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** In ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', Giygas has gone full EldritchAbomination, and just doing damage to him won't kill him; the player instead has to use Paula's Prayer command, and this results in the use of ThePowerOfLove to defeat him.

Compare ActualPacifist and ThouShallNotKill, for when the lack of violence is a moral choice as opposed to a practical one. Also compare TechnicalPacifist, who manages without ''personally'' killing anyone. Contrast ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption, ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer and MurderIsTheBestSolution, for obvious reasons. See also SheatheYourSword, for when the mere act of not fighting is what brings the conflict to a close, and TortureIsIneffective for when the "problem" at hand is gathering information.

** Merida is a skilled archer and fighter, always hitting her target and capable of shooting straight even under stressful circumstances (like when ambushed by a bear). During the climax, she's able to block her father's sword with her own sword, and Fergus was trying to kill a bear with that strike, proving that she did inherit her father's strength. However, this is a Disney film. She's not allowed to skewer any opponent with her arrows a la ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Therefore, her main opponent is a magical bear that can NoSell anything a normal human can throw at him, making her talents useless in that specific situation. Instead, she has to run away from magical bear.
** Archery is also not shown to be a viable option a la LoopholeAbuse in the contest. Merida definitely won at the contest, but it did nothing to help her situation. On the contrary, she made it worse. She has to placate the three chiefs and convince to agree to something else in order to succeed.

*** After Terminus rebuilds an [[LostTechnology ancient derelict Imperial battleship]], Anacreon's military is powerful enough to defeat every other navies in the Four Kingdoms, so they think they can conquer the Foundation. However, Mayor Hardin coordinated with the priests who operate the warship, and once Anacreon is committed to the invasion, they hold a protest, [[TerminallyDependentSociety shutting down all of the technology they provided Anacreon, which cripples them completely]].

* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin'': The only major enemies in the Luculla Mines are the Death Knights, all of whom are mechanically invulnerable and thus invincible at that point in the plot. The only way to get through the level is by learning their patrol routes and evade them, or run away if they do spot you.

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' has the Higher Vampire terrorizing Toussant being so insanely powerful that fighting it is considered suicide. It has super speed, super strength, intagibility, and more. Even Geralt considers it insane to fight such a thing. Ultimately, the decision is made to find what it is that's making it so angry, and get rid of it.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', "Three Girls and a Monster", features Blossom and Buttercup arguing over how best to defeat a monster attacking Townsville. However, neither of them can so much as slow it down. It stops only when Bubbles gets tried of all this, flies right up to it, and asks it politely to leave, pretty please with sugar on top. The monster turns around and leaves.

* Being one of the six [[TheDreaded great]] [[EldritchAbomination cosmic monsters of the universe]], Tokka the Vorkathian Fire Tortoise from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' is nigh-indestructible (like when she survived a supernova virtually unscathed). In [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E23TokkaVsTheWorld Tokka vs the World]], Tokka travels to Earth, having followed the turtles with the intent of [[MonsterIsAMommy retrieving her baby]] [[PetBabyWildAnimal Chompy Picasso]] from them. [[GeneralRipper General Griffen's]] first instinct is to use the technology loaned to the Earth Protection Force from the Utrom to force it to leave, but Bishop knows that none of it would work and it would only piss it off (which it does). It is not until the turtles give Chompy back and showing that they were taking good care of him does she decide to leave in peace without him.

* ''LIghtNovel/NoGameNoLife'': In the alternate world of Disboard, an ancient war devastated the world so badly that the god which survived the war, Tet, declared that violence -- ''especially'' violence with intent to kill -- was now impossible and all disputes had to be settled through games. [[spoiler:However, this only applies to the 16 races which are bound by Tet's [[TheCommandments Pledges]], and also only applies if the person didn't wager their life or physical safety in the game. If they do and ''lose'', they're screwed. Therefore, all of these races are terrified of being completely conquered by the others, as they fear this would reduce their status to those of animals that can be enslaved and slaughtered.]]

* "VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt" has the Higher Vampire terrorizing Toussant being so insanely powerful that fighting it is considered suicide. It has super speed, super strength, intagibility, and more. Even Geralt considers it insane to fight such a thing. Ultimately, the decision is made to find what it is that's making it so angry, and get rid of it.

Compare ActualPacifist and ThouShallNotKill, for when the lack of violence is a moral choice as opposed to a practical one. Also compare TechnicalPacifist, who manages without ''personally'' killing anyone. Contrast ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption and MurderIsTheBestSolution, for obvious reasons. See also SheatheYourSword, for when the mere act of not fighting is what brings the conflict to a close, and TortureIsIneffective for when the "problem" at hand is gathering information.

* In an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', violence and anger power the Annihilator armor, something Ares uses to set loose the Annihilator loose in the Kasnian civil war. SheatheYourSword is enough to shut the armor down but to drive Ares away, the two Kasnian factions stand down for the day and according to a later episode, open diplomatic ties to resolve the conflict.

* This is a recurring situation with the Ultra Guardian missions in the ''Sun and Moon'' series of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime. Most of the Ultra Beasts are too powerful to be taken out by the heroes through battling, their attacks usually only causing a distraction at best, so more often methods resort to trickery or, in the cases of the [[NonMaliciousMonster less antagonistic ones]], even appealing to the personalities of the beasts so they'll willingly be captured and sent back to their world.

** Merida is a skilled archer and fighter, always hitting her target and capable of shooting straight even under stressful circumstances (like when ambushed by a bear). During the climax, she's able to block her father's sword with her own sword, and Fergus was trying to kill a bear with that strike, proving that she did inherit her father's strength. However, this is a Disney film. She's not allowed to skewer any opponent with her arrows a la ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings. Therefore, her main opponent is a magical bear that can NoSell anything a normal human can throw at him, making her talents useless in that specific situation. Instead, she has to run away from magical bear.