unhesitatingly shreds her when she does.
• Recap.Arcane S 1 E 9 The Monster You Created: Jayce is willing to accept Silco's terms for peace because he realizes if it comes to war, Piltover will slaughter Zaun; and that is something he sincerely does not want.

PCE/ZCE - 9/ 50 | 18%

• Anime.Rebuild Of Evangelion: The attitude of Shinji and Asuka to each other in their fight in 3.0. Reprised with Shinji and Gendo in 3.0 + 1.0.
• Characters.The Last Kingdom Wessex: [Aelfweard] Invoked in the final battle of Season 5 where he finds Aethelstan holding Aethelhelm at swordpoint, pleading with his half-brother not to harm his grandfather because he doesn't want to fight Aethelstan.
• Fanfic.Honor Trip: Invoked by Cell against Future Cell.
• Fanfic.Mass Effect Human Revolution: In chapter 35.
  "NO. LEAVE US. DO NOT MAKE US HURT YOU."
• Fanfic.Tyrantly Ever After: Valvatorez pleads as much after hobbling Artina with a single swipe of his blade.
• Film.Way Of The Dragon: Tang Lung radiates this vibe at Colt during the final moments of their fight. Colt doesn't listen, and instead smiles.
• Recap.Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation Season 2 Episode 7 Fight At Night: Just the trope name.
• Series.Fortitude: Dan to Elena in the season finale when she is on the verge of hacking an unconscious Carrie open.
• WesternAnimation.Lilo And Stitch: This is the whole example.
  Jumba: Don't make me shoot you. You were expensive.

Pothole - 7/ 50 | 14%

• Awesome.From Fake Dreams: Shirou realizes why he has been called to mediate between Merem and Fina, and makes it clear he won't take kindly to conflict on his turf. He brings out the black sword Kiritsugu as a way to show them what will happen if they don't behave. This is enough to get Fina to take the point and relent.
• Beyond Redemption: Played straight with the final boss. While Freya forgives Kratos for Baldur's death in the previous game and Thor decides to turn over a new leaf before Odin kills him, Odin firmly rejects any attempt to be better after Atreus pleads with him that he can choose to be better - resulting in Atreus putting him down for good.

  Atreus: You have to stop. You can choose to be better.
  The Final Boss: No... I can't. I have to know what happens next. I will never stop.
  Atreus: Why'd you have to say that?

• Eye Take: * Star Trek: Picard: In "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2", for a couple of seconds, Narek's eyes almost look like they're about to pop out of their sockets because he's so frightened by Elnor and the latter's sword being so close to his neck.
  Elnor: Feldor stam torret. (Please, my friend, choose to live.)
  Narek: ("Oh, Crap!" face) I do. I very much choose to live.
• "What Do They Fear?" Episode: In an episode of Ronin Warriors, Dais revealed to Kento that the more he used his Hardrock Armor, the more bloodlust he would experience. Instead of being able to use the armor for good, he would use it for evil. For a while, Kento was afraid to summon his full armor in fear of hurting his loved ones. But when saw Yuli get hurt, he decided to push aside his fear, armored up, and defeated Dais.
• Recap.Stargirl 2020 S 3 E 13 Frenemies Chapter Thirteen The Reckoning: [Abusive Parents] Jordan begs Cameron not to "force" him to do to him what Brainwave did to his own son. As Courtney points out, the fact that Jordan even contemplated it cements him as this.
• Roleplay.Ride Alone Complex: [Creator Breakdown] Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later:
  Haken: So we got a little more in-depth about this entire mess last night, and we've come to the conclusion that it wasn't Couch that was right, but Gue. Furthermore, I have become Gue. Guys. Help me change back. Please.
• VideoGame.Perfect Dark: [Beware the Nice Ones] Just because the Maians are cute and fond of humans doesn't mean they're pacifists. The deadly FarSight XR-20 alone proves they know how to use their weapons. They fought a space-faring race who relish war into a stalemate. Once the sacred Skedar shrine is uncovered, they unleash their unbridled fury upon the extremists, perform regicide, and flatten the place to cripple their enemy's morale foreverafter.