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* ''[[Madlax]]'' has this as part of the [[Backstory]]: {{spoiler|the entire plot basically stems from the fact that Margaret killed her own father (in self-defence) when she was 5 years old}}.
* Killua from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' is an example. Being a member of a [[Big Screwed-Up Family]] of assassins, he's taught to kill from infancy, and forced into the life of an assassin without being given much of any choice in the matter. He was murdering people before he turned 6, and by the time he appears in the show - at an age of maybe 10 or 11 - he's already killed hundreds of people.
* In ''[[D
* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'': The Diclonius are all young girls. The iconic bloody first episode shows Lucy kill scores of men, and she's in her early teens. Several other Diclonii are forced to deal lethal attacks to each other throughout the series.
* ''[[Now and Then Here
* ''Trigun'' has this as {{spoiler|Wolfwood's}} backstory. At a young age he kills {{spoiler|his abusive guardian who happens to be his uncle}} and soon gets adopted by an assassin, who teaches him the Bible, and how to kill.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Cassandra Cain, the third [[Batgirl]], was trained to be this when she was younger. Subverted in that, after her first kill, she panicked and ran off, vowing never to take another life.
* In ''[[The Walking Dead (
{{quote| "It's not the same as killing the dead ones…"}}
== [[Fanfic]] ==
* In the ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[City of God]]'' has an infamous example in which a ganglord forces one small child to kill his even younger friend after they steal from him.
* Likewise in ''[[Sin Nombre]]'' a gang leader forces a boy to kill a rival gang member held prisoner to be accepted into their gang. Said dead rival is then cut into pieces and fed to dogs.
* ''[[The Quick and
* ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]''.
* ''[[Blood Diamond]]''.
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* In the ''[[Dragonlance|Dark Disciple Trilogy]]'' this is the most terrible facet of the Children of Chemosh. This otherwise [[Nigh Invulnerable]] version of [[The Undead]] created by Chemosh can only be destroyed if a child strikes them. The destruction of the creature is so horrifying that it also traumatizes the child and robs them of their youthful innocence forever.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', nine-year old Arya Stark has to do this more than once when she's thrust into a wartorn countryside. She moves from simple self-defense to pre-meditated murder, and eventually {{spoiler|becomes the apprentice of a guild of assassins}}.
* Basically every one of the ''[[
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* The ''[[
* On ''[[Lost]]'', Sayid got his start in murder by covering for his brother when forced to kill a chicken. Eko did the same thing, but with a person.
* In ''[[
** The guy in "Psychodrama" tried to force young boys to kill, or otherwise just attack, their mothers under threat of death.
* It turns out that a young {{spoiler|Bobby Singer}} killed his abusive father while he was threatening his mother.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Example from, of all places, ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
** Aang, only 12 years old, absolutely hates this. He has nightmares about when his Avatar self went out-of-control, and is horrified at the thought of having to kill Fire Lord Ozai, as he believes all life is sacred.
*** Even Aang can be seen to kill at least inadvertently, if you pay attention. Do you think all those soldiers he buried in snow in "The Northern Air Temple" just dug themselves out and ran away? How about the Fire Nation sailors who were putting the Northern Water Tribe under siege? You can't blame all of their deaths on [[Fan Nickname|Koizilla]]. And then you have the buzzardwasp from "The Desert". Aang makes the thing fall out of the sky and hit the ground with an audible ''thud'', and it doesn't move again. Of course, that last one was teasing at a [[Moral Event Horizon]] that didn't come to pass.
* In ''[[
** He also briefly mentions being forced to kill a man using a house key at age ten. Played for pitch-black laughs.
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