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* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', Lacus combines this with [[Full Name Ultimatum]]. It was probably Athrun's last chance to keep her as a fiancée despite their parents having now turned against an [[Arranged Marriage]] between them.

 

* Achilles to Briseis in the movie ''[[Troy]]'' with a knife to his neck. More like "kill me or [[Coitus Ensues|have sex with me]], [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|your choice]]."

* In ''[[The Princess Bride]]'', when Inigo and Westley are dueling, and Westley defeats Inigo. Inigo kneels and says "Kill me quickly." Westley says "I would sooner smash a stained glass window than kill an artist such as yourself. But since I can't have you follow me either---" He then knocks Inigo unconscious with the side of his sword.

* In the ''Cirque Du Freak'' novels, Mr. Crepsley gives Darren a chance to kill him when he lets him control his spider. It turns out that he had taken most of the poison out of the spider, meaning he was never in danger.

* In ''Kitty and the Midnight Hour'', after {{spoiler|Cormac}} tells Kitty that he will never shoot her by accident, she walks up to him and tells him to do it if he intends to do it on purpose.

* Richard in ''[[Richard III]]'' uses a slightly modified version of this on Lady Anne. "Take up the sword again, or take up me."

* At the end of ''Brotherhood of the Rose'' CIA-trained assassin Saul is sneaking up on the hotel where his surrogate father, [[Diabolical Mastermind]] Elliot, is staying...only to find Elliot standing out in the open waiting for him, clearly exposed to his fire. {{spoiler|Elliot asks for an end to this conflict between him and his 'son', and to be allowed to retire peacefully. Saul nearly shoots him anyway, but realises he could have been killed while they were talking. So he agrees to a truce and follows Elliot into his hotel room where he gets jumped by Elliot's bodyguards. After all, as Elliot says, what's to stop Saul from changing his mind later on? This way he can dispose of Saul without alarming the hotel guests. [[Backstab Backfire|Saul is able to overcome the attack and promptly submachine-guns Elliot to death]]. No point in making the same mistake twice.}}

** In the sequel "God Emperor of Dune", {{spoiler|this has become the ''standard'' method used to awaken the memories of Duncan Idaho's series of clones}}

* In a mild form, in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Making Money]]'', Vetinari hands Moist a sword while questioning him. He observes afterward that Moist was more nervous while holding the sword than while Vetinari was.