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** [[Adaptation Distillation|Retained in the adaptations]], though they turned the Bugs into [[Organic Technology|non-technological]] [[Horde of Alien Locusts|alien locusts]], as opposed to the tool-using [[Hive Mind]] in the book that even had allies.
* ''[[Old Man's War]]'' by John Scalzi initially presents humanity in a constant state of war with other species for colonies, using a similar justification to that of [[Starship Troopers (novel)|Starship Troopers]] (one of Scalzi's inspirations) in that "this galaxy ain't big enough for the two of us". But {{spoiler|it is subverted in later books by the Conclave}}.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': the humans and elves vs the armies of Mordor. The closing section of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' talks quite pleasantly about the goblins being hunted into extinction in the Misty Mountains, without any hint that anyone ''could'' have a problem with this.
* The [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] novel ''Sky Pirates!'' revealed that the Timelords had a couple of wars like this in the distant past, where the opponents were just so utterly different each side regarded the other as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] to be utterly eliminated. [[Captain Obvious|The Timelords won]].
* [[The Bible]] is the [[Ur Example]], as the Hebrews are ordered by [[God]] to displace and destroy the Canaanite people. This is supposed to be okay because they practice child sacrifice and temple prostitution, and also [[Because Destiny Says So|because the "curse of Canaan"]] [[Fate and Prophecy Tropes|says it will happen]]. It's up to the reader whether this is [[Values Dissonance]] or not.
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