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* ''[[Naruto
** Well, in Naruto's case it would kill the fox; not all the seals work like that, but having a free bijuu rampaging around is...inconvenient.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''- [[Big Bad|Father]] and the [[Our Homunculi Are Different|Homunculi]] want Ed and Al alive. {{spoiler|So that they can be used as sacrifices, of course.}}
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** Riza survived. Even after her coded message was intercepted. But then, she was being used as a leash on Roy, and Pride seemed to enjoy messing with her.
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* In an early issue of ''[[Daredevil]]'', the Masked Marauder tells his men to capture "Daredevil" (in reality Foggy Nelson, whom the world is convinced is old Hornhead), but makes especial note that "Once you have him helpless, leave him for ''me''! The Masked Marauder must have the honor of actually ''finishing'' him!"
* A more reasonable variant in a 1950s or '60s newspaper comic, when the villain told his troops to take [[Tarzan]] "alive if you can -- dead if you must!"
* [[Power Parasite|Parasite]] is one of the few members of [[Superman|Superman's]] [[Rogues Gallery]] that doesn't want to kill the Man of Steel. No, he wants to keep Superman alive so he can keep feeding off of him for his powers.
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* Darth Vader from ''[[Star Wars]]'' is fond of this.
** In ''[[A New Hope]]'', to his men on Leia's ship: "...and bring me the passengers, I Want Them Alive!"
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'''[[The Dragon|Quinn]]:''' [[Double Take|Wait, what]]? }}
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* [[Big Bad]] Lord Hong from the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[
▲* [[Big Bad]] Lord Hong from the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'' orders his army to capture Cohen and the Silver Horde alive, so he can spend months or years torturing them.
* Saruman does this "off screen" with the Uruk-Hai in the ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' saga. He wants the hobbits that they capture alive because he believes that one of them is carrying the One Ring that Saruman wants.
** And in case you wonder why alive, he fears that if the orcs killed the hobbits and searched the corpses, one of them might realize just how powerful item they have in their hands and try to claim it for their own rather than bringing it back to their master. That, and carrying the Ringbearer doesn't have the general negative psychological effects that carrying the Ring has.
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* A big part of the reason why Galbatorix was ultimately defeated by Eragon and Saphira in ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]''. Had he wanted to, he could have easily had them snuffed out like candles, or done so himself, well before the fourth book. But no, he was hoping to break their will and turn them to his side, hoping to use Saphira (whom he believed to be the last female dragon), to establish a new line of Riders.
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* In ''[[Farscape]]'', John Crichton knows his buried knowledge is invaluable to his enemies, uses it, and ''abuses'' it to the point of strapping himself with a bomb to blow up an enemy base and getting away with it. Twice.
** Scorpius himself, who was at the wrong end of this prior to his more-or-less [[Heel Face Turn]], acknowledged the tactical genius of this move before ordering the evacuation of his doomed base.
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* Used in an episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. In an earlier episode, Captain Archer had escaped from Rura Penthe and a bounty was placed on him. He is turned in to the Klingons by a bounty hunter, but then manages to escape in an escape pod. One of the Klingons asks if he can charge weapons, but the Klingon captain responds, "No, I want him alive." Later, in the first "In a Mirror, Darkly" episode, the Dark Malcolm Reed offers to kill the Dark Admiral Forrest and Dark Jonathan Archer replies "I want him alive."
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* A variation of this trope occurs in ''[[Pokémon]]''. To catch a Pokémon, you must first weaken it, than throw a Pokeball at it. The catch is, if you go too far and hurt the Pokémon too much, it will faint and you will not be able to catch it. It it very frustrating trying to catch a shiny/legendary Pokémon, and hurt it too much. You might have another chance to catch a legendary, but a shiny is almost impossible to find, making them rarer than legendarys.▼
▲* A variation of this trope occurs in [[Pokémon]]. To catch a Pokémon, you must first weaken it, than throw a Pokeball at it. The catch is, if you go too far and hurt the Pokémon too much, it will faint and you will not be able to catch it. It it very frustrating trying to catch a shiny/legendary Pokémon, and hurt it too much. You might have another chance to catch a legendary, but a shiny is almost impossible to find, making them rarer than legendarys.
* A [[Genre Savvy]] variation of this trope occurs in [[Mass Effect]] - "Spare the asari if you can. If not, it doesn't matter."
** A second even more [[Genre Savvy]] one comes from the second game - "I want his body recovered, if possible."
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* The Player in X-COM often finds himself in the position of issuing this order whenever the squad identifies an alien with useful knowledge.
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* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': During the "That Which Redeems" arc, Horribus insists that Torg be taken alive so that Horribus can rip out his soul and torture it for all eternity.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Ferretina's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080130 reaction] to Othar Tryggvassen, [[Gentleman Adventurer]].
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* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-07-16 Master G'tang] is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to reasonably downgrade such requests.
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* Justified in ''
▲* Justified in ''<nowiki>[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]</nowiki>'', where killing Aang would just lead to some other Avatar being reincarnated and the hunt having to start all over again. However, the series is big on [[Fight Scene]]s so this often led to [[Could Have Been Messy|jarring circumstances]] where Aang is nearly killed by the same people who explicitly stated that they wanted him alive moments beforehand. This up and down went on until the season 3 where the notion is dropped altogether. Even if he does reincarnate that still buys them probably a decade without worrying about him, and the Fire Nation could probably conquer the rest of the world then (especially after {{spoiler|taking down the Earth Kingdom}}).
** Toph's dad puts out a reward for finding her, but [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Xin Fu]] seems to misunderstand the mission.
{{quote|'''Xin Fu:''' She's wanted - dead or alive.
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* Also Justified in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]''. [[Big Bad|The Queen]] is ''very'' specific about making sure any humans are brought to her "alive and undamaged." Otherwise, they can't be [[Life Energy|used]] [[Soul Jar|to]] [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|power]] [[And I Must Scream|her]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|Slaverlords]].
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* Police forces prefer to capture rather than kill suspects and fugitives, generally only resorting to killing to prevent other people from dying.
** The fact is that police forces in countries with Rule of Law have no authority to use deadly force except in situations where bystanders would have that same right.
* At the end of [[World War II]] right before the Seige of Berlin, Russian leader [[Joseph Stalin]] gave explicit orders that he wanted [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] taken alive so he could face trial and be publicly executed. Hitler's suicide prevented it.
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