History Main / MurderIsTheBestSolution

* Asakura Ryoko of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' is convinced that killing Kyon is the best solution to find out more about Haruhi. The boss of both her and Yuki is an alien-entity who ''only'' wishes to observe ''passively''. The problem is, nothing "interesting" ever happens, so Asakura wants to force change. By killing Kyon, "change" is pretty much guaranteed. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt But not in the good way.]]

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': After being defeated in ALO, Sugou attacks Kirito in real life with full intent to kill, stating outright that he won't accept anything less than Kirito's death for interfering with his plans. Kirito beats him down and leaves him a broken wreck in the parking lot for the cops.

* Jack Stone in the musical ''Film/ReeferMadness'' seems to subscribe to this school of thought.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', "[[spoiler:Will they go back to normal]] if we kill Tsukishima?" Ichigo says without any hesitation. He doesn't even bother trying to find out what the man's motive is. Ichigo's suggestion is especially shocking because he'd previously hesitated to kill much fewer human creatures. To be fair to him, what Tsukishima has done to him was... [[MindRape rough]].

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* There's a Zen parable of a fictional Zen master asking Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu what they'd each do if a cuckoo didn't sing. Nobunaga's answer? Kill it.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', "[[spoiler:Will they go back to normal]] if we kill Tsukishima?" Ichigo says without any hesitation. He doesn't even bother trying to find out what the man's motive is. Ichigo's suggestion is especially shocking, because he'd previously hesitated to kill much less human creatures. To be fair to him, what Tsukishima has done to him was... [[MindRape rough]].

** Shion also [[spoiler:''really'' wants to kill Teppei in ''Minagoroshi'', but is stopped by [[TheAtoner Keiichi]]. In a sound novel only arc, Shion, Rena, ''and'' Keiichi team up to kill Teppei. It [[HatePlague doesn't go so well]]]].

* Asakura Ryoko of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' is convinced that killing Kyon is the best solution to find out more about Haruhi. The boss of both her and Yuki is a alien-entity who ''only'' wishes to observe ''passively''. The problem is, nothing "interesting" ever happens, so Asakura wants to force change. By killing Kyon, "change" is pretty much guaranteed. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt But not in the good way.]]

** Once again with Kageyama, although more indirectly this time. Before trying to crush them, Kageyama orders one of his spies sent to Raimon to [[spoiler:tamper with the bus that Raimon would take to the regional finals match, so that it would crash on the way there. Which happens to be the exact same thing he did to the legendary Inazuma Eleven, with said accident being the thing that seemingly killed Endou's grandfather]]. Natsumi finds out about it and forces the spy to confess before the plan to go ahead.

** Kyousuke Munakata is so paranoid of Despair agents ruining the Future Foundation's progress, his solution is to premptively kill anyone off who even associates with the faction.

*** In ''ComicBook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade'', this is his opinion of the best way to deal with Wanda (Characters/ScarletWitch) and her sixteen-year-old [[TangledFamilyTree reincarnated son]], Billy Kaplan (Wiccan). While wanting to kill Wanda is [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled at least]] [[ComicBook/HouseOfM justifiable]] to an extent, Wolverine is [[BloodKnight outright gleeful]] about the idea of killing Billy as well -- and not only has Billy done ''nothing wrong'', no one's even sure if he ''has'' his mother's powers or strength. At that point, the biggest display of his power was accidentally putting a bunch of terrorists into temporary magical comas, which stopped a ''nuke'' from going off in the middle of New York. And while that display made the Avengers nervous, it wasn't proof of Billy being able to [[RealityWarper warp reality]] at all, let alone to [[PhysicalGod Wanda's level]]. Wolverine is determined to murder Billy regardless, ''just in case''. He outright ''tries'' to kill Billy twice, nearly running Billy through with his claws on both occasions, but is luckily stopped first by Magneto and then by Iron Lad. On the Avengers side of things, no one outright agrees with Wolverine's plan of "murder Wanda and her innocent son", but no one says anything ''against'' it, either.

** The worst example is from on of their sci-fi stories, where a scientist murders his annoying neighbor because he keeps coming inside and bugging him while he's working. Instead of just, you know, ''locking the door.''

