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* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', doctor Marcoh is being held prisoner by the homunculi and made to work for them under threat that if he doesn't cooperate or dares to run away or kill himself they will obliterate the village where he spent the last years in hiding. {{spoiler|When Scar sneaks into his cell, he begs him to kill him, thinking the homunculi wouldn't take revenge on the village if he was killed by another, apparently against his will}}.

* Kaworu Nagisa of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is a blatant example of this.

* In ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure]]'', when Jupiter is about to blow up the Galactic base and tells Mitsumi to get out with everyone else, {{spoiler|Mitsumi says she can no longer live with the memory of what she did as a Team Galactic agent and asks Jupiter to blow her up too. Jupiter is taken aback but is ultimately convinced to do so.}} Of course, this being Pokemon at heart, {{spoiler|[[Disney Death|it's revealed in the next chapter that]] [[The Rival|Jun]] saved her. }}

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'': Done in a weird way in the series finale. {{spoiler|Atem, in order to finally [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]], MUST be defeated in a duel by Yugi. He cannot just forfeit the duel; he must be defeated honorably by the person who he shares a body with. What results is [[Moment of Awesome|the most epic duel in the show's history]]}}.

** Given the nature of Duke to "borrow" lines from other sources this is very likely a "shout out" (cough) to Aliens.

* In ''[[Breath of Fire]] 2'', the main character will discover his long-lost father attached to a machine in the bowels of a dungeon. He asks you to kill him which you can do during the boss fight immediately after his request but the game also subverts this trope by allowing you to solely attack the machine during the battle instead. This will result in the machine destroyed, the father saved, and you on the path towards the best ending.

* Happens in ''[[Castlevania]]: Harmony of Dissonance'' in one of the bad endings. Juste finds Maxim barely holding on to himself, and Maxim begs Juste to kill him before his [[Enemy Within]] takes over. Juste refuses, and (predictably) Maxim's evil side ''does'' take over, and you have to fight him.

** In another ''[[Castlevania]]'' example, Soma made Julius promise to kill him if he ever loses out to his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]. It's unusual in that it's the protagonist that makes the request.

** Yet another ''[[Castlevania]]'' example: In Lament of Innocence, the origins of the Belmont family whip are revealed, as Leon {{spoiler|finds himself being asked by his fiancée, who has already begun the irreversible process of turning into a vampire, to kill her. He does.}}

* In ''[[System Shock]] 2'', the annelid hybrids (humans who have been assimilated by The Many) will often beg you to kill them, even as they attack you.

** Nobody is mentioning {{spoiler|Agustus Sinclair? Changed into a Delta Big Daddy, and forced to obey her every command. He begs for you to stop him, and apologizes for not being able to help you anymore. This troper shed [[Manly Tears]] when he put him down.}}

* In [[Oni]], {{spoiler|Shinatama}}, after being {{spoiler|put back together as a Deadly Brain after having her Xiox destruct mechanism}} activated, she repeatedly says things like "I'm so sorry!" and "Konoko, kill me, please!" while trying to shoot you. After breaking free, {{spoiler|she walks towards Griffin. He tells her to stop, but, of course, she doesn't due to the fact that Griffin sent the security department way over budget after ordering a lift to be made on his office, so they disabled a few low-level overrides, such as "Griffin Alpha Zero", and Shinatama ''wants'' to die. He shoots her, Konoko disarms Griffin, and the player has a choice of whether or not to shoot him.}}

* In ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'', {{spoiler|Feinne}} ends up asking the main characters to do this, as the alternative is {{spoiler|to be consumed by Drazil, which would not only strengthen your enemies but also deny her the ability to return to the cycle of death and rebirth}}.

* Fortune from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'' is unwilling to kill herself, and [[Death Seeker|wants to die]] in a blaze of glory in a battle against Solid Snake, whom she blames for her father's death. Unfortunately, Fortune has <s>luck</s> {{spoiler|an electro-magnetic device on her body without her knowledge}} that prevents her from ever dying in combat, and every grenade thrown at her is a dud. This is a major motivator behind her constant Wangst. The [[Boss Battle]] against Fortune plays on this trope heavily; you spend it dodging her shots and taking cover until the timer runs out.

** Vamp starts displaying signs of this trope in the fourth game, but it's not due to any sort of moral dilemma; he is ''literally'' unable to kill himself, since he instantly recovers from any wounds, {{spoiler|due to nanomachines that enhance his natural [[Healing Factor]]. He eventually dies when he injects himself with nanomachine suppressants before the wounds he received from his battle with Raiden can heal.}}

* In ''[[Star Ocean]]: The Second Story'', Philia's programming makes it impossible for her to commit suicide.