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* {{spoiler|Colbert}} receives orders to do this to Agnes's [[Doomed Hometown]] in ''[[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof Zero]]'' qualifies as this. She initially thought her town was destroyed for heresy ; whereas Colbert was instructed to burn the town to the ground because of plague. [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] ensues for Agnes, {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]] for Colbert}}.

* In ''[[Claymore]]'', we have one the [[Big Bad]] ordering his [[Dragon]] to "annihilate Pieta. Basically, a place where no lifeforms exist whatsoever. That is what I want Pieta to become."

* In the [[G.I. Joe]] one-shot "Special Missions; the Enemy", a squad of Cobra goons kill every living person in a hospital while looking for {{spoiler|the Baroness' baby}}. The squad leaders even {{spoiler|[[Bad Boss|kill two of their own]] when it looks like they have reservations}}

* [[Ciaphas Cain]],<ref>'''[[Insistent Terminology|HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!]]'''</ref> despite being ([[Black and Gray Morality|more or less]]) a good guy, orders this done to what he himself calls "a virtually defenseless ally" in ''For The Emperor''. To his credit, he's very disturbed by the need for such [[Dirty Business]], and they would have revealed his position and endangered a very important mission [[Shoot the Dog|if he'd let any escape]].

* ''[[Tortall Universe|]]'': Keladry of Mindelan]] has to give this order twice at the end of the fourth book while sneaking a band of people into enemy territory, and neither time does she like it. But they don't have the luxury of keeping prisoners and they can't let them go to warn the enemy where they are.

* In ''[[The Dresden Files|Changes]]'': In "Changes", the Red Court strike teams like to operate this way to send a message to their enemies.

* ''[[The Dark Elf Trilogy]]'' puts this to use by making it completely unspoken. [[Klingon Promotion]]s are a cornerstone of drow society: noble houses move up in rank by slaughtering the house above it. However, by their definition of "justice", if even one survivor is left to accuse them, ''their'' house will be exterminated as punishment. So there's no need for those in command to order their soldiers to kill anything that moves and then comb the compound afterward for any secret rooms where others may be hiding; [[Lawful Evil|to them, it's just common sense]]. Note that only ''members of'' the noble House count — blood relatives who "officially" joined other groups such as different House, mercenary band or trade company (thus can be elsewhere, hard to track when no one remembers where they came from, and could pull said groups into the war if attacked) like Jarlaxle or Kimmuriel Oblodra are not part of the game.

* Narrowed averted in ''[[Honor Harrington|]]'': Narrowly averted in ''Echoes of Honor]]''. When the combined Grayson-Manticore fleet with the new [[Macross Missile Massacre|podnaughts]] rides to {{spoiler|the defence of Basilisk}}, Earl White Haven nearly has a heart attack when he thinks Admiral Yanakov ordered no quarter. Fortunately, the latter only called for no mercy. While any ship in range conceivably capable of fighting is blasted to pieces, the escape pods are left alone.

* '' [[Battlestar Galactica Classic]](1978 TV series)|The original ''Battlestar TOS.Galactica'']]:

* In ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', upon having the Cardassians rebel, the female [[Shape Shifter]] gives the order to kill every last one of them. Her only response to being told "That's going to take some time." is "Then I suggest you begin at once." Fortunately, our heroes manage to prevent it being completed (in part because most of the guards at Dominion HQ were sent out to kill Cardassians), but over eight hundred million are still killed during the attempted genocide.

* In the video for [[Lady Gaga|Lady GaGa's]]'s song "Telephone", featuring [[Beyoncé]], the two of them kill off an entire diner full of people. Well, except for their [[Summon Backup Dancers|backup dancers]].

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* As indicated by the opening quote, Darth Malak in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' orders to destroy the entire planet of {{spoiler|Taris}}. Yes, [[Star Wars]]'s Sith like this trope.

** "From a mission in [[The Force Unleashed|]]: "The emperorEmperor must not discover your presence. Kill everyone aboard, imperialsImperials and Kota's men alike.]]"

* Referenced by ''[[Call of Duty]] 4]]: [[Modern Warfare]]'', ''World at War'' and ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' at the beginning of multiplayer matches as Russian forces - the first and third have their announcers say "Take no prisoners, comrade.", ''World at War'' has [[Gary Oldman]] say "Show courage, show pride, ''but show, no mercy!''" On the other hand, there is no gameplay mechanic to take prisoners anyway...

** Then there's No Russian from ''Modern Warfare 2'', which is the inciting event of the game's entire story.

* Having won the ultimate victory in ''[[StarCraft]]|StarCrasft: Brood Wars]]'', Kerrigan denies the defeated Earth admiral a chance to surrender his troops and mockingly offers his fleet a head start before sending her [[Horde of Alien Locusts]] after it. They devour every last one of them.

** In the Episode 0 ''[[StarCraft]]'' campaign "Loomings" (which got released as free shareware), a Confederate magistrate sends you, a lieutenant in Alpha Squadron, off to take care of a Sons of Korhal uprising by saying in your mission briefing: "There are to be no arrests, Lieutenant. I hope you understand what I mean. I want this problem solved once and for all."

* In ''[[Patapon]]'', one of the things your Patapons can say is "Take no prisoners!" (And indeed you're committing [[Waddling Head]] genocide.)

* In ''[[Homeworld]]'' and even more so in ''Homeworld 2'', setting a vessel to agressiveaggressive tactics is usually met with the ship captain responding "Weapons set to full power. Show no mercy."

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