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Compare [[There Can Be Only One]] and [[Shoot Everything That Moves]].
Not related to [[Kill'Em All]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The last [[Story Arc]] in ''[[Dragon Ball|Dragonball GT]]'' has Goku and Pan looking for the Seven Dragons formed by the bad energies gathered by the Dragonballs, and they have to destroy them to purify the balls and make them usable again.
** This could have presented a bit of a problem for them when one of the "evil" Dragons turned out to actually be a fairly decent guy...[[Big Damn Villains|but they were saved from any moral dilemma when he got defeated and absorbed by the most evil Dragon of all]].
*** It may not have been a problem at all. From what I can tell, Shadow Dragons can live without Dragon Balls, they probably just get weaker or something from doing so, since that's the source of their power.
* In ''[[Star Driver]]'', Takuto's goal is to destroy all of the Glittering Crux's [[Humongous Mecha|Cybodies]] so that Wako will be allowed to leave the island and fulfill her dream of becoming a pop idol in Tokyo. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* The Angels of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': NERV's strategy is to kill them one by one [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil|as they invade]].
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* ''[[Rave Master]]'' uses this, where the group's quest is to destroy the Dark Bring (Shadow Stones).
* In ''[[Bakuman｡]]'', the main characters show their editor, Hattori, a story idea for a series about a world infested with demon dragons that has a sword with many demon dragons sealed inside. Every time one is killed, another emerges from the sword, and if the hero kills all of them without losing the sword to them, peace will be restored. Mashiro finds the story to be old-fashioned and stereotypical, but thinks it's worth showing to Hattori, and Hattori tells them they'll have to come up with a better idea than that if they want to go mainstream.
* Villainous example in [[Naruto]]- the Akatsuki are seeking to collect and extract all nine tailed beasts in order to form the original ten tailed beast. The extraction process is fatal to the [[Sealed
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* In the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' novel series ''Time's Arrow'', our heroes have to take out the Time Arrows that threaten to delete parallel universes a la DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths. Or at least that's what it's supposed to look like at first.
* [[ROM Spaceknight]] was on a quest to wipe out all the [[Exclusively Evil]] Dire Wraiths in the universe... or at least banish them to [[Phantom Zone|Limbo.]] He does encounter ''one'' Wraith who did a [[Heel Face Turn]] after disguising himself as a family man and [[Becoming the Mask]], but this Wraith gets killed by his comrades when they discover he isn't evil any more.
* [[The Crow]], in all its adaptations, sticks with the [[Back
* The premise of ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', albeit a quirky spin on it in terms of the trope and its execution. In order to date the [[Girl of My Dreams|(literal) girl of his dreams]], Scott has to defeat her League of Evil Exes. In this case, "defeat" roughly translates to "inflict bodily harm until they explode in a shower of coins".
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== Literature ==
* Harry's quest in ''[[
* The Four Sisters in ''[[Deltora Quest]]''.
* ''[[The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X]]'' - The whole premise of the book series. Danny essentially has a big wanted list of alien criminals on Earth, and surprise surprise the one that killed his parents is number one on the list. The entire series basically revolves around him killing off or capturing the aliens on the list one by one, making his way to the one who killed his parents.
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* ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' has the titular hero being told that, in order to avert the collapse of [[The Multiverse]], he has to travel to the realities of the last nine ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series and kill all of the heroes. He refuses, of course, and helps the Riders. {{spoiler|It turns out that the collapse proceeded apace, accelerated by the villains but inevitable with or without them. When Decade was provoked into going to his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], slaughtering all Riders as Decade Fury, the worlds, no longer being forced together by the Riders' powers, were all restored to their original states - including the slain Riders. It turned out plan A ''was the right one'' and [[Everybody Lives]] in the end.}}
* The nineties show ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]'' features a policeman brought back from hell (it's complicated) by the devil to return a number of escapees to hell the hard way (killing them, though the vast majority are only vulnerable in the eyes.)
* Alya's list on ''[[Game of Thrones]]''; not a physical list, but one she recites every night before sleeping to remember the names. All names on the list are people who committed some sort of severe crime against her family. A grand total of 13 intended victims have been on the list at one time or another; four of them she deleted after forgiving the crime, six are dead (two by someone other than Anya) and one deleted because she ''believes'' him to be dead. (Maybe. The Hound survived, and she specifically said she wanted him to ''suffer''.) {{spoiler| As of the second to last episode of Season 8, every victim on the list is dead, and Alya - who survived the [[Final Battle]] no longer needs it.}}
== Tabletop Games ==
* In FASA's ''[[Earthdawn]]'', in order to kill a Horror one must first kill its physical body, then travel to the astral plane and kill its astral body.
