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The title for this trope may be a ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' [[Memetic Mutation|meme]], but it's ''not'' about that.
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* Near the end of the "Superman In Exile" storyline, Superman is forced to fight in gladiatorial games on the distant planet known as Warworld. After a hard fought battle against the champion, Superman comes out victorious, and is ordered to
== Film ==
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* [[Spartacus]] features what may be the [[Ur Example]] in modern film, with Spartacus and the "Nubian" forced to fight to the death at the gladiator school (in violation of school policy that they would not be forced to kill one another while there) for the amusement of several Roman nobles. In a bit of an aversion, Spartacus, the titular hero, actually loses and his opponent is the one who refuses to carry out the killing blow, opting instead to throw his trident at the evil Roman politician who gave the order and then climb the wall of the arena to get at him. The incident (along with Spartacus' love interest being taken away from him) is what kicks off the riot at the gladiator training facility and starts the slave revolt that forms the main plot.
* ''[[Star Wars]]''
** ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'': After Anakin defeats and disarms (literally) Count Dooku he is ordered to
** In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', Palpatine gives Luke the same instruction as he stands over the defeated Darth Vader. This time, however, it doesn't work, and Luke's refusal to kill his own father is a major factor in the latter's [[Heel Face Turn]].
* ''[[Batman Begins]]'': Played straight, though, without prior knowledge of Ra's Al Ghul's personality, it would seem to a [[Secret Test of Character]] instead.
* ''[[Flash Gordon (
** As well as Flash's mercy wins over Vultan ''and'' Barin.
* ''[[Mad Max|Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome]]'' (1985). Max refuses to kill Blaster after knocking off his helmet and finding the hulking brute is actually a drooling idiot. This violates the rules of the Thunderdome, in which two men with a quarrel enter and only one leaves (designed to stop quarrels from spreading and involving others). Worse, he blurts out the fact that Aunty Entity hired him to kill Blaster, forcing [[The Dragon]] to take direct action and kill Blaster himself. Entity gets her revenge by banishing Max into the desert.
* [[
** Also used in ''[[Tron
* In ''Naked Weapon'', the evil Madame M kidnaps little girls from all around the world, brings them to her heavily guarded secret island and trains them to be sexy assassins. Once they're [[She
* John Kreese in ''[[The Karate Kid]]'' says this, just before his pupil gets his ass handed to him by Daniel's Crane kick.
** Also used in the remake set in China. Kreese's equivalent in that movie orders one of his pupils to strike another student that he had incapacitated during practice; the student hesitates and is smacked in the face for his hesitation.
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* ''Market Forces'' by Richard K. Morgan has a case where the main character actually goes along, after a page of agonizing. This incidentally marks his [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* In [[
* In ''[[X Wing Series|Starfighters of Adumar]]'', Cartanese culture calls for the winner of a ground duel to offer this choice to someone in the crowd (usually either the ''perator'' or their [[Love Interest]]), who can choose either mercy or death. {{spoiler|Part of Cheriss's plan to commit honorable suicide involves her giving the ''perator'' the choice and then ''refusing'', knowing that after that, no one would offer her mercy.}}
* ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|Battle of the Labyrinth]]'': Percy refusing to kill Ethan after defeating him in a gladiator-style duel and being ordered to kill him.
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== Music ==
* In [[
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* [[Trope Namer]] is [[Mortal Kombat]], where Shang Tsung (and, subsequently, [[Big Bad|Shao Kahn]]) orders the winning fighter to do this after every match. However, this only rarely comes up in the storyline, as most characters are killed in battle rather than after it.
* At the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', the main character is {{spoiler|standing over his mentor's broken body aiming his Patriot at her face}}. [[Tear Jerker|The game won't continue until you fire.]]
* In the first ''[[Fable
* ''[[Guitar Hero]] III''. After defeating Lou in the final boss battle in Hell, you get an opportunity to play the final section in the song and
** The devil always comes back. He came back to Georgia, after all.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the conclusion to the [[Final Boss]] battle vs. the Lich King is a form of this. After all appears lost, Tirion Fordring {{spoiler|shatters the dread runeblade Frostmourne, breaking the Lich King's power and releasing all the souls he's stolen}}. As he floats there helpless, Terenas Menethil resurrects the raid group, and orders the players to finish off Arthas.
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* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', Commander Sheppard can, if his/her Renegade points are high enough, force {{spoiler|Jack to kill one of her childhood inmates}} to prevent him from reopening the facility.
** Of course, if you let him go, then you get a message in ''Mass Effect 3'' that he has gone straight and thanks you for your mercy.
* [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]] actually has a move called the "Finishing Blow" in which Link jumps high into the air, does a front flip, and runs his sword through his fallen fo while he lays on the ground. The move is executed by a prompt that says "Finish" at the bottom of the screen.
** He also does this to {{spoiler|Ganondorf during the final battle. As this is the only way to finish him off}}.
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* ''[[
** {{spoiler|Which she does. ''Messily''.}}
*** Which is invoked on purpose, since she is told to do it with a ''mace''.
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* The battle between Zoidberg and Fry in the ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[
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