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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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* In ''[[ |
* In ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]'', Lord Giga, the Cyber City arc's [[Big Bad]], has an attack where the opponent must show them respect. |
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* ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' |
* ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' |
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** The Digimon Kaiser threatens to kill Daisuke's friends unless he bows down and begs for their lives. Daisuke actually complies. And then he gives Daisuke a sadistic choice (choose one friend to be spared), leading the poor kid to attempt a heroic sacrifice/take the third option. |
** The Digimon Kaiser threatens to kill Daisuke's friends unless he bows down and begs for their lives. Daisuke actually complies. And then he gives Daisuke a sadistic choice (choose one friend to be spared), leading the poor kid to attempt a heroic sacrifice/take the third option. |
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' |
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** [[The Master]], having sadly forgotten everything he'd read on the [[Evil Overlord List]], demanded this of Martha. Which she did, [[The Plan|but then began to laugh because her capture was part of an elaborate plan]]. Notable for being a rare occasion when the hero ordered to kneel just sucks it up and ''does'' it rather than go through a lot of gritted "Never!" posturing first. |
** [[The Master]], having sadly forgotten everything he'd read on the [[Evil Overlord List]], demanded this of Martha. Which she did, [[The Plan|but then began to laugh because her capture was part of an elaborate plan]]. Notable for being a rare occasion when the hero ordered to kneel just sucks it up and ''does'' it rather than go through a lot of gritted "Never!" posturing first. |
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** And years earlier in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26 |
** And years earlier in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26/E03 The Curse of Fenric|The Curse of Fenric]]'': |
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{{quote|'''Fenric:''' The choice is yours, Time Lord. I shall kill you anyway, but if you would like the girl to live... kneel before me. |
{{quote|'''Fenric:''' The choice is yours, Time Lord. I shall kill you anyway, but if you would like the girl to live... kneel before me. |
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'''Ace:''' I believe in you, Professor. |
'''Ace:''' I believe in you, Professor. |
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* ''[[Guild Wars]] Factions'' has shiro doing this to some spirits he has captured. |
* ''[[Guild Wars]] Factions'' has shiro doing this to some spirits he has captured. |
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* In the fight against {{spoiler|Odin}} in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', you can avoid instant death from his ultimate attack by using one of two commands that cause your character to kneel. There's still a chance that you will die from the damage done, but you at least reduce the chance. |
* In the fight against {{spoiler|Odin}} in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', you can avoid instant death from his ultimate attack by using one of two commands that cause your character to kneel. There's still a chance that you will die from the damage done, but you at least reduce the chance. |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' |
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** "''Sit'', {{spoiler|would you kindly.}}" |
** "''Sit'', {{spoiler|would you kindly.}}" |
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** In the ''Bioshock II'' opening, Sofia Lamb casually tells Subject Delta to "Kneel, please." Unfortunately for Delta, the [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] Lamb has already put him under [[Compelling Voice|Hypnosis]]. [[Moral Event Horizon|After he kneels, she hands him a pistol]] [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide|and commands him to put it against his head]]. '''"Fire."''' |
** In the ''Bioshock II'' opening, Sofia Lamb casually tells Subject Delta to "Kneel, please." Unfortunately for Delta, the [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] Lamb has already put him under [[Compelling Voice|Hypnosis]]. [[Moral Event Horizon|After he kneels, she hands him a pistol]] [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide|and commands him to put it against his head]]. '''"Fire."''' |