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{{quote|'''Inigo Montoya''': Kill me quickly.

'''Man in Black''': [[Worthy Opponent|I would as soon destroy a stained glass window as an artist like yourself.]] However, since I can't have you following me either...

 

You face certain death. Perhaps you're gravely wounded, perhaps you have [[The Cavalry|no reinforcements]], perhaps you [[Last Stand|face overwhelming force]]. Except that the killer is just standing there, waiting for his moment. Waiting for an [[Why Isn't It Attacking?|unreasonably long time.]]

Can be a form of [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]. In which case, it may give the hero an opening to reverse tables—partly because it's commonly the [[It's All About Me|most egoistical villains]] that inspire it. Compare [[Sword Over Head]]. Contrast [[You Will Be Spared]].

 

 

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* Played for laughs in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7jS88LZc8 this commercial] for ''[[League of Legends]]''

 

{{quote|''If you're so tough get it over with. Stop wasting my time.''}}

* In ''[[Robotech]]'', Miriya, after Max knocks away her knife with a rock:

** Another examples occurs in ''A Storm of Swords'':

{{quote|"Do you mean to make me beg, bitch? ''Do it!''"}}

{{quote|"Let the pain stop... let him kill us... end it, Dumbledore... death is nothing compared to this..."}}

* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''First & Only'', Flense threatens to shoot Dorden, whom he is [[Hostage Situation|holding hostage]], if Gaunt mocks him. Dorden tells Gaunt to mock on, so he can be shot rather than listen to Flense's "garbage."

{{quote|'''Jack Bauer''': ''I just want you to know, I didn't want you to feel like I had turned my back on you, that I turned my back on the family. I just had to go in my own way, to do things for myself, and I... was never good enough for you. I'm sorry. Anyway... I'm ready. What are you waiting for...? DO IT! DAMN YOU!''}}

** Renee Walker does it in Season 8 too.

{{quote|'''Lee Adama''': No. Unless... The clean slate. The fresh start. Maybe they are illusions like you said. But at a certain point, faith in ourselves, in our right to survive as a species, as a people, that's not a given, that's a choice. Well, I've made mine. And if you can't stomach that, then you had damn well better squeeze that trigger right now. Go on. What are you waiting for?}}

** Also {{spoiler|Saul Tigh}} about to be [[Thrown Out the Airlock]]: "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|What are you waiting for, Apollo? Do it!]]"

* In the season 5 episode of ''[[Supernatural]]'', "Dark Side of the Moon," Dean is sitting in his hotel room at gunpoint as Roy and Walt argue over whether or not to kill him. He finally growls, "Go ahead, Roy, do it. But I'm gonna warn ya--when I come back, I'm gonna be pissed." This can be viewed as a variation on the trope because Dean knew Zachariah would just resurrect him anyway.

** In season 4, Dean is given an ultimatum - to hand another character over to die, or {{spoiler|go back to hell.}} He initially doesn't think they'll do it, but once convinced they will, still tells them to go ahead. They switch to threatening Sam instead, and he complies {{spoiler|exactly as Sam had planned.}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Saffron'''}}: Promise me you're gonna kill me soon.

'''Mal''': Oh, you already know I ain't gonna. }}

 

 

* Planet Zebeth:

{{quote|'''Mother Brain''': ''Guess it's time for me to die then...''

* [[Bob and George]] [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020629 where he's not believed]

** [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040215 where he's lying]

* [[Pibgorn]] [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2003/09/16/ For heaven's sake, murder me, don't torture me!]

** [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2008/11/28/ That was a plea for mercy]