** Upon their resurrection in Act III, upon finding out that Kokoa was the one who turned Tsukune into a ghoul and thus indirectly responsible for their deaths, Astreal is quick to hold a grudge against Kokoa to the extent that she outright tries to shoot Kokoa dead ''right in front of everybody'' on multiple occasions; in Act III chapter 10 alone, she tries to do so three times in rapid succession, and is admonished by it by both Ruby and Apoch each time. In Act III chapter 12, when Apoch tries to talk the [[DemonicPossession ghoul-infected]] Kokoa down, Astreal promptly jumps right to the notion of killing her; fortunately, it doesn't come to that.

* In the ''VideoGame/XComEnemyUnknown'' / ''Manga/BrynhildrInTheDarkness'' crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10612918/1/X-Com-Into-Darkness X-Com Into Darkness]]'', this is TheConspiracy's main problem solver when it looks like a Magic User will get away. Problem is that they are now trying this on an [[BenevolentConspiracy internationally-funded, well trained Black Ops team charged with protecting humanity.]] [[RevealingCoverUp Now X-Com is wondering why a bunch of people are trying to kill anyone who talks with these girls.]]

* In ''Fanfic/OneEyeFullOfWisdom'', Team 7 decide the best way to protect Tazuna is to kill Gatou who's hiring ninja to kill him, since said ninja are OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* Clint in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16021577/chapters/37691612#workskin Sam Councils Communication]]'' suggests simply killing the Winter Core, citing that the JCTC is already securing them so if Steve is so insistent Ross not get his hands on the SuperSerum, killing them is the only real option as they have no prison to contain five {{Super Soldier}}s. Bucky doesn't bother discussing it and simply starts sniping the still frozen soldiers, causing Clint to fire an explosive arrow at three of them.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': At the start of the film, the government and most of the public are advocating that the military take over Monarch and try to kill all the [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]], instead of following Monarch's arguments that the Titans are ecologically essential and that seeking coexistence with them is a better option. The world gets extra points for all the Fridge Horror that attempting to off the Titans indiscriminately would entail. The military seem to think the GodzillaThreshold has been crossed when Ghidorah and Rodan are released, but they have ''[[FromBadToWorse no idea]]''.

* ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' has this trope in the whole movie. Tommy is the kind of HairTriggerTemper maniac that would resort to this trope just because someone laughed at him, but his boss Jimmy Conway is the coldly malignant sort who will opt for this because it's his way of saving money (no need to split the take from a heist if everyone else is dead and Jimmy can keep it all) or to get rid of [[StupidCrooks a member of his crew who's drawing too much attention]], and no amount of loyalty, friendship, or past history will save you. In the first 10-15 seconds of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hAZomrOlc this clip]] you can see the exact moment that he decides that he's had enough of his fellow thieves from the infamous Lufthansa heist engaging in SuspiciousSpending or demanding more money after the heist turned out to be far more lucrative than planned. A cold stare turns into the slightest of [[FascinatingEyebrow raised eyebrows]] and a [[PsychoSmirk momentary smirk]], and just like that the decision to kill around a dozen of his associates has been made. From that moment on all of them are dead, they just don't know it yet.

* ''Film/BadBoys1995'': The BigBad Fouchet can't really seem to think of how to deal with anything that pisses him off in any way, shape or form other than drawing his gun and blowing it away. At the climax, he even kills the man that he spent the whole film preparing a multi-million-dollar shipment of drugs (that he stole from the MDPD's evidence storage) for because of no good apparent reason other than the man just standing in front of him while there is a shootout going on.

* In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Doc Hopper tries to convince Kermit the Frog to be the mascot for his frog leg restaurants. Kermit refuses, so Hopper resolves to kill and stuff Kermit unless he caves to his demands. Near the end of the film, Hopper decides that if he cannot have Kermit, then ''nobody'' can. He orders his hired gunmen to kill not only Kermit but all of his friends for getting in the way, but is foiled at the last second by Animal.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:'' Thanos (the Mad Titan) takes this to its most extreme form. His planet was wiped out by over-population, and he felt the best solution was ''mass''-murder. After Titan's eradication, he came to the conclusion the solution to everyone's problems was wipe out half of all life in the universe, and formed an army travelling world to world culling exactly half of their populations, refusing to ever consider there was an alternative, even when he finally assembled all the Infinity Stones. In Thanos' mind, he is legitimately doing his victims a favor, and they should be grateful.

* ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'': Uhtred's usual proposed solution to whatever thorny problem he - or whoever he is advising - is faced with is to kill someone. Granted, he usually suggests it in contexts where it would probably work and be more pragmatic than sparing the person in question to remain a threat, but sometimes it's just because he's annoyed and can't be bothered to think of something less violent. It's not that he can't figure out a peaceful solution, and is actually a cunning political operator, rather than the brutish thug he's assumed to be (by everyone other than his friends and Alfred). He just operates on the principle that dead enemies can't come back to haunt you. However, it is sometimes PlayedForLaughs, as in the second book when Alfred - who figures this out very quickly and ends up treating it as somewhat exasperating but useful quirk of Uhtred's personality - wonders why Uhtred is so cheerful that morning.

** He was specifically asked not to kill Lily Potter, and had any number of ways to neutralize her harmlessly. His decision to kill her regardless (after half-heartedly asking her to step aside), directly leads to his defeat on several different occasions, in several different ways.
* ''Literature/InDeath'' series: Hoo, boy. Since the main character is a Homicide detective, this trope comes up more often than not. For example, in ''Born In Death'', two people named Natalie and Bick [[HeKnowsTooMuch apparently discovered something big]], because the villain first attempted bribery and then murdered them. Eve and Roarke point out that whoever did this made a bad move, because there are ways to handle snoopers without [[RevealingCoverUp getting the attention of the police by murdering them]].
* David's big mistake in ''[[Literature/AfricanImmortals My Soul to Keep]]''. He killed a woman who might have recognized him in spite of the fact that she was dying anyhow and there was essentially no chance she'd say anything that would reveal his secret. The investigation into her mysterious death caused him big, big problems. And then he tried to manipulate his wife by killing a friend of hers, and she didn't react like he expected. These were signs of just how morally and emotionally warped he'd become over his long life. The series shows his growth and improvement.

* Literature/SisterhoodSeries by Creator/FernMichaels: Played with. The book ''Sweet Revenge'' has Rosemary Hershey seriously think about murdering Isabelle Flanders, only to decide against it, because she has the deaths of three people preying on her mind, and she doesn't want to have more people on her mind. The book ''Lethal Justice'' has Arden Gillespie seriously consider murdering both her partner Roland Sullivan and the woman she framed Sara Whittler or Alexis Thorne, only for both her and Roland to get drugged, incapacitated, and arrested by Alexis before she can even attempt it.

** In "[[Recap/AngelS04E05Supersymmetry Supersymmetry]]", the minute Fred finds out that Oliver Seidel, her former physics professor, was the one responsible for banishing her to a hell dimension for five years, she goes full GirlWithPsychoWeapon and is out for blood. Gunn argues against Fred killing him, [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim believing that such a brutal act would ultimately destroy her]]. [[spoiler:In the end, Gunn does it himself, snapping Seidel's neck before dropping him into a portal to a hell dimension Fred had opened up as poetic justice. She doesn't takes it well, and it's one of the big steps that makes her ditch him for Wesley.]]

** Really, most of any ''CSI'' franchise would qualify. Even preventing someone from stepping on a cockroach (the doer was a FriendToBugs) merits an impulsive kill. Or catching a groom being a two-timer on his bachelor party (result: tie him down and dump him on a raft far away from the coast, with a good chance of him dying of thirst). An eleven-year-old kid being denied ''one'' cat from the local CrazyCatLady (who doesn't want to part with it, even after the kid points out she has a dozen and it's not as if the cat will be taken far away because they live on the same block) drives the kid to stab the woman to death in [[CreepyChild and be completely unapologetic about it.]] A funeral home's malfunctioning crematorium led to the home's owner swindling people who wanted to cremate their loved ones (which actually happened in RealLife) and kill the couple of people that thought something wasn't kosher (which didn't). A man who doesn't believes his father committed suicide decides to become a ThemeSerialKiller (the "theme" being replicate the father's suicide scene to a "t"). A man had a childhood accident regarding false advertisement of a toy leading to his friend dying -- so he decides, once he's grown and sees how the trauma has made him screwed up his family's life, to give the toy maker an ExplodingCigar capable of ''tearing his head clean off''. Some rich inventor guy in TheThirties doesn't likes that a rival of his is going to outlive him so he spends his final days turning his lavish apartment into a death-trap-laden monstrosity worthy of a ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' entry and releases a rumor that he left some treasure behind in the hopes that the rival will eventually enter it and get skewered or boiled or drowned by one of the traps (the man never does -- the VictimOfTheWeek, in 2009, isn't so lucky). Some guy gets pissed off that some JerkAss keeps cheating him out of winning at Scrabble with deliberately bad moves [[ItAmusedMe for the lulz]] and he forces the man to literally swallow the pieces. A PapaWolf gets angry about his daughter's killer being let OffOnATechnicality and he decides to ruin the lawyer that did it, so he hires men to raid the man's yacht during his marriage party and steal his laptop with case files (hiring an additional goon aside from the thief to kill the lawyer's wife who had done absolutely nothing to him and wasn't even part of the other man's life at the moment the killer was set free was explicitly just for the sake of delivering a "how does it feels to lose what you love?" message). The list just goes on, accidental and not.

