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A variant of [[Leave Him to Me]].
A variant of [[Leave Him to Me]].

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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==

* [[Naruto|Akatsuki]] want all the Jinchuuriki alive because killing them would kill the Biiju [[Sealed Evil in a Can|sealed inside them]], which is what they're after. In something of a subversion, this doesn't stop them from trying to ''cripple'' them (Kisame suggested cutting off Naruto's legs to keep him from running away, and later tried to actually do it to {{spoiler|Killer Bee}}).
* [[Naruto|Akatsuki]] want all the Jinchuuriki alive because killing them would kill the Biiju [[Sealed Evil in a Can|sealed inside them]], which is what they're after. In something of a subversion, this doesn't stop them from trying to ''cripple'' them (Kisame suggested cutting off Naruto's legs to keep him from running away, and later tried to actually do it to {{spoiler|Killer Bee}}).
** 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.
** 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.
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* [[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.
* [[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 ''[[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.
* 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.
** 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.
*** The hobbits are also wanted alive so they can be interrogated. The leaders of both Saruman's and Sauron's orcs say as much.
*** The hobbits are also wanted alive so they can be interrogated. The leaders of both Saruman's and Sauron's orcs say as much.
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