** Not quite the case; depending on the Horror, you might only need to be a [[Badass Normal]] fighter and kill it physically like any other critter. Other Horrors on the weaker end of things only exist on the astral plane, and therefore can only be killed there. Only the REALLY BAD Horrors (i.e.: the more powerful Named ones that will quite happily kill your party with ease if you bump into one of them) must indeed be killed on both planes of existence to be declared [[Deader Than Dead]].
* The ultimate goal of the Necrons in [[Warhammer
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* The various Metroid evolutions in ''[[Metroid]] 2: The Return Of Samus''.
** And, consequentially, the various forms of X in ''[[Metroid Fusion]]''.
* The initial goal of SEES in ''[[Persona 3]]'' is to defeat the twelve Full Moon Shadows that have been popping up ever since the protagonist first joined the party. {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Unfortunately, in doing so, they release]] the herald of [[Cosmic Horror|Nyx]], the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of death, who had been split in twelve by Aigis and [[Sealed
* The members of the ''United Assassins Association'' in ''[[No More Heroes]]''. As the main character, Travis has to murder the top ten ranked assassins in the nation, one by one, to rise through the ranks and gain the top spot for himself.
* Most of the NES and SNES ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' games have the titular character hunting down Robot Masters to take their powers and eventually fight their evil master, Dr. Wily himself.
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* The six dragons in ''[[Chrono Cross]]''. Well, you can get by without beating the Black Dragon, but that's only if you fail to do it the right way.
* To some extent, the four sentinels in ''[[Wild ARMs 5]]''. They're guarding four towers that have to be destroyed before you can fight the [[Big Bad]] Volsung.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] A's Portable: The Battle of Aces'' has the Dark Pieces and Materials, beings formed from the remnants of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Darkness of the Book of Darkness]] that must be taken down lest the Darkness of the Book of Darkness [[Back
* Though you don't actually ''kill'' them, the whole point of the main series ''[[Pokémon]]'' games is to defeat the Gym Leaders in each city by knocking out their Pokémon, so you can defeat the Elite Four and subsequently, the regional Champion. The Frontier Brains can qualify as [[Bonus Boss]]es in regard to this goal, though.
* The Desert Treasure Quest in ''[[
* The "Gnomes Are Evil!" sidequest in ''[[Fable]] 3''. Due to a magical spell gone wrong, 50 garden gnomes were given sentience and then teleported all over Albion. You have to hunt them down and shoot them, which transports them back to their owner. Fortunately the gnomes are foul-mouthed, annoying little jerks.
** ''Fable 2'' is similar, with 50 foul-mouthed stone gargoyles who you must shoot.
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* [[The Holders Series]] - of course, it's a tossup as to whether the results of bringing them together or preventing them coming together are worse, and if they are all destroyed they will "unite in the destroyed state", so it's rather a no-win situation.
== Western Animation ==
* In the second season of the ''[[Harley Quinn]]'' series, Harley keeps a "Kill Board" where she keeps pictures of Gotham villains she plans revenge on: Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, and Bane. {{spoiler|Although, as Poison Ivy reminds her, the Joker is presumed dead and Penguin is ''definitely'' dead even before she puts it up. Although, while she calls it a "Kill Board", she seems open to ideas other than murder to gain revenge, [[Fate Worse Than Death| as the Riddler found out]] when they [[Laser-Guided Karma| put him in his own human hamster wheel to power their generator]].}}
== Real Life ==
* Antibiotics and pesticides: The danger of bacteria and pests developing immunity to chemicals make it important that these chemicals be used sparingly, but when they are used, they should be used in sufficient amounts and for sufficient durations that the pests are truly wiped out.
* Vaccines: Same as above, the ultimate finish line would be the complete erradication of a/all disease. Still a long way to go but making progress.
* This regularly happened on Pacific islands in [[World War 2]]. Not only would Japanese refuse to surrender but even the wounded would clasp grenades forcing victors to dispatch them as they passed in self-defense. On Saipan it got so bad that the garrison was slaughtering their own civilians or pressuring them into suicide right in front of the Americans. Even hardened troops were sometimes horrified by how far they would take it and not just because it increased their personal danger.
**While Hitler ''wanted'' Germans to behave that way(of course HE would), this was more intermittent in Europe. Still the SS were known for that and would sometimes force other Germans to follow along with them even toward the end of the war when most wanted to give up. As in the Pacific there were some cases where there was no choice but to kill them all.
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