** In "Donor", Dr. Peter Halstead, who has terminal cancer, is to be the first recipient of a full body transplant. However, he has rare blood and tissue types which makes it difficult to find a compatible donor. Peter's colleague Dr. Renee Stuyvescent, who is madly in love with him, discovers that a man named Timothy Laird is compatible and murders him so that Peter can have his body. After Peter becomes close to Timothy's widow Deirdre, Renee plans to kill Deirdre to remove the threat that she poses to her warped idea of living happily ever after with Peter but she is less successful this time.

** Northern Lights, the organization in charge of the Machine, kills anyone who finds out about it, or talks to someone who found out about it, or asks too many questions in the general direction of it. They also always kill the terrorists the Machine sends them after, but that's a bit more justified.

** In early seasons, Sam and Dean are shown not wanting to kill humans unless absolutely necessary. Then, in Season 3, when faced with a coven of murderous witches, Sam shocks Dean by suggesting they straight up kill the witches even though they are human.

** In "Beyond the Sky", Owen Crawford beats his former lover Sue to death to prevent her from telling anyone about the artifact that she found at the Roswell crashsite.

** In the final episode "Taken", Mary Crawford murders Dr. Wakeman, her lover of nine years, in order to prevent him from alerting Tom that she has tracked him, Charlie, Lisa and Allie down to Sally Clarke's old house in Lubbock, Texas.

** Likewise, it's a part of every Promethean's Pigrimage that they must create at least one new Promethean, and the only way a [[SoBeautifulItsACurse Galateid]] can do so is to use the body of a beautiful youth unmarred by injury. It's noted in text that there are only so many beautiful youths who die of accidental drownings or barbiturate overdoses or gas leaks, and sometimes a Galateid has to take an active hand...

* Adorjan and Malfeas in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' are really not good about this. Malfeas tends to solve problems with force and domination and radioactive magical fire, with predictable and often gruesome results, and a significant chunk of Adorjan's being is tied up in how much she likes to help people by killing them. Abyssal Exalts can also have this issue, since their power comes from death... especially with the alternate Resonance rules in Shards of the Exalted Dream, which gives them Limit Breaks in which, for example, they attempt to ease suffering with {{Mercy Kill}}s.

** Standard procedure for absolutely anything in . Xenos sympathisers? Send in the Arbites. Preacher deviating from the canon? Vindicare bullet. Cowardice on the battlefield? Execution by Commissar. Ork boy looking to become the next warboss in your stead? Krump da git. And so on and so forth. Even worse with Chaos troops.

* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' has one of Daichi's route involve choosing to kill [[BigBad Polaris]], to free the world from [[spoiler:continuing to be devoured by the Void]]. The game treats the resulting ending as a happy one, but [[spoiler:killing Polaris has stopped the Void, yes, but the Void is changed into an endless ocean that may not be drinkable, and only a tiny piece of land is the only thing remaining of Earth's original landmasses. Humanity is free from being the toy of evil supernatural deities, but also receives no help from any benevolent ones. They are holding together in their survived crisis, but it's likely they are bound to slowly starve when resources deplete]].

* In ''VideoGame/MitadakeHigh'', players often come to this conclusion. The killer obviously has reached this conclusion long before the game started. Sometimes this is played straight, other times it's played for laughs.

** Wrex and Javik both have a standard solution to personnel difficulties. Wrex's is to suggest eating them. Javik's involves [[ThrownOutTheAirlock an airlock]].

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', many people are hopeful that Grand Cleric Elthina will be able to calm the mage-templar conflict, perhaps by taking a side. A massive exception is Hawke's companion and possible love interest Anders. [[spoiler:His solution is a dramatically overblown case of this trope; he believes the only option is an all-out mage-templar war, so he provokes one by bombing the Chantry and thus killing the Grand Cleric and everyone else inside. Even worse because while both mages and templars are dangerous, he's slaughtering ''innocent priests.'' In his case, ''mass'' murder is the only option. And indeed, it provokes the war he wants.]] [[MemeticMutation Goddamnit, Anders.]]

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', Aqua concludes that the only way to protect the [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Castle of Dreams]] is to assassinate [[DarkIsEvil Lady Tremaine and her two daughters]], because of Master Eraqus' teachings that darkness must be destroyed. The FairyGodmother stops her from committing the triple murder, and suggests that she instead help Cinderella. [[spoiler:The evil stepfamily are eventually killed from crossing the MoralEventHorizon, anyway.]]
* [[DarkerAndEdgier Leliana]], by the time ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' begins, is firmly entrenched in this, proposing murder for TheMole, her friend's rival, the Empress when you are trying to save her, threats to The Inquisition, and Alexis' son, plus a number of War Table missions have her suggest this as the best course of action.
** If you allow Leliana to kill a spying Sister during her advisor quest, she manages to become even ''more'' ruthless, and it shows if she becomes Divine.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' plays with the trope. In the series finale, every character other than Aang is adamant that killing [[BigBad Fire Lord Ozai]] is the only way to stop him, since he's too powerful, evil and dangerous to be left alive. Even Aang's past lives agree, and tell him he needs to be decisive. However, Aang himself is conflicted since, despite him being the Avatar, he's still a twelve-year old kid who was brought up in a pacifist community, being told he must basically commit murder to save the world. It's eventually subverted when [[spoiler:he meets a lion-turtle who teaches him energybending, and Aang manages to remove Ozai's firebending without killing him]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E3ScreamsOfSilenceTheStoryOfBrendaQ Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q.]]", Quagmire decides that the best solution to save his sister from her abusive boyfriend is to kill the bastard. Joe is initially against it, but ends up deciding to "waste this dick" after seeing for himself just how severe the problem really is.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Demolition Doofus", when Mrs. Puff loses her puff thanks to [=SpongeBob=] failing one test too many and insulting her condition, she goes AxCrazy and attempts to kill [=SpongeBob=] by entering him in a demolition derby; too bad for her however, as [=SpongeBob=] manages to survive every attack and obliterate most of the competition with his bad driving (and also because he's an invertebrate). Even she fails when she decides to take matters into her own hands.

* Multiple times in the Second Wave of Black Metal. [[Music/{{Emperor}} Faust]] was hit on by a homosexual in a park. He "rejected" the man by stabbing him to death and leaving him to die. Later, Euronymous, guitarist for Music/{{Mayhem}}, fell out of favor in the scene, and he blamed this on Varg Vikerenes of Music/{{Burzum}}. The solution to this was to kill Varg, who, rather than go to the police or anything, went into Euronymous' house and stabbed him twenty seven times "In Self-Defense". Jon Nödtveidt of Dissection also engaged in this, in a manner very similar to Faust's (and, like the others, was imprisoned for it).

* There's a Zen parable of a fictional Zen master asking Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu what they'd each do if a cuckoo didn't sing. Nobunaga's answer? Kill it.

* In ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged'', this is Corkus's suggestion to every single problem, as well as his favorite hobby.

* ''Film/HotFuzz'': [[spoiler:The whole conspiracy behind the town. Any person in town that's considered a threat to it's perfect standing is murdered.]]

* Used in the first episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', when Joy tried to kill Earl to claim his lottery winnings, because he hadn't changed his will by then.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': After Pete mentions that Jenna's dilemma reminds of the "psychopath test" above, she not only immediately gets the answer "right", but takes it as a piece of advice -- and poisons Kenneth. [[spoiler:She does meet the guy, but dumps him after finding out he's got a kid.]]

* ''Series/{{Community}}'' has an aborted attempt. Jeff looks longingly at some hedge clippers when Pierce learns of the secret trampoline, and starts to go for them when Troy stops him.

** For context, Grelod is an abusive orphanage manager who hates the job and the children, but refuses to let go of the position despite that. With her out of the way, her assistant who actually ''cares'' about the children can take over and things will improve for everyone, but the only way to get her out of the way is to kill her — which ends up sending the wrong message to the children about how to solve their problems (especially since killing Grelod leads to absolutely no negative consequences the children could notice whatsoever — she is so hated that even if you kill her right in front of a guard, you get no bounty).

* ''Technically'' speaking, the only thing that needs to be done to a Mary Sue in the ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' is removing her from the fiction she's contaminated. In practice, the Mary Sues are so irritating that Agents will not only default to killing, but find or invent particularly painful ways of killing. This is more for RuleOfFunny, though, and some of the less problematic Sues are simply recruited. There have been some Sue-killing methods that actually got the Agents reprimanded. The [[Webcomic/SomethingPositive Redneck Trees]] in particular.

** In the outtakes, after a bunch of different-and gorily detailed-ways of taking down and torturing WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic are suggested by Bennett the Sage, he eventually goes, "I say we kill him!" Laughter ensues.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' episode "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E21 Chipocalypse Now]]" [[spoiler:Chip Whistler, after being revealed as as CorruptCorporateExecutive to everyone in Big City and being told that [[PersonaNonGrata he’s no longer welcome in said town]], attempts to rip Cricket to shreds with his helicopter blade out of fury, but [[HighDiveEscape Cricket quickly jumped off the roof]] and Bill safely caught him; Chip then tries to take the entire Green clan in a kamikaze attack. This backfires hard, as Cricket immediately sees a FatalFlaw; the helicopter gets caught in a telephone pole, stopping just inches away from Cricket's face, and thanks to accidentally letting go of the yoke, Chip is then slingshot out of town and into space ([[UncertainDoom and possibly his death]])]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': The episode ''Easy Commercial, Easy Gommercial'', Bob tries to come up with a plan to drum up customers and beat his rival, Jimmy Pesto. [[CompanionCube Using a zucchini he bought,]] he suggests that he could just kill Jimmy Pesto. He seems to actually consider the option until finding out he could make a Super Bowl commercial.

** In "Bart Carny", after Carnies scam the Simpsons out of their house.

** In "Pinewood Derby", representatives from countries around the world decide the best way to deal with Finland is NukeEm.

* In a milder example in ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper]]'', [[DemolitionsExpert Rico]] immediately suggests "Kaboom!" as a solution to every problem the penguins face. [[spoiler:His wish is eventually granted.]]

** Likewise, it's a part of every Promethean's {{Pi|nocchioSyndrome}}lgrimage that they must create at least one new Promethean, and the only way a [[SoBeautifulItsACurse Galateid]] can do so is to use the body of a beautiful youth unmarred by injury. It's noted in text that there are only so many beautiful youths who die of accidental drownings or barbiturate overdoses or gas leaks, and sometimes a Galateid has to take an active hand...

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', the Black Knights' resident propagandist Diethard Reid and HotScientist Rakshata suggest assassinating Suzaku once they learn that he's the pilot of the Lancelot ([[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Ha ha, good luck with that]]). Most of the other Knights, including Lelouch, disagree and outvote them. To get Kallen to attempt to take Suzaku's life, Diethard lies to Kallen that Zero wanted Suzaku dead. Thankfully, Lelouch manages to stop her and later has a word with Diethard as Zero after learning he was behind it.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

* In a real-life subversion of this trope, the FBI engaged in a program call COINTELPRO, a counter-intelligence program aimed at people like Martin Luther King Junior and The Black Panthers. Their methods, among others, included Legal Harassment: The FBI and police abused the legal system to harass dissidents and make them appear to be criminals. When these methods failed (they often did), they would then employ illegal force: The FBI conspired with local police departments to threaten dissidents; to conduct illegal break-ins in order to search dissident homes; and to commit vandalism, assaults, beatings, and assassinations. One such assassination was the death of Fred Hampton, leader of the Black Panther Party in Chicago. You can [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO read all about it]] on [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} the Other Wiki]].

In contrast with ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption, where other options aren't reasonable; when murder is the best solution there are plenty of other options, but murder and mayhem are chosen anyway. Compare with CuttingTheKnot, which is essentially violence being used as an answer -- though the success varies.

In contrast with ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption, where other options aren't reasonable, when murder is the best solution there are plenty of other options, but murder and mayhem are chosen anyway. Compare with CuttingTheKnot, which is essentially violence being used as an answer -- though the success varies.

* ''Podcast/SickSadWorld'': [[SarcasmMode Sarcastically stated]] during "Fathers Who Kill".
-->'''Mari:''' So his solution to his disappointing family and financial woes? Murder.\\

'''Mari''': The only way to handle anything is to just murder your way out of it.\\

Often done to [[RuleOfDrama heighten the drama]]. Sometimes done to show that the villain really is evil, or at least AxCrazy. Most often it's PlayedForLaughs. Bonus laugh points if killing makes the problems even bigger than other solutions. Either way, a clear product of the RuleOfDrama... or RuleOfFunny. Common with TriggerHappy characters and {{Token Evil Teammate}}s, and when PlayedForLaughs, by the HeroicComedicSociopath. Usually only a suggestion or threat, only rarely carried out. May involve someone assuming that the GodzillaThreshold has been crossed, even when it ''hasn't''. (Actually, make that "''[[EspeciallyZoidberg especially]]'' when it hasn't.") In its most extreme form, it can become a KillEmAll solution.

** Part of the backstory is that the Quincy were threatening the balance between life and afterlife because their actions destroyed the souls of Hollows, instead of purifying them like Shinigami do. The Shinigami explained this to them, but the Quincy, having lost so many friends and family to Hollows, felt that Hollows ''deserved'' to have their souls destroyed. Since they failed to convince the Quincy to stop, the Shinigami immediately proceeded to Plan B: KillEmAll. (Ultimately, they let ''one'' Quincy live, who had agreed to their terms at the start.) [[spoiler:Too bad for the Shinigami, a bunch of other Quincy managed to escape too. And they've spent a long time developing powerful new techniques to return the favor.]]

* ''Machinima/FreemansMind'' has Gordon's variation on the "twice fooled" saying:
-->''Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, '''everyone dies!'''

* The first instinct of Lydia in ''Series/BreakingBad''. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness The second anyone's usefulness is up]], out of fear that they'll come after her or inform on her, she will try to have them killed as quickly as possible. Of course, [[DirtyCoward she doesn't have the stomach to ever do it herself.]]

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': [[spoiler:Vaarsuvius prevents Kubota from weaseling out of karma by killing him and scattering the ashes. Elan is mad at V due to their disregard for another human's life. Their subsequent argument is what sets V over the edge and eventually they end up leaving Elan and Durkon behind on the boat.]]

*''Literature/{{Clue}}

*** In ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade'', this is his opinion of the best way to deal with Wanda (Characters/ScarletWitch) and her sixteen-year-old [[TangledFamilyTree reincarnated son]], Billy Kaplan ([[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Wiccan]]). While wanting to kill Wanda is [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled at least]] [[ComicBook/HouseOfM justifiable]] to an extent, Wolverine is [[BloodKnight outright gleeful]] about the idea of killing Billy as well -- and not only has Billy done ''nothing wrong'', no one's even sure if he ''has'' his mother's powers or strength. At that point, the biggest display of his power was accidentally putting a bunch of terrorists into temporary magical comas, which stopped a ''nuke'' from going off in the middle of New York. And while that display made the Avengers nervous, it wasn't proof of Billy being able to [[RealityWarper warp reality]] at all, let alone to [[PhysicalGod Wanda's level]]. Wolverine is determined to murder Billy regardless, ''just in case''. He outright ''tries'' to kill Billy twice, nearly running Billy through with his claws on both occasions, but is luckily stopped first by [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] and then by [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Iron Lad]]. On the Avengers side of things, no one outright agrees with Wolverine's plan of "murder Wanda and her innocent son", but no one says anything ''against'' it, either.

-->'''Plagg''': No promises!

* ''Manga/{{Ooku}}: The Inner Chambers'':

** The Jägers tend toward this solution. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031017 An example]] being when their plan of action escalated until it became one of "''dose'' plans... hyu know -- de kind [[LeaveNoWitnesses vere ve keel everybody dot notices dot ve's killin' people]]", and were dissuaded from it by realizing this would lead to them losing their [[NiceHat hats]]. It's quite likely that in the old days they would have stuck with it anyway.

* ''Film/BadBoys'': The BigBad Fouchet can't really seem to think of how to deal with anything that pisses him off in any way, shape or form other than drawing his gun and blowing it away. At the climax, he even kills the man that he spent the whole film preparing a multi-million-dollar shipment of drugs (that he stole from the MDPD's evidence storage) for because of no good apparent reason other than the man just standing in front of him while there is a shootout